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1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/27/13 10:18 PM
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Ridn9high
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I did some scouting last week while we still had sunshine, and found a good number of birds on public. The winds weren't right for the spots so I had to let them sit until I had a north wind come in. The weather predicted north winds on Friday, so my plan was to get out and shoot some Pintail and Teal! When I woke up Friday morning, it was too foggy to try and set up before work. Here is what I found a day before the fog rolled in Yesterday was our yearly predator tournament, so it took out the idea of sitting all day on these birds and scratching out a limit in yesterdays fog. This brings us to the last day of the season hunt. While out chasing dogs yesterday, I managed to get some scouting in while driving around the county. Lots of the ponds were holding birds, but only a couple had enough to set-up on, and thin about shooting a limit. I found a nice spot that was holding a good number of Widgeon and a handful of Pintail. I decided to set up 8 Pintail decoys, and 4 mallard deeks. Again, the fog was nasty thick this morning and made for some tough shooting. The birds had to literally be in the spread swimming to have a chance at a clean shot. The first hour and half was frustrating. I could hear the birds but, they wouldn't drop in for a look. Once the fog lifted just a little bit, it was game on. I had 4 drake widgeon on the strap pretty quick, once I was able to see the birds. I then held out for and hour or so, passing on birds in hopes of getting to nice Bulls. The Pintail just never seemed to want to work the area today. I finished off the limit with a drake and hen widgeon to say good bye to another duck season.
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/27/13 11:53 PM
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Cody Malone
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 12:54 AM
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Pittstate
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 01:09 AM
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 01:16 AM
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 01:27 AM
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 04:43 PM
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Ridn9high
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Thanks guys! I love shooting Widgeon!
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 05:43 PM
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That is a cool strap, Mike. Congrats!
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 07:28 PM
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Very Nice! J.J.
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 07:39 PM
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Nice!
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Re: 1/27/13 Great Ending to a good season
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01/28/13 10:49 PM
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