Got to take my dad hunting with me. It's like watching a 10 year old! He gets so excited about EVERYTHING duck hunting. Yesterday I was able to put him on the birds. We we were 2 birds shy of 3 limits of teal by 8 AM and decided to slow down and see if we could kill some big ducks. We'd seen a couple of pintail flights, some gadwalls, widgeon and mallards. For the next hour we watched group after group of teal fall into our spread. Finally, a lone bull hovered over the spread and my dad dish-ragged him. About 5 min later a hen and a bull made a pass at us before circling around and then hovering over the spread. My dad picked out the bull and dropped him too. Turned out to have a double sprig. He doesn't know it yet but he's getting a pintail for father's day.

I was able to get my dad on a limit New Year's Day too, first full limit he has gotten. Needless to say he is ready for this weekend to be here.

darn good hunt

Awesome hunt and great story, I like the term dish ragged lol

Forgot one other nugget from the hunt. Had a group of 4 come in, feet down in the spread and all three of us fired at once and all 4 birds dropped. My dad was laughing and hollering like Johnny Football on Saturday! I wish I had a picture.

One day, these days will end. Until then, he thinks we're just huntin'...

And one bit of personal advice, for all of those who had/have problems with your old man...it's never to late to take your hat, stick out your hand and start over.