12/22/11. Redheads, Blue Bills , Shovelers and Lone Mott, were the spoils on Thursday morning. The recent rains and back to back fronts have had the air as brisk as the shooting action.

The first weekend of the second split went fairly well , the flights seemed to be a little late with the majority of the action comming after 8:30 in the morning. But the hunts ended with a nice mixed bag of puddlers and Divers.

Even on a bright sunny day the birds will work to a large decoy spread with a little wind to keep them moving. The last front seemed to move in a lot of new birds. The hunting looks to be favorable going into the Thanksgiving week.

A short hunt this morning with
Just my dog and I , so I got a little picky and decided to shoot only the
Gadwall's'. we had several groups of Teal and Shovelers as well as Motts and
Ringnecks decoy throughout the morning. There is definitely something to be said
for the simple mornings with only you and a dog. No large straps of ducks , but
what a way to start your day. The number of birds seems to be improving with
each front and we have another comming this week that will bring in fresh
birds.