This is a few days after season, but I thought I would share my story and pics none the less. I was able to get in just 3 hunts at the end of the season. Unfortunately between elk season, my father having health challenges in Oregon and me having to be there to help him recover , and then getting the flu topped of with pneumonia once I was back, I was only able to get in just a few hunts.
Of course when I can finally hunt the mornings are fogged in then they clear out to blue bird days. Not exactly normal January duck hunting weather. There were birds on the big water, but getting them to leave the birds that were rafted up and come to my decoys was the tough part. Needless to say I didn't hammer the birds too hard. Best part of the hunts were being out there with my pups anyway. The young one even went under water after the pintail when it dove. She came up with the bird. That right there was worth getting up and tromping out through the salt marsh in the dark to set up...
Enjoys the pic's from my abbreviated season.
