I'm hunting this year for the first time in a long time without a dog. His hips are shot and he can only do a few retrieves and he's laid up for a few days.
Today I went dogless and thought I had a great spot only the tide was bigger than I expected. I ended up sitting on a log watching ducks sit in my decoys, some as close as 10ft and couldn't shoot any because the water got too deep for me wade out for them. I'm glad I picked a very large log that had been there a long time, I got pretty nevous when it started floating and moving. At least I had duck breast on rye sandwiches and a thermos of coffee. I gave up and went home when it got shallow enough to walk bak to where I had the boat stashed.
I'm going to have to use the Rat as a layout next time.