Yesterday morning I got to go out with my brother and my younger cousin to go set up on some decoys and call some ducks in. Got there half an hour before shooting hours. Had to carry our canoe and all our decoys about a quater of a mile to the spot we wanted to set up at and when we got there we thought we could break the ice with the canoe but it was too thick. So we ended up just rolling 6 mallard decoys out onto the ice and laying down in some grass. We had the best luck early in the morning like instantly when shooting hours hit we had alot of ducks flying over us and seemed really easy to call them in since there wasn't alot of light. My brother did most of the calling since he has alot of experience but he wasnt able to shoot since he doesn't have his license or a shotgun. The first four groups of birds to come in I shot at but couldn't hit a thing and my cousin only shot once, he said I shot faster then him and took longer to shoot. Finally the 5th group that came in was a mallard drake and hen, put my bead on the drake and dropped him and he came flying straight at is and my brother went to catch it but decided not to and was happy he didn't because it made a huge thud when it landed. We plan on going to the other side of the lake where it is melted and I think we'll have alot of shooting chances.
