My Christmas Vacation

When my vacation started I was really optimistic about the last week push of duck season. I decided early not to burn any fields until duck season started on the 21st. I scouted for birds everyday twice a day hoping I would find some using any one of my fields. Two days before the opener I had ducks and geese start using a field, I knew that would be the field I was hunting on Sat. When Saturday finally rolled around I was knee deep in mud and water hurriedly putting decoys and blinds out with a couple of my buddies. When shooting time arrived I was still putting my blind together but my buddies were dropping ducks. When the day was all said and done we had a total of 10 ducks and 2 geese between the three of us, my gear took 3 days to dry out.

Matt and myself with Jay taking the pic

I continued scouting the next day and have had 0 waterfowl in my fields.
Since I didn't have anything hitting any of my other fields I was hoping to get down to a local river.
With all the rains and warm weather the last couple of weeks, it completely flooded the river and made it impossible to hunt. I did however find a spot to hunt and have gone out there the last 3 days.
Christmas day I got a mallard and a wounded golden eye that had some open water in front of me, but it was freezing up fast.

Yesterday I went to the same spot and got 2 mallards but one of them got washed down river before I could get him. I worked real hard to retrieve him to no avail, and in doing so wadded into the river up to my waist to try and reach him. The only thing that makes me feel better about the whole ordeal is that I know he was dead and not suffering. Something will find him and have a grand meal just not me.

Today I'm going back to the same spot I have been the last couple days, and even though I'm fairly certain nothing will come of it I am planning on hitting a field tomorrow ...... maybe.