I’m up in Alberta for the third time hunting waterfowl. This has become an absolute highlight of the year for me for numerous reasons. The hunting is great, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are as nice as you will meet anywhere.
It’s been cold up here and there aren’t as many birds as there usually are, but we managed to get on some ducks yesterday. The morning hunt wasn’t setup correctly...the birds kept flaring at something. We had a good time and shot a couple.
A front moved through moved through starting midday that produced weather these 3 South Carolinians are not used to - 50+ mph winds with freezing rain/snow. It was cold and miserable but produced an awesome afternoon hunt. We found two different flocks of 500-1000 mallards within 5 minutes of the house we are staying with. A quick plan was hatched and we bundled up with every bit of cold weather gear that we own.
Long story made shorter - we set up on a slough with a few decoys and the wind at our backs. The ducks trickled in but most were landing behind us in a slough several hundred yards away. I decided to trudge over there in my waders and see what I could find. I jumped up a couple hundred birds and just waited for them to return.
After an hour I was done. 7 mallards and one blue wing teal - not pictured.
Day 2 starts in just a few minutes...
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It’s been cold up here and there aren’t as many birds as there usually are, but we managed to get on some ducks yesterday. The morning hunt wasn’t setup correctly...the birds kept flaring at something. We had a good time and shot a couple.
A front moved through moved through starting midday that produced weather these 3 South Carolinians are not used to - 50+ mph winds with freezing rain/snow. It was cold and miserable but produced an awesome afternoon hunt. We found two different flocks of 500-1000 mallards within 5 minutes of the house we are staying with. A quick plan was hatched and we bundled up with every bit of cold weather gear that we own.
Long story made shorter - we set up on a slough with a few decoys and the wind at our backs. The ducks trickled in but most were landing behind us in a slough several hundred yards away. I decided to trudge over there in my waders and see what I could find. I jumped up a couple hundred birds and just waited for them to return.
After an hour I was done. 7 mallards and one blue wing teal - not pictured.
Day 2 starts in just a few minutes...
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