Me and Scott tried it behind my house in the swamp yesterday morning- saw a few ducks but had no luck getting them to come in. Me and BillyZ tried the same spot again this morning and Z whacked a wood duck hen and I missed the drake. I think they had watches on this morning, we had 5 wood ducks fly within 15 yards of our blind 5 minutes before legal shooting time. A few minutes after Z got his duck, I crippled one and was not able to recover it 🙁 It dropped on the bank when I shot it so I figured> dead bird. Z began picking up decoys so I waded over to where my bird landed and heard it scamper off ahead of me a get back into the water. Bill and I spent several minutes looking for it with no luck... I guess I need to shoot better 😕 We saw about a dozen ducks this morning!
Scott,
Thanks for letting me use your decoys while you're away! If I keep having this much fun, I'll have my own spread soon