[huskerbowhunter]

Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

Scouted all evening yesterday until I found some teal for today. NOTHING around in the basins as far as concentrations go. Stumbled on some backwater by mistake that hadn't been hunted. Boat saved the day, no way I could have walked it in. Push poled my butt a good half mile to get to the ducks. Couldn't see the ducks very well last night, so I assumed they were teal.

First light proved otherwise. Majority of the birds were woodies. Had me real nervous to shoot as the teal and woodrows were mixed in. Didn't fire the first shot until a half hour after sunrise. Could have easily had the three drake woodies and a handful of other random big ducks. Saw Mallies, spooners, gads, wigs, woodies. Went fast and furious as soon as I started shooting. Wacked a single out of a pair and then tripled on a HUGE flock of 50-75 that decided to land on the boat. Birds were flying all over as I was picking up. Had the marsh entirely to myself, know for a fact no one else has hunted it yet this year unless they are really tricky.

Decided to call it a season on that, a good way to end one of the hardest and least birdy teal seasons I have seen. Might be an easy limit for a couple of guys tomorrow, but I think I would finally rather sleep in. 44 solo birds, 11 hunts. Lost a single cripple.

Good to get things started, shooting skills are nice and warmed up. Now we need a bunch more rain.



PO

Nice Pat..What was the ratio of blues to greens on the 44 that you shot?