Saturday 11.14 Opening Day Second Split of Duck Season at Mckee Beshers
Last Minute I headed out for Ducks instead of going deer hunting with 2 guys from softball. Saturday morning was overcast with highs in the mid 60's. We were headed down 495 then traffic started backup up from and accident. We did not get parked until 6:10 legal shooting time was 6:20. We got all of our stuff together and walked into the marsh about 10 minutes. To my surprise there was a ton of water. Just as I load my third shell into my shotgun a group of about 10 mallards get up we shoot 2 of them. After that for about 30 minutes it was ducks galore. We saw around 300 ducks, woodies, teal, mallards and a small flock of buffleheads. Overall we shot about 12-15 but it was so thick we could only find 6 of them. It was upsetting that we could not find more. After looking for the birds for about an hour we saw many a wood duck going down about 100 yards in front of us. So we decided to trek through the swamp to see why they were going down. What a terrible idea, it was so thick there was no good path to take. I was making my way through and i tripped on an underwater log. I was falling forward, submerged my gun, then the water starting coming into my waders. When I righted myself I ejected my shells into the marsh turned left and headed for the woods wet and pissed. As I was headed to the woods i heard what sounded like my cell phone dialing I thought nothing of it then i heard it buzzing. When i got to the woods I got my cell phone out and yup it took a swim with me.
6 birds-- 2 hen mallards 2 wood ducks 2 teal 1 ruined cellphone and soaked clothes What a great day!
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