A little late but had some phone issues after Sundays hunt..should have been more prepared to get as wet I did..phone wouldn't charge so couldn't get pics until my new phone came in today.
Drove out to Wister on Saturday night and arrived around 1am. Got an extra hr to nap before reservations were called because of the time change which was nice. This being my first time duck hunting I had no idea what to expect. Thankfully
@SurfNHuntSD was up for some duck hunting and met me out there. By 3:22am we picked the blind we wanted and went to work. By 4am I was nice and soaked...I was carrying 2 dozen decoys and my gun along while wearing a pack and never walking in knee deep muck water I took a spill backwards but thankfully my decoys kept me from going under..gathered myself up and made it across to our blind then got to work setting up our blinds and putting out our decoys. Between the 2 of us we had around 40 decoys out.
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The shots started and birds started to fly but they were all flying super high up heading towards the sea. Had a pair come in early but they come in as fast as they go. Jason spotted the next low flyer coming in from my left and he gave me the go ahead and I followed and took a shot and dropped my first duck at around 7am. It was a lone female green wing teal. Quickly learned why guys have retrievers...some spots got almost chest deep. It was a slow morning and not much action for another hr or so until another signal bird is coming straight to our decoys..I stand and take the shot and it goes down but I realize I wing shot it and had to take 2 more shots to put it down while hoping to not take out some decoys at the same time. The little action we had died down the next couple hrs so we called it.
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As expected Sunday was super slow for everyone..out of 61 hunters 54 ducks were shot and 7 coots..with an average of .89 ducks per person. Super thankful I got to land my first birds and again this experience. Hats off again to
@SurfNHuntSD for joining and helping me along the way.
I went home and cleaned up the ducks. The birds were small but I was excited to cook and try duck for the first time and so was my 9yr old daughter. I had a jar of some duck fat so I put some in a pan, seasoned the breast and cooked them to medium. Came out super tasty and my daughter is asking when I am going to get some more. She wasn't happy with the amount I had and insisted I needed to go get some more..oh boy..
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Made some sushi to go along with it because my wife was craving it..not a bad meal!
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