Was done by 7:45. What an opener!
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Opener 19'
- Thread starter Loosenutswelding
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Awesome !!!..where is it? I will go to wister late tonight. Not sure still have any duck left for me 
Nice job.. Oh man did I put on an epic crap-ola shooting performance this morning. Missed all the good ducks. Still had fun though.. any day duckin' is better than workin'.
That’s ‘cuse YOU were at “another SoCal “ refuge . . Old Quack 49
Some of the best 'fowlers I know blanked at Wister...I also heard the check-in was a cluster f*ck...The poor kid apparently working the window did not know some of the rules...He was probably undertrained and not prepared for the onslaught that is Wister check-in on opening day...
Success in my area was wide ranging.. some guys had full straps with a couple greenheads and spoons, some blanked, and most were in my range with a medium mix of teal.
Recap of the morning for me... flyoff was decent with almost all teal coming out of the tules fast. Dropped 3 early that decoyed up then things got a bit slow for an hour with onesies/twosies passing by. Around 7:30 a big flight of spoons came out of the tules and guys were putting shots high and far. I got my chance at a nice group but of course I whiffed at the drakes and only tagged the trailing hen. After that I bagged one more decoying teal and then missed a few more before things shut off completely at 8:30.
And a funny thing to remind me it's opener on public land... sometime around 7 a pair of mallards were circling and you hear about a million hail calls start up.. then someone down the way sends a couple shots in the air while the pair was still about 100 yards up, and guys start yelling "dammit let em work!" Lol. Fun times.
Recap of the morning for me... flyoff was decent with almost all teal coming out of the tules fast. Dropped 3 early that decoyed up then things got a bit slow for an hour with onesies/twosies passing by. Around 7:30 a big flight of spoons came out of the tules and guys were putting shots high and far. I got my chance at a nice group but of course I whiffed at the drakes and only tagged the trailing hen. After that I bagged one more decoying teal and then missed a few more before things shut off completely at 8:30.
And a funny thing to remind me it's opener on public land... sometime around 7 a pair of mallards were circling and you hear about a million hail calls start up.. then someone down the way sends a couple shots in the air while the pair was still about 100 yards up, and guys start yelling "dammit let em work!" Lol. Fun times.
Nothing prepares a new hire for a Wister Opening Day but management could and should train them and have everyone available to process the guys . Lots of newbie hunters and counter guys is a recipe for long wait times and unhappy people. Not sure why management doesn’t anticipate that ? Hopefully things smooth out and water fills with ducks splashing soon . Old Quack 49Some of the best 'fowlers I know blanked at Wister...I also heard the check-in was a cluster f*ck...The poor kid apparently working the window did not know some of the rules...He was probably undertrained and not prepared for the onslaught that is Wister check-in on opening day...
