Waterfowl

Saw two pair this morning, but it was so foggy they were on me too fast and I did not get a shot off. Will give it another try in the morning.
 
18 degrees this morning with a windchill of 6. Braved it and didn't see a duck. Did see several woodcock which I have not seen in a while. No geese either until I left and saw them on the cattle pond across the street. Probably wouldn't have shot them anyway with it being so cold. With the temps this week, I expect everything I hunt to be iced over next weekend, so this is probably it for me.
 
Kdog said:
18 degrees this morning with a windchill of 6. Braved it and didn't see a duck. Did see several woodcock which I have not seen in a while. No geese either until I left and saw them on the cattle pond across the street. Probably wouldn't have shot them anyway with it being so cold. With the temps this week, I expect everything I hunt to be iced over next weekend, so this is probably it for me.
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When it gets cold here, and the ground starts to freeze, the woodcock migrate closer to large bodies of water where there is still soft ground they can probe with their beaks. For us, the seaside is the best. Unfortunately most of it I can't hunt, so I try to get at them early in the season. But the one time I got to do a late hunt on a property right next to the sea, holy cow there were woodcock everywhere.
 
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