I had a lot of company in the blind this morning. Besides Riley and I, Jeremy, Don and Kamaile were there. We were back in Finley. We set up on a point that had really deep water close to shore. We threw the decoys out and I started arranging them in the deeper water with the help of Eric's boat. Once they were set, I paddled back and hid the boat. We waited for "go time" to arrive". As we waited we talked to Jeremy about what to expect, as this was his first duck hunt.
After the time had arrived, we continued to wait about 20 minutes before we had our first wad of ducks circle our decoys. As they made their second pass, Don and I worked them with the calls. BOOM! Jeremy took his first shot. It startled Don and I, as we know each other's hunting style well enough to anticipate when the other will shoot. Jeremy's shot rang out much earlier than we would have shot. Jeremy missed the ducks he was shooting at.
More time passed, with more shots from Jeremy, Don and I. We finally had a duck screaming back up river to our decoys. He was locked in and committed to landing. We let him land and readied Kamaile for a shot at her first duck. She tapped off her first shot and wounded the canvasback drake. Don and I fired as backup. That canvasback limped its way back out to a raft of ducks before I could get out to him with the little boat. He blended in well and was impossible to find.
All was quiet for another hour. Our last pair of ducks screamed in right off the water to our left. Don and I fired and my shot dropped a redhead hen. The drake kept going. We all chuckled as soon as we realized Jeremy didn't even get a shot off. In his excitement, he couldn't get his safety off.
Since the day wasn't busy and we had kids along for the trip, we decided to call it a day a little early. Still, a lot of fun was had by all.
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