Today's hunt was surely out of the norm. Eric called me at 2:25 this afternoon and wanted to see if I was interested in a quick afternoon shoot. Always being up for something new, I said sure. After finishing up the errand I was on, I made it to the the parking spot in Burbank at 3:15. Eric was already at the water. He had five mallard drakes set out. On the way in I bumped a bufflehead hen, which Eric shot.
As I stood in the cattails with Eric, we watched several wads of ducks milling around overhead. None dropped into the small spread. At 4:07 (8 minutes before shooting hours were over) a pair of mallards dropped into a small, but deep, slough behind us. We decided to jump shoot those and call it a day. We snuck up and popped over the the knoll. The ducks jumped up and the hen fell. Eric put her down with one shot. I missed the drake.
My shooting is causing me great concern these days. I seem to be hitting everything I shoot at or nothing at all. I need to work on my shooting consistency, in a bad way. Getting the hang of this Patternmaster choke is proving to be tougher than I had thought.
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