Opening day was uneventful. We were able to hunt, even though the area had received major flooding. Shooting time was 6:07, and we walked in about 30 minutes before it.

We were hunting the north side, so Jeff and George took blind 1, and Dan and I decided to hunt blind 3 because it had a dog stand that wasn’t underwater as much as blind 2, and blind 2 still had 6″ of water in it. But, when we got to blind 3, Dan looked inside and saw two big river rats staring at us. Needless to say, we changed our minds and went to hunt blind 2.

By the time we threw out decoys around blind 2, we had already heard some shooting, and saw lots of birds flying. Opening day was officially underway. unfortunately, we only got shots at one group of teal, but they passed us at light speed. By the time I was pulling the trigger, they were already buzzing by us. Had a few other groups come close to us, and had one big duck come by, but by the time we saw anything that was in range, it was too late.

We finished up the morning at around 9 a.m. Each of us had taken 1 shot, and it was already close to 70 degrees out side. Way too warm for this sport. I bailed the rest of the water from blind 2, and I bailed out a dead carcass during the process — probably another nasty old river rat. Lucky me. On the way out, George and Jeff took care of the river rats in blind 3. Lucky them.

Both pools were really high, but I actually think the amount of water will be good for hunting. The corn is finally starting to turn brown, and there are lots of ducks in the area. They just didn’t want to come near us.

The forecast for Sunday was about the same. Sunny and warm. I decided to stay home and sleep in. We’re heading to Shanks on Veteran’s Day Wednesday for the poor line, so hopefully we draw well. We need some colder weather!