Hunt Grand Pass on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving with Dan, Patrick and Ed. Dan had a reservation and pulled pill 8. Sweet Jesus! So we picked pool 5W and hunted the SE portion of it near some flooded corn.

For once in a blue moon, we were actually ready at shooting time. Unfortunately, the only birds flying were high and none wanted to come near us. It finally started picking up around 8 a.m. when the mallards started flying more, and it stayed pretty good until around 10 a.m. when it got really warm. During this 2 hour window is when we shot most out birds — 8 mallards, 1 widgeon, 1 gadwall and 1 shoveler.

Highlights of the hunt:

1. The K-L Sport Sled was a huge hit. So glad that I made the purchase. After hauling all my gear into the pool with it, we used it to float all our blind bags and keep them dry in the pool. Just hid it behind us in the flooder corn.
2. Birds decoyed like a textbook hunt between the hours of 8-10 a.m. It was awesome.
3. At one point, we had 4 greenheads locked up and coming straight into us. The first one came into range, and the other 3 were right behind him until someone else started shooting in another pool, and the birds started to flare. Luckily Dan hammered the one greenhead in range.
4. Dan took a nice dip in the pool when shooting at a bull pintail that blew over the top of us.
5. When I take a camera on the next trip, I need to make sure I take batteries with juice left in them. I took 4 AAs, and none of them had anything left in them. Hence, I took no pictures from the hunt.
6. I love to duck hunt at Grand Pass, but the drive home sucks!

Good times.