Al Hansen
Well-known member
The last couple of days I have been at my little spot working on my blind. I decided to take a break so I picked up my camera and just sat there for bit. In the distance I saw some specks that kept on getting bigger and bigger. Good grief if only I had my shotgun. Season was less than 48 hours away.
That mountain peak in the background is at 10,700'. Sorry about the photos but on this day we had a tremendous amount of smoke and ash from the CA fires circulating throughout New Mexico.
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How excited would you get to hunt teal if you knew that on the 11th the day's high will be 95F with a low of 63F. Sunday will be 93F and 61F. Then Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are 92F, 92F, and 91F all with a low of 61F.
I promised Bev that I would pick up my decoys when one hour of hunting was up. No ifs about this at all. This time of the year snakes seem to migrate to where the water is because that is where all the vegetation and little critters like to be.
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Took these shot today, Friday. The air quality was much better. Had a small flock of 9 come in while I was working on my blind.
Most of these were cinnamons. Around here we have to wait until January when they are on their reverse migration out of Mexico, to get them in full plumage.
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It is amazing how quickly teal can seem to catapult themselves into the air. That is done in a fraction of a second. Just to be able to watch them use their wings and feet to do this is something else.
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These teal flew out and away but in seconds made a wide circle and came back in. I was there this afternoon when it hit a high of 96F.
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It was a great day and my blind is as finished as it can be. I have some wild sunflower plants to hide my frame and trusty/rusty chair. Chip, my yellow lab duckblind companion will sit on my right hand side. He knows something is up. In 8 hours and 6 minutes our early teal season will open. It sure is fun to feel like a kid again. This time I checked my list twice. All is ready.
Al
I wonder how my portable radar unit will react when he sees something like this. That just made me think of the time I thought Chili was darn near asleep---so I clicked off the safety on my Benelli Nova and you should have seen her leap into action. That was funny.
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That mountain peak in the background is at 10,700'. Sorry about the photos but on this day we had a tremendous amount of smoke and ash from the CA fires circulating throughout New Mexico.
View attachment IMG_3991 (3).JPG
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How excited would you get to hunt teal if you knew that on the 11th the day's high will be 95F with a low of 63F. Sunday will be 93F and 61F. Then Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are 92F, 92F, and 91F all with a low of 61F.
I promised Bev that I would pick up my decoys when one hour of hunting was up. No ifs about this at all. This time of the year snakes seem to migrate to where the water is because that is where all the vegetation and little critters like to be.
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Took these shot today, Friday. The air quality was much better. Had a small flock of 9 come in while I was working on my blind.
Most of these were cinnamons. Around here we have to wait until January when they are on their reverse migration out of Mexico, to get them in full plumage.
View attachment IMG_4044 (2) - Copy.JPG
View attachment IMG_4094 (2).JPG
It is amazing how quickly teal can seem to catapult themselves into the air. That is done in a fraction of a second. Just to be able to watch them use their wings and feet to do this is something else.
View attachment IMG_4099 (2).JPG
These teal flew out and away but in seconds made a wide circle and came back in. I was there this afternoon when it hit a high of 96F.
View attachment IMG_4102 (2).JPG
View attachment IMG_4117 (2).JPG
It was a great day and my blind is as finished as it can be. I have some wild sunflower plants to hide my frame and trusty/rusty chair. Chip, my yellow lab duckblind companion will sit on my right hand side. He knows something is up. In 8 hours and 6 minutes our early teal season will open. It sure is fun to feel like a kid again. This time I checked my list twice. All is ready.
Al
I wonder how my portable radar unit will react when he sees something like this. That just made me think of the time I thought Chili was darn near asleep---so I clicked off the safety on my Benelli Nova and you should have seen her leap into action. That was funny.
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