We had our first frost yesterday--about a month late. It didn't freeze again last night, and temps are headed back into the 70's tomorrow, but the leaves are changing and local critters finally seem to be acting like it's fall.
A friend and I sat on my local pond yesterday and saw the season's first flock of ringnecks and the first good flight of wood ducks we've seen there this year. We were about 50 yards from the right place to sit--a mistake I corrected this morning to take a limit of woodies within 15 minutes of legal shooting light.
The only downside is that the flight has been ending well before the sun gets up, so I was unable to ID drakes on the wing and ended up with three hens. No tying feathers except a little CDC from around the preen glands.
Still waiting to see decent numbers of black ducks, and I think the teal have mostly headed south without my ever finding them with shotgun in hand.
A friend and I sat on my local pond yesterday and saw the season's first flock of ringnecks and the first good flight of wood ducks we've seen there this year. We were about 50 yards from the right place to sit--a mistake I corrected this morning to take a limit of woodies within 15 minutes of legal shooting light.
The only downside is that the flight has been ending well before the sun gets up, so I was unable to ID drakes on the wing and ended up with three hens. No tying feathers except a little CDC from around the preen glands.
Still waiting to see decent numbers of black ducks, and I think the teal have mostly headed south without my ever finding them with shotgun in hand.