2008 Duck Hunt Opener

The Crew! Sean, Tanner, Taylor, Gunner and Cash

The New Duck Blind
This years Duck opener was pretty different to say the least. I was so excited and pumped to see a lot of birds and use the new blind. (Like we did on the youth opener) One of the two went great, but the part about bagging a lot of birds didn't. We saw a few birds and missed a lot of them. We should have downed at least 5 others. Everyone in the group got shots off and seemed to be having a good time regardless of the slower action. The other big factor was the constant rain that soaked all of us to the very bones it rained all day for the first time in months. I thought the storm would move the birds a little more, but it seemed to keep them put without much wind. The bright spot of the day for me was my 50 yard shot on a Teal the was flying a way. I knocked him down and Cash finished him off. It was his first diving Duck retrieve...meaning it dove down when he tried to get it, but he found it a minute later. Good dog!

That was the only Duck we bagged that morning, but we all had a great time with a couple first time hunters Tanner and Taylor... Then Gunner and Sean. Tanner is a little shy about shoot a Shotgun since it almost blew him off the blind and gave him a nice bruise on his cheek. Another bright spot was the new duck blind that worked great and was so nice to sit and wait for the birds. To finish off the day we were greeted by Mom's huge warm breakfast that totally hit the spot.

Cash Wondering Why We Didn't Shoot More Ducks

Jared, Sean, Tate, Tanner and Gunner went down later and got some ducks and Jared got a Goose! I guess the birds came in a little later. I also went down this Monday morning and and only had one duck come into the decoys, but at least it was a Drake Mallard that I got with one shot! I am 2-3 this year shooting!!!