Catch of the day.
 

The weather has been very cold and still for the last two weeks; total bluebird. Finally, however, we got a bit of very cold north wind today and the birds flew all afternoon. Not a barn burner, but a limit of nice birds was taken nevertheless.

Hey Destry, you'll notice a cinnamon teal in the group with beautifully colored plumage. It came to the call and was shot at a respectable 35 yards, so it didn't get blown to hell. Thanks Alex for the RST #6's!

I recently turned 61, and finally got out for my birthday hunt today.....spent six hours in the blind. Just one shot was used on each approaching group in order to extend a wonderful afternoon. Today was a good duck hunt.

Nice mixed bag of ducks Brian! Good gun work too.

what a way to spend your birthday..looks like you done wellbut heh when a guy shootin a parker...by the way HAPPY BIRTHDAY... charlie

Thanks Charlie. It WAS a great day shooting the Parker.

Happy Birthday Brian. A great hunt to be sure and that Cinnamon Teal looks good enough for the taxidermist.

I'm envious to say the least! Happy Birthday!


Destry

Destry, the cinnamon teal have really started showing up over the last few years. They arrive late and stay long after the season too. We will leave water in the ponds through the first week of April in hopes of further habituating them on this particular ranch.

On the youth shoot we hosted last year, it was reported that hundreds of cinnamon were hold up in the 'closed zone'. Some of the kids shot a few and had never seen anything like them before. Very cool colors.

Boy that takes me back. Cinnanmon teal always leave early and come back early, at least in Calif. They nest here but are never in the bag as they leave by mid Sept. and won't come back until April. Once as a lad I dropped for cinnamons out of a flock with one shot. That was in the lead and 870 days and those birds zigged when they should have zagged. Only problem with them (and blue wings) is they resemble a spoony on the table. Bring me the greenwings!
Happy birthday!

That was supposed to be four.

Brian,

If you continue to hold a few during the season I'll expect an invite one of these days! As you know, they're one of only a very few species of North American ducks I've never shot.

My current list is pairs of:

Cinnamon Teal
King Eider
Black Scoter
Common Eider
Harlequin
Barrows Goldeneye
Black Belly Tree Duck
Fulvuous Tree Duck

Then singles of:

Drake Redbreasted Merganser
Hen Florida Mallard