Yeah, it's really weird that happened. We had never seen 'specs' in the natural ponds and haven't since. That was back in O five. My neighbors had thousands of Tule geese in their natural ponds last year. Never seen anything like it. There was no one hunting the entire 2,300 acres and the birds hardly ever came out. We had the worst year ever and blame the mild weather with no rain.
We are hoping for a change and expect many limits of ducks if it happens. The neighbors have 14 hunters and only flooded 500 acres this year. I flood 320 ac. and we never shoot more than 2 blinds with two guns in each. Usually, it's just myself and the guest du jour.
Destry, you'd get a limit of Tule Geese for sure; guests always do good here. One guest shot and killed 3 teal with one shot. A disabled veteran shot two banded mallard and a sprig in one hunt. Three years ago the game warden got a blue goose with a neck band. My hispanic farm worker got 5 drake mallard and two bull sprig on his first hunt. He used my old Beretta automatic that never killed a duck for me!
Anyway, have Flanders fly over and pick you up...he has an invite as well.
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