St. Anne's Again......
Got the call and figured I'd better go, no telling what might happen. Lots of ice so all the regular boat ramps were frozen in, met the club boat clear up on the river. Was 15 degrees when we left the ramp, it was about a 40 minute boat ride to the shooting grounds. Cold would be one way to put it.
Finally got out and got set, lots of ducks flying but only a single coming in occasionally.
I had the Swamp Angel as always. Shot well enough despite my layers of clothing, thankfully the old girl isn't too long in the stock. I missed two I should have killed, had a nice double on the last birds of the day to make up for it.
We shot till the last possible minute, ended up with 10 mallards and a big bull canvasback.
My friend made a tremendous overhead passing shot on the can, his first of the season.
The ride back to the ramp in the dark was even colder, I think my right foot finally thawed out sometime this morning.....
Thanks to my friend Jim for the invite, hope we get to go again before the season closes down in mid January.
DLH
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