This Saturday I had an invite to go duck hunting up north. I had a great time and saw some great dog work. Saturday was a warm blue-bird day and the ducks weren’t moving around too much. Despite the lack of birds flying, I was able to shoot six ducks; a mixed bag of gadwalls, and teal. My hunting partner even shot a wood duck, a fairly uncommon duck in the area. That kind of made the day. We tried our darndest, but couldn’t get the last few ducks to fill our limits. I guess that was ok though. That just means I don’t have to eat as many ducks!
One of the best things was the dog work. DJ, my hunting buddy has a well trained chocolate lab (Casador), that was a pleasure to hunt with and a lot of fun to watch. We had a wing-tipped duck that sailed several hundred yards off before going in. It was fun to watch DJ direct him into the area with hand signals then Casador worked the scent and retrieved the duck. Numerous other ducks tried the diving game, but Casador knew how that game was played and would wait patiently on the duck, then would dive under after them. We had a great day on the marsh. I look forward to our next duck hunt.
