Well, how was it?

[CatFan]

We had ducks landing in the decoys before sunrise. Plenty of chances to knock some down by didn’t shoot worth a darn. Happy to be out there though.

[OUTATIME]

My Dad and I shot 6 woodies and only recovered 4 other two swam under and never came back up. Had a black duck land 2 yards away but they don't open till the 18th I believe. Overall saw a bunch of woodies and a few big ducks, which is average all year just about.

[merg]

My Dad and I shot 6 woodies and only recovered 4 other two swam under and never came back up. Had a black duck land 2 yards away but they don't open till the 18th I believe. Overall saw a bunch of woodies and a few big ducks, which is average all year just about.

Good job.

[OUTATIME]

Thanks, it was a fun one!

[EastBound&Down]

Good opener. Took youth out on his first big water hunt and he limited out on blackhead, bufflehead, scoter, and pintail.

[HydeMarsh]

Good opener. Took youth out on his first big water hunt and he limited out on blackhead, bufflehead, scoter, and pintail.

You are "da Man" for finding birds and taking a young hunter. congrats!!!

[hlw]

Good hunt on the coast. Shot 2 wigeon (found 1), gaddy, ringneck, buffs, shoveler, and walked in my impoundment and shot a woody. Good opener for me. Hope all did well.

[Paul26]

Super job. Thanks for posting the pic

[creekcaptain]

I've skipped the opener here the last couple years. Had another good couple days before the opener elsewhere.

[Paul26]

Very impressive. I have never had a hunt with that kind of variety. That's about the best group of ducks I have seen. That is a can on the left side, correct?

Also: please send the precise lat/longs of your "elsewhere" location, along with your SSN, checking account number and PIN. No need to use PM: I wont tell anyone. No crap G.I.

And thank you for posting the photo. Everyone: pls get with a Millennial and ask them to teach you how to post pics.

[creekcaptain]

Very impressive. I have never had a hunt with that kind of variety. That's about the best group of ducks I have seen. That is a can on the left side, correct?

Also: please send the precise lat/longs of your "elsewhere" location, along with your SSN, checking account number and PIN. No need to use PM: I wont tell anyone. No crap G.I.

And thank you for posting the photo. Everyone: pls get with a Millennial and ask them to teach you how to post pics.

4 cans to be exact. We let bufflehead have a pass the entire time, but they hit the deeks hard all day every day. We ended the trip with 9 species of ducks and a goose. There are a few dead buffies on the end, we thought they were GE's. I'll upload a few more pics later on.

[HydeMarsh]

thanks for sharing, You obviously have it wired for success.

Paul, tell us one more time how to post pics.

[OUTATIME]

I'd post pictures but they would release where I was very easy. Going after them in the morning so I'll let you know what happens!

[OUTATIME]

Nothing happened sadly, I messed up when I had he only woodie decoy. Atleast I know where they are going now,for Saturday , as I'll call that a scouting trip

[HydeMarsh]

Killed a blue bill and a redhead Friday morning on the sound. Our impoundments have nothing. Lots of birds on the refuge. So many swans on the northeast side you cannot hear yourself think.

[Shurshot]

Not many birds around at all but my partner and I made the best of our opportunities and shot green wings, blue wings and wigeon.

[KAhunter]

Killed a blue bill and a redhead Friday morning on the sound. Our impoundments have nothing. Lots of birds on the refuge. So many swans on the northeast side you cannot hear yourself think.

I heard there is a 300 acre impoundment in hyde that was hit with a big downburst or something during a thunderstorm that knocked all of the corn over and is holding most of the birds in hyde right now. Like 200,000 plus. Have talked to a few people who dont have much in the way of ducks right now in hyde.

We have started out well with 4 good days so far. Not overly optimistic for thanksgiving weekend but hopefully we will have some new birds show up.