by Paul26 » Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:55 pm
Went to Hyde. Southwest of the lake.
Friday was a waste of time.
On Sat we had a slight improvement over the other 6 hunts there this year......but nothing like what we’d expect this time of the year. In 2 days we shot 1 pintail, 2 wood ducks, a ring neck, and (sorry) 2 mergs. We actually SAW ducks flying in groups of 6-10.
There was more shooting Sat than Friday. Plenty of DD214’s out there.
On Friday I drove through Fairfield and saw THOUSANDS piled thick in the NWest corner of the lake. Nuts.
And to rub salt in the wound......when I scouted the New River on Sunday....you guessed it. 1-2,000 birds. That is not an exaggeration.....I know how to count rafts.
What a terrible, terrible season. My regular partner is actually talking about quitting