Hot action on a frigid day!

[Kaiser878]

Well, being that I have to work this weekend my last duck hunt of the year took place on friday! A brought a good buddy who is on the Buckeye cam pro staff with me up from marietta to stay for one of his first duck hunts. I told him that with the weather it was going to be hit or miss and if we could get on some open water we would get into the birds. When we got up fri mornnig it was -11, and thats not with the windchill. As I was puting the vest on my lab leo he jsut looked at me like, "you gotta be kidding me dad." We loaded up my other buddies vehicle and the three of us were off. We met my other buddies dad and contemplated the game plan. WIth the size of the open hole we decided not many dekes were needed and we threw out a dozen ducks and said the heck with it. First light brough a flury of assorted ducks. We limited our shooting to just over the water because we didnt want to risk sending my dog on the ice outside the open hole. Later in the day we realized that the ice was over 5 inches thick and my dog could walk on it no problem, heck we coulda probably drove a car on it. THe day broguht a mixed bag of birds. At the end of the day we found ourselves sitting over top 3 blacks, 1 redhead, 1 ruddy, 1 ringer, 7 mallards, 6 goldeneyes and two of the most beautiful pintails i have ever seen. At the time of the photo we onlyt had 19 birds, but later we ended up killing two more blacks! All in all it was a phenomenal day. Mind you this was one of my buddies 2nd duck hunts ever, I told him not to let this spoil him and that this doesnt come along like this very often. At the end of the day We ended up with 4 happy hunters and one cold, dedicated dog!
Can you say chocolate fudge sickle?
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Hero shot minus one who was taknig the pic.
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The pintail slayers!
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[groundsman3]

beautiful pinnies

[Kile Jones]

Absolutley GORGEOUS PINTAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nick Westerholm]

beautiful birds! where you all at in that shoot?

[hardcore dekem]

Those are a great set of sprigs!!

[take'em94]

Those pintails are beautiful dude!!! and the dog looks like a freezer burnt jell-o pudding pop! which is absolutely awsome!!!

[Kaiser878]

beautiful birds! where you all at in that shoot?

We had snow camo on and we sat in little drainage ditches! Plus we covered up with white sheets! Actually worked out pretty well! I put a white sheet around my dog also when he wasnt warming up in the truck!

[Jeff Kreit]

Great looking duck and way to go on the hunt.

[GrizzDaddy]

Those are some of the best sprigs I have ever seen!!!

[TeamWaterfowl]

ur pup looks cold and pissed

[coy]

that looks freezing... nice ducks

[PWILLIAMS]

great looking hunt . good job