All around it was a 6. The marshes just weren't very productive. Getting out of bed at 2:00 and shivering in the boat for several hours just to shoot maybe a duck per person wasn't worth it. Ended up falling back to swamp hunting where all you see is wood ducks. Did ok there but the limit is only 2 per day, so can't get much shooting in. Whilst waiting at a local pond one morning a small group of geese came over and we got 4 out of the 5. That was a nice surprise since I normally only see ducks near the ponds.
Season total for myself was 13 wood ducks, 2 canadian geese, and 3 bluewing teal. Still haven't bagged a mallard
. Oh well. Should be better next year
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I'm at a disadvantage though. Most people who duck hunt seem to have been brought up into it. My dad always took me deer and turkey hunting, but he wasn't a duck hunter. About 4 years ago my brother and I decided to try it out and have been having fun with it, but we're having to "learn the ropes" from scratch with no mentor. Reading online forums and websites on the sport has helped a lot though
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