December 6, 2011 by Dan

no leaks. all welded construction. solid boat.

mod photo. installed UHMW, lights and light stands since this picture. one man load/unload. boat can be winched from bare ground up on trailer without issue.
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November 30, 2011 by Dan
coming down to the last few days of regular season. get your hunts in…looks like the water should stay open barely.

Tanner guarding his birds.
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November 10, 2011 by Dan
Had a high wind forecast today so we knew it would be a tough go. We had about a 1,000 birds thru the spread but it was tough to ID them and call the shot with the sun position and NW 30-40mph winds. Called it a little early knowing we should have good shoots the rest of the week.
we hunted a bean field that birds were hopping off a loaf pond up into the field to feed. shot a few birds this morning and then packed up to get lunch. Came back and checked it at 4pm and birds were loaded in where our blinds were this morning. Small adjustment for tomorrow and forecast of 10mph winds, should make for a better shoot. Here’s the view from our layouts.

this was our view from the layouts today....feeder birds piling into a loafer.
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November 8, 2011 by Dan
Setup in a bean field that was loaded the previous 3 nights….finally had permission to get in there. Nothing flew. Surrounded by 3-4 roosts with thousands of mallards…..nothing. haha. Very typical full moon mallards. After loading up this morning we did the normal drive aroudn the roosts and they were just absolutely loaded with lazy mallards. Heading back out to a cut corn located directly in between 4 different roosts in hopes there will be a feeding frenzy tonight. here was one of the roosts.

mallard roost

mallard roost

coyote

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snows]

snow

today's hunt

cool shot

at least we had a super view of the valley
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November 8, 2011 by Dan
had a rough morning. full moon playin havoc with birds movement and feeding. thousands of birds but they didn’t feed this morning, then piled in hard the last 15 minutes to feed tonight. Shot a handful and then moved to setup for tomorrow morning. Justin plucked a nice Can from the big water while scouting today…nice bird.

Justin and Dave waiting to retrieveBig water Can

quacker attacker plug shot for Justin

Arley

Arley

Arley

dog emulating his owner?

few more snows

chicken hawk?
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November 7, 2011 by Dan
some good feeds this morning while scouting.

snow migration in full effect. watched thousands come from the o-zone.....bomb into this field. definitely on the way from canada.

mallard feed we been watching since saturday. finally got permission on it today...will be tough to hide in.
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November 7, 2011 by Dan

approach

set

the shot

the miss

the connect

down

and down

fold

flock of pins

not sure on bird...cool pic tho.

Dave V. coming out with some mallets.

Tonights feed...will be in this in the morning.

More feed shots

this one gets the blood goin.
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November 6, 2011 by Dan
Absolutely crazy amount of birds through our spread this morning. Mallards on the move. We ran a small spread in a corner of the cut corn behind a hill. Struggled with drakes due to low light, blowing snow and high winds. 35 mph winds suck.

about 13 birds into this mornings shoot.

Arley, Dave V. and Hen Killer (aka Justin Keithley)
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November 6, 2011 by Dan
found a few birds tonight. should be fun tomorrow.

mallard feed

snow feed

returning to the roost
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November 4, 2011 by Dan
Mark sent me a couple pic’s today from there hunt on Wednesday. Nothing like getting the blood flowing before Dave, Justin and I get out there Saturday morning.

Reese

Mullen's Group.
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