mallards

[Mr. 16 gauge]

I saw probably 2000 to 3000 ducks today......all circling the refuge and at heights that require supplemental oxygen!

Things have been quite slow here the past week.....weather had been anything but 'ducky' and with moron after moron throwing up "Hail Mary" shots, the birds know where they are safe.
Bagged 3 mallards, a GW teal and a Ruddy last week....today I got my first drake bufflehead. Hopefully I will have at least one good day this week where the birds come in 'cupped & committed'.....but if not, well...that's duck hunting.