I unfortunately have to say goodbye to this waterfowl season and head to Lafayette, LA to make some money. However, its all for good reasons. I look forward to the next season and have recently started a 1/2 dozen storm wigeon made out of HD tan cork and cedar heads, these are almost completely painted and will be a great addition to the spread this upcoming year. I hope to complete another dozen puddlers before 09-10 season hits. It was a great season these past few months and I harvested over 150 birds, with only 3 snow geese, 2 giant canadians, 2 dozen divers including Bluebill, Hooded Merganser, Ringneck, and Ruddy duck. The remainder of these birds were wigeon teal and mallards, with mallards being the Majority. With over 75 mallards harvested this year, I can happily say i once again stuck to my guns by only harvesting hens on incidental circumstances, this year was 3 hens. I did not do my normal sea duck gunning this season for lack of boat but I will be jumping back in the salts when I get home from my deployment I will be picking up a BBSB that will enable me to get to the places I just dream about.
