DUCKS! DUCKS! DUCKS!

Hello everyone,

This week's post will not talk much about the news side of Ducks Unlimited, but more of the benefits of what they do. This past friday was the opening day of Mississippi duck season. It sure was a good one! Three of my close friends accompanied me on a trip to a public lake near my home. We arrived at the boat ramp early, because we knew there would be a crowd on opening morning. And boy were we right! We launched the boat and were able to get in a spot that we had scouted a couple of days before and waited for daylight. As shooting time approached, we could hear the sound of whistling wings above us and even had a rather large group of mallards land between us and our decoys. All we could do is watch. Finally when shooting time rolled around, there were ducks everywhere! We were able to complete our four man limit of 24 ducks by 8:30 a.m. Not too bad for public land!!

The next morning, I convinced my dad to come with us. That is an accomplishment in itself because he does not duck hunt very much nowadays. One of my close friends went with us Saturday morning and we were fortunate enough to get the same spot we hunted opening morning. It did not disappoint us. We had our three man limit of 18 ducks by 9:00. We would have had it a lot sooner if we could have shot a little better, but that's a story for another day.

Overall, the weekend was a huge success! We had two very successful hunts and I saw more ducks than I have ever seen this early in the year. The main point I wanted to get across with this blog post is that the number of ducks we saw and were able to harvest is a complement to all of DU's hard work. Without them, we would not have near the duck population we have today! I just want to take a second to thank them for all they do for the sport and conservation of Waterfowling!

Be safe and Good hunting!