re: Thoughts on duck hunting these days

I'll tell y'all a story

Earlier this year I was hunting geese in a big white spread. 4 of us were in layouts. The wind was off direction by what they called for so the birds weren't finishing where I hoped. By 9:30 we had about half our limit of specs. I had made the decision not to call the shot at a few groups (50yards or so) and I could tell the guys were kind of aggravated.

Bout that time we get a big group of blues and snows to look at us. They're flipping, circling, losing altitude fast. We got these bastards. Then out of nowhere a group of about a dozen specs fly about 10 yards over us straight from behind. Never heard them for a second. "Wait wait wait wait" I'm saying in between calling. BOOM. They bank. 180. Coming right at us. Feet down. Necks craned. They're yodeling. Pop pop pop pop. Specs down.

Took me too many seasons to get to that point. Patience pays off people.