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Couple mallard hunts
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12/29/13 07:33 PM
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On Thursday morning I went after some mallards that I had found on Tuesday. With Christmas being on Wednesday, I had to wait to get after those birds until Thursday  Thursday morning brought low 20 degree temps and a frozen body of water. I spent about 30 minutes breaking ice and getting a landing hole opened up. With motion decoys in both open holes and keeping the ice from building, I was confident in the area. 5 minutes before LST there was around 20 mallards on the ice, walking around for a minute or so before flying off. The rest of the morning brought numerous flocks working the area, but just not coming into range. I scratched out 3 greenheads before calling it a morning at 10am A few pics from the morning    Saturday morning I took my brother out after some more mallards! the action was fast for about 30 minutes then slowly died off. We ended the hunt with 9 birds, just never could get that 10th bird to fill our limit. A few opportunities were there to finish the limit, but my shooting just wasn't up to par.  My brother with the birds 
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/29/13 07:41 PM
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Nice! love the green heads. Congrats.
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/29/13 07:50 PM
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/29/13 08:32 PM
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/30/13 04:00 AM
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Love me some green heads!
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/30/13 06:37 AM
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/30/13 02:46 PM
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Saturday morning I took my brother out after some more mallards! the action was fast for about 30 minutes then slowly died off. We ended the hunt with 9 birds, just never could get that 10th bird to fill our limit. A few opportunities were there to finish the limit, but my shooting just wasn't up to par.  Cool pic of you and your bro Mike. 
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Re: Couple mallard hunts
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12/30/13 10:05 PM
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Thanks everyone! Was really trying to get my brother on a good hunt before he had to head back home! Cool pic of you and your bro Mike. up Thanks Guy!
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