I hunted with the same people again this morning, Mark, Emily, David, and Wes.  We thought we made the correct choice when I chose hole 5 again this morning.  But hole 5 was not as good to us today as yesterday.

 

We got set up early this morning.  By 6:05 a.m. we were ready to go.  Shooting time is approximately 6:20 a.m.  At just about shooting time four Mallards appeared and we started working them.  One Mallard left the group during several circles around the hole.  We finally landed three of them.  Mark, Emily, and I shot at a drake and hen that went straight out from us in the blind and we got both of them.  A drake went left in front of David and Wes.  They knocked it down and it fell just outside of the hole.  David sent his dog, Cache, to retrieve the drake.  Wes saw Cache pick up the drake and then it got loose.  They were never able to find it.

 

One Mallard drake fluttered around in the hole and we let it fly off trying to land about five other Mallards.  We got too greedy and came up empty-handed on that group.

 

Later in the morning we started working five Mallards.  Finally, three worked into the hole and picked up to leave.  Remembering the previous group, I threw down the screen of the blind and told Mark and Emily to shoot them.  They got a drake and hen and that finished our hunt for the day.

 

More later.