The longest day

Every hunt for me starts the same. With a pair of binoculars and a phone, and this started no different.

After watching these birds for a few days, I noticed once again that we were dealing with some early risers, and late finishers- it was going to be a long, long day in the field.

It was a lot longer for my mate Pete, who had to travel 4 hours to and from home, and he brought with him Ryan, the brother of a mate of mine, was only to happy to fill in, and come on his first hunt with us.

The local lads went down the night before, and we flushed out the remaining birds so as not to let them eat all night - we wanted them hungry for the next morning. We set out the Decoy spread, then headed home for what ever sleep we could get.

Not so bright, but very early the next day, we all met up at the property. We added Pete's decoys to the mix, then waited in our blinds foe the sun, and the birds to turn up.

 As the day went on, we had sporadic flights come in all day. We had the traditional rush in the morning, but all in all, the birds kept us buttoned up in our blinds. We found out first hand, that if you think tour in a "lull", as soon as you get out for a stretch, you will be caught with your ants down. Literally!

In a surprising turn, the late afternoon and evening provided us the most consistent shooting of the day. It was with droopy eyes, but happy faces, that we packed up after another successful day in the field., and so would end our summer Season. We now had an agonizing wait for the Duck Season to arrive, made even worse by knowing, I was only going to be in the country for one week of it!

Ryan, Myself, Carl, Pete, George and Paul with the results after a long day in the field!