Now that is a great day!  Congratulations!

that's awesome! I would have never thought about kicking the water like that... good tips man keep em coming! I'm new to Waterfowl so it's appreciated. thanks and keep after em! congrats on an amazing hunt!

@David Brainard Thanks man, if I can pass on anything to a new waterfowl hunt it's to hide well and put ripples on the water, preferably electronically. Go ahead and spend the money on pulsators now instead of watching ducks pass you by on flat calm days. Now I wasn't hidden as well as I shoulda been as I anticipated doing most of my shooting at first light. My saving grace was that I repositioned the decoys in such a way that they would land into the wind while I had the sun at my back. You can just about throw a party if the sun is at your back

Had plans to hunt the TN River in the morning but woke up to a message that my buddy wasn't going to be able to go. So I regrouped and headed to the pond. For some reason it didn't register that it was pretty cold last night, leaving the pond frozen solid. I didn't have time to go elsewhere so I began busting ice. After knocking a little 15 yard diameter hole in the ice I tossed out 3 decoys put my mojo dove on a stake in the water and deployed my homemade pulsator. Nothing showed up at daylight nor the next two hours. Then out of the stratosphere I spy a duck. The pulsator was dead and I happened to be sitting in a briar patch that is the only cover with my feet in the water. I gave the water a few kicks and hailed on my loud echo. The bird immediately began losing altitude. After 2 passes it gave it up and I dropped it a 15 yards, it was a hen Gaddy. Same scenario with a drake greenwing teal. An hour later I heard wings. It was a pair of low flying mallards. A 3 note quack and a kick of the water had them hovering at 10 yards, making for easy targets. Maybe 20 minutes after that I was hit by a shadow. I whipped my eyes where I thought it come from and saw the silhouettes of big ducks. I had just kicked the water and gave them a little chuckle, they locked up and put their feet in my face, 2 shots, two splashes. This hunt was all you could ever ask for.

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