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Went Saturday morning to the mudhole. Seems, everybody thought the mudhole would be a good idea too. Got the ramp and two boats were blocking the ramp while their owner's took their sweet time putting their gear in. Really a comedy show. When we started out in the lake, some buffons had pulled up on a no drive dike. When I mentioned to them that the folks were pretty serious about folks not being on the dike, a young jerk says, "Well I guess you are going to turn us in...our permit number is ___". I told him no, that I wasn't a cop. Came back after hunting and this same jerk and a bud were walking up and down the dike shooting (also against the rules) at cormorants (a federally protected bird). Two older guys joined them, but never said a word to these two idiots, they just laughed at them.

Then got in a hole and only had 4 other boats set up around us. Managed to get 2 limits (my son and I), but rather than all puddle ducks, we shot a few buffies, including a great looking drake my son got.

It seems that the class of folks who duck hunt these days is going to heck.

That situation is what ran me off public duck waters.

Opening day of either season is always nuts- I usually stay at home.
I had a good day- Didn't go out till 10 and was off the water by 3.
Scouting mostly- still brought home 5.
Found some nice honey holes for next trip.

bman wrote:Opening day of either season is always nuts- I usually stay at home.
I had a good day- Didn't go out till 10 and was off the water by 3.
Scouting mostly- still brought home 5.
Found some nice honey holes for next trip.

I only went because my bud and my son wanted to hunt. There was supposed to be a 4th guy who was a no show. Had I known he was gonna be a no show, I would have let my bud and my son hunt and I would have counted sheep longer. I had no confidence in their being any new birds. All of my private places are dry. There might be one exception and I'm going to check it out this week.