Todd and I left the Twin Cities at 4:30 am after a late night on Friday due to a family wedding. Zach left Duluth at about the same time. We met in Grand Forks, ND and then continued on to the farm arriving around noon.
We quickly set up, met the new farm owners, ate lunch and then headed out to find some ducks. Long story short we ended up shooting our limit plus 5 ducks that we made ramaki out of. We even ended up getting a couple of geese which thrilled Zach because he was hoping he would get a chance to shoot some.
The weather was windy and wet for the most part but those elements got the ducks moving. We ended up shooting Gadwall, Mallards, Teal (blue and green wing), and Wigeon.
Baylen had never been asked to retrieve ducks and considering he did a great job. He found at least 6 ducks we would have lost and even chased down two ducks that got into the water after being hit. He didn't retrieve them to hand but he at least got them to quit running. He kind of just put a paw on there heads and pushed them down into the mud. If they kept moving he would grab them by the wing and flip them around a bit. All and all I was pleased but as always we still have some work to do.
All seemed to have a good time and hopefully we'll be back for another year.
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