Dudes Dogs and Ducks : A North Dakota Hunting Blog: McVille Field Hunt

the third duck hunt of the year might have been the best so far. it was a mcville field hunt with briand and dan arneson (the new inlaws!!!) another super nice morning with temps about 50 degrees by 6am. this was a field hunt with no water or mud in sight (this makes my life easier considering davis looks like swamp thing after a slough hunt). the field was dry enough so we could just drive the decoys/blinds into position and drop them off without any heavy lifting or cardio... it took a little while for the ducks to start coming in (guessing about 20 min after legal shooting time), but once they did it was fast and furious. 95% mallards coming in in large groups of about 20+. these ducks were fully locked on our spread just bombing in. once we started shooting it was only about 30 min until we had our limit of ducks. some drakes are starting to get their green heads and rings around our necks. wont be long before we see full fall plumage. we hung around hoping to get some canadians as well but just couldnt get any to come into shooting range. perhaps a little more practice on the goose call would do the trick. this time we had to settle for a limit of mallards and only one canadian.