Half way through December Huston and Rags flew up from Atlanta to hunt with me at the marsh. When I picked them up at the airport it was 63 degrees and by the time we got to the cabin at about 10:00 it was still above 60. I have never in my life been down there when it was that warm. The stink bugs and wasps were out in big #'s and we had to open all the windows and the front door just so we could have the fire going and not be sweating. We got there on Thursday night and fortunately a little bit of a front rolled in and we had some decent weather in terms of wind and cloud cover. The first day we hunted # 4 and managed to get a handfull of mallards to do it right and Huston "HairyHead" Green laid the smack down on at least 3 mergansers. We were all pretty hungry for blood since it was early in the season, and there were a handfull of very effective water swats dolled out. The next day we moved to # 2 and put out a big spread. We hunted all day with a steady wind at our back and ended up killing 8 greenheads and one handsome drake gadwall. We all thought the hunting was going to stink because it has been so warm, so we were pretty psyched about the final tally.
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