I am taking the week off. I have taken the week between Christmas and New Year's off for several years now. It is starting to feel like a tradition. This vacation started with a trip to Groesbeck to hunt with friends. The weather did not cooperate and was extremely windy the entire time. On the first night that the wind started to die down, I spent the entire evening watching a guy on a Cat. D9 clearing the land next door. Everyone else saw game; I saw the dozer. I had planned to take the end of the week and go out to the farm in Abilene, but then decided that duck hunting would be more fun. Plus it would be close to home.
I picked up my duck stamp today and headed out to the lake to do some scouting. I was disappointed to see that the lake was so low. It is down about three feet and there is much exposed shoreline where there once was water right up to the trees. I did find ducks, but it will be hard to get to them. A few flew over within shooting distance as I sat along the shore. I will probably set the decoys as close to the water's edge as possible and sit in the trees about 20 yards away. I think that is as close as I will be able to get to the water. An alternative will be to use my goose layout blind right at the water's edge. I'm not sure how that will work, but I will probably try anyway. We'll see how it goes. I've got the rest of the week to figure it out.
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