2010 is coming. Lately work has been killer. Very busy. And I've been thinking it really is too bad. I'm trying to find time to reassess what's important and what's not. Even that is difficult to get to. So I guess this is what it means to feel stuck in a rut of sorts.
On a positive note I went duck hunting today. Joel, Ryan, and Christian were also there. We found a nice spot down on the coast and parked for duck. One flew in on us when we were setting up and almost landing on our heads. It was still dark so he didn't see us until he was on top of us. We didn't have the guns loaded so we missed him. We split into two pairs on the bank. Close enough to talk still. A number of duck came by. Black duck, which don't like to land it seems even near decoys. Very edgy duck. Not trusting at all. Some mallards came in; they landed a bit upstream and never got close enough to take a shot at. Teal duck flew by really fast, and a couple may have landed on the other side of some grass near us, but again, too far away to take a shot. There was a junk duck of sorts that was hanging around too. They eat other ducks eggs and have no limit to them. Mergansers (had to look it up again).
So I got to learn some duck species.
Oh...did I shoot any? No. :) Ryan got a goose with duck shot, which was impressive. But the ducks were too on top of their game today. I would have really liked to get a black duck. However when I hunt, as with the goose hunting we tried awhile back, we run into 'odd' days where people see things they've never had happen much like lack of duck, or lack of geese. I seem to have that effect. :)
