Luck of the Draw...

I hunted Magee Marsh today with one of my best friends. This is a lottery hunt sponsored by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.  Magee is a beautiful marsh that adjoins Lake Erie and the ODOW does a great job managing the facility. You draw for your blind from a wooden box of ping pong balls and hang your tag on the map.  We drew a open hole just off the lake, that hadn't been hunted all week. We were excited as the weather has been stale, and any birds have "been there, done that" for 3 weeks now.  We enjoyed the "train ride" of boats to our hole in the marsh...


Hunting at Magee can be stellar or glacial, like any duck hunt, especially in Ohio. However, Providence shone down on us today, as not only did we have birds, we had the best kind...birds that WANTED TO WORK.  We ended up shooting 5 beautiful gadwalls and should have had several more if our shooting had been better and our attention more on the hunt than on enjoying excellent conversation. 

Roux was a stud, as always, making it look easy. 

Another great day in God's creation, spent with a great friend.  I laughed until I hurt, and we enjoyed fine cigars and good coffee.  The number of birds paled in comparison to the time spent in the blind, however....

We arrived back at the check station to discover that only 12 birds were shot on the whole marsh. We got plenty of looks as we carried our strap to our truck.  Until next time....

Brown is Beautiful.