I was driving around in the "blizzard" this afternoon, scouring creeks and corn fields for feeding ducks and geese. I found one big flock of geese, probably 400 or so, and watched them pour into a corn field around 1 pm. I tracked down the farmer... asked permission... Nope. Shit... of course not. 
So I kept on driving and as I got closer to home I passed over a bridge. It was a wide drainage ditch, and about 150 yds down I saw ducks... quite a few, too. I ran home and looked up the owner... My lucky day! The owner is a farmer that already allows me to hunt! Back in the truck I go and set up in the adjacent corn field by about 30 minutes later. Laying in my blind, I start hammering on the duck and goose calls. Sure enough, up pops 3 mallards out of the ditch and they head my way. Two swings later they're dropping right in. Stupid gun got caught on my snow cover and I only drop one of the hens. But when the shot went off, about 100-150 ducks picked up in the ditch. I quickly reloaded and hammered on the calls. I was able to get another group of three to come in... 2 hens and a drake. They came right in after about 3 passes... Mr. Drake didn't make it out. About a half hour later a pair came flying by. Same story... hen and a drake... they drop right in, only the hen leaves. I ended up staying until dark but the big group never did come back. I'm thinking a morning setup in the ditch might be a pretty good hunt this weekend!
So I kept on driving and as I got closer to home I passed over a bridge. It was a wide drainage ditch, and about 150 yds down I saw ducks... quite a few, too. I ran home and looked up the owner... My lucky day! The owner is a farmer that already allows me to hunt! Back in the truck I go and set up in the adjacent corn field by about 30 minutes later. Laying in my blind, I start hammering on the duck and goose calls. Sure enough, up pops 3 mallards out of the ditch and they head my way. Two swings later they're dropping right in. Stupid gun got caught on my snow cover and I only drop one of the hens. But when the shot went off, about 100-150 ducks picked up in the ditch. I quickly reloaded and hammered on the calls. I was able to get another group of three to come in... 2 hens and a drake. They came right in after about 3 passes... Mr. Drake didn't make it out. About a half hour later a pair came flying by. Same story... hen and a drake... they drop right in, only the hen leaves. I ended up staying until dark but the big group never did come back. I'm thinking a morning setup in the ditch might be a pretty good hunt this weekend!
