one more mallard

[bigg edd]

One lone mallard. One shot. It's all over.

Saw some goldeneyes and one flock of pintails.

10 more months till opener. Cant say i ever remember hunting open water in december in MN.

[jeepguy]

Same thing happened to me. Got setup about 2:45. Around 3:10 a lone drake cupped and I thought he was coming in. He flared and I took the shot, making one of the longest kill shots of my season. My guess is 45 yards, maybe a bit more.

[tweedlap]

Great way to end the season.

It seems that the last mallard of the season is one that

you remember forever.

The last day, in the last hour of the 2008 season I took a

nice drake. I remember walking out of the field, as the darkness began to set in, feeling good about getting that

drake and thankful for another great season of memories.

tweed

[123fish]

That works both ways. I still remember missing a nice drake in the last few minutes of the last day of a season in the mid eighties. Point blank three times. Just need to let it go. Arrrgh!