We had a big day on Saturday out on the Fundy mud. It was the greatest day of duck hunting that I’ve ever experienced. Not only did the ducks cooperate nicely, but Ruby made the 10 retrieves with skill, style and confidence that gave me more pleasure and pride than anything else. Particularly notable was a crippled mallard that glided down over behind the blind 200 yards before it hit the marsh running. I took Ruby downwind of where I thought it had ended up, lined her up and cast her back across the channel. It was such a thrill to watch her casting back and forth as she hunted the bird down and finally dove into another channel way off in the distance and came up with a lively mallard in her mouth. She also made several other big cross-current retrieves in the strong tides. In one case the tide was coming towards us but the wind was pushing the bird away from us. She had a long swim into the current to get him but then had an easy ride back with the tide! She even finished up the day by putting up a big rooster for my hunting buddy.
Cheers,
-Dave
