Alabama duck hunting

[wiperhunter2]

I just got back from Alabama and yes I did do some fishing while I was there but the duck hunting was really something to brag about. I haven't done any duck hunting in several year but my cousin invited me to do some hunting while I was there. Opening day was a few days earlier and he was not able go, since he has his own private duck hunting area, no one had hunted it yet. He has a nice area set up with two separate pits that hold three hunters each. We went out with his two boys and a friend and his son, six of us total. The area had been flooded with a few feet of water in a field that was planted in millet. They had a dozen or so decoys on the water when we arrived and climbed down into the pit. These pits were made out of old gas tankers so they were dry, they also had bamboo sticking out from the dirt around the pit so we could stand up and not be seen by the ducks. At first light the duck started coming in by the hundreds, smaller groups of twenty at a time were trying to land. Most of the ducks were wood ducks and mallards, this was my first time hunting wood ducks. When the ducks were within range someone would yell "Get em" and we would stand up and empty our guns.
Ducks would fall from the sky and then we would sit down and reload, did I mention we had seats that swivel around so they could be moved when we stood up. After the first hour the ducks knew we were there and we saw fewer and fewer ducks. We hunted for three hours and ended up getting 24 total, 12 mallards and 12 wood ducks. All in all a great day to go hunting and the next day held another surprise, I'll write about that later. WH2
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