Last Day Mallard Drakes
Alberta • 22m
After four days of plummeting temperatures well below freezing even during the day and the roost water closing in on the birds with each passing hour, all we could do that night back at the lodge is hope the birds didnt decide to head south during the eve for our last hunt of the season. While experiencing the biggest snow goose blunder of my career, this hunt definitely ranked high as an all-time favourite. Nothing does it in the decoys like a late season mallard!!
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