eston 10/4/06

Best decoying day of the three; overcast and breezy. Birds decoyed well for the first hour, including wf's and snows. I bagged 2 wf's (gave landowner one the previous day), and 5 snows. Our group got our wf's (only 6 each possession allowed this year), as well as several other birds. 70+ total for the six of us at last count.

Headed back for ND in the afternoon.

Eston 10/3/06

Clear, cold, and dead calm for our second day; frosty decoys, not good for decoying, I shot 2 wf's, then left to walk for partridge about 1/2 mile from the decoys in an abandoned farmstead and wetland. Found 2 large coveys, and chased them around the trees, finally bagging 5.

My take for the day, 2 wf's, 5 partridge.

Eston 10/2/2006

Lots of snow geese here, very unusual for this far west, much more water in the wetland near Eric's than in 1998, and lots of birds. We set up just east of it, weather not great for hunting waterfowl, so decoying success was limited, but plenty of pass shooting over the decoys anyway.

All six of us bagged 3 whitefronts, along with a variety of other birds including snows, ross's, canada's, and sh crane.

3 wf's and 1 snow for me.