Roast Duck

I got a wild hare the other day and made a quick ad on Craigslist to the effect of:

Duck Hunting Lease - $50 per gun per day - no fee if you don't get to take a shot. Hunters must be licensed and stamped with steel shot please

Last night a couple of hunters came out at around 4:30pm and scared off all the ducks as they walked down to the hunting spot.  They hastily flung out a few decoys and waited around for about 2 hours without seeing any ducks come in.  The kids and I walked ar

ound to a few neighboring ponds to try to scare up some ducks, but they were nowhere to be found.  They left without paying (because that was the deal.)

This morning, I woke up around 7:00am to a full volley of what sounded like machine-gun fire (music to my ears.)  The guy who is here hunting this morning is a real professional - in fact, apparently a few years back (before he had to get a real job) he was a full-time duck guide.  Then he lost his 2,200 acre lease and now he is just looking to find a good spot again.  Anyway, they came out for keeps.  He brought a TON of decoys, one of which is motorized with flapping wings and they brought a really well-trained labrador retreiver (for....retreiving.)  

It has been fun to sit here this morning (from the comfort and warmth of our home) and watch these guys doing their thing.  I have to say it may almost be as fun as actually being out there doing it.  The fact that they just paid me $150 in cash makes it that much better.