Today is New Years Day!.... Ritt and I went hunting ALL DAY! It was great. We took out the Big Jet Boat. It was my day to drive and learn all the ins and outs of the boat. Ritt just stood back and watched. He did help me a lot though. He gave me a lot of tips and tricks on the boat. We even got a little hunting in too. I drifted the boat down the river and let Ritt be the hunter. I loved it! After the last year with all the cancer stuff it was just a great feeling to see him out on the river enjoying himself. I even motored up to one of our favorite spots. We saw a lot of birds going up river. We set out the dekes and waited. The snow fell... the Rain fell... but no birds. We had a great talk. We talked a lot about what the year had been and how greatful we both were to have each others company ... especially out in the blind again... Just about that time two teal buzzed the dekes. The 28 guages barked and down went a drake green winged teal. It was fantastic. Ritt and I did the usual... We both picked out the same bird. Ritt was shooting #1's and I was shooting #4s bismuth... When I cleaned the bird there was a lot of little holes and a couple of big ones... So WE got it together! It was a great to be able to do something together again. It was the only bird of the day.
We tried out the new GoldenEye dekes too.. It was fun... but no birds. The dekes really look great... but the GoldenEyes were not flying. Maybe next weekend? I was able to make it through the whole day... that was another great thing. Tomorrow we take Ashley back to the airport for her flight to College. I will miss her.
Happy New Year!
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