Final day of this year's duck season down here. I hunted with my number 3 son Trent on my favorite local pond this afternoon in the rain. Not much there today but we got a hen Ringneck and Trent shot a hen merganser after I pulled off of it. Stella the lab retrieved both birds. Nice way to end it.

No telling how many duck seasons I've ended just the same way and in the very same pond. I spotted about 10 blackjacks, four bluewings which did not offer a shot, and a small flight of ruddies. Also had a Bald Eagle watching proceedings from a pond-side tree top...Geo