I was not even going to bother going out as my day was booked up with the kids and dance competitions. Lol. But I could not resist an opening day morning even if only a quick hunt. I was rewarded after a run of bad luck with a double to start off the season with my buddy TomGobble. Saturday was booked with to many last minute setting up for the wife's 40th bday surprise. Sunday was another quick hunt with no action probably due to a hang over and a nagging wife to come home early "its my birthday". So a quick hunt again with no reward this time. Monday was another team effort with Tom Gobble. Came close on another tom which got spooked at 6 yards, a few steps out past a tree and he would of been down, but some how I spooked it and he was gone like the road runner. An afternoon of fishing landed me a nice male rainbow which I offered to Tom. No time to clean fish, I was running late for a solo afternoon hunt so off I went to enjoy an evening sit. Set up in the blind for just before 5, could of been another double if Tom could of made it. Two jakes showed up around 6. I learned a lot about hunting these birds after a dry season last year which started the year before when I passed on my second bird, a jake, on my second hunt of the season-not wanting to end it so soon. Well it was a long drought after that which ended like it started. Early in the season, on my second bird, I did not want it to end so soon but I could not make the same mistake twice. Down went the bird putting an end to a short but fantastic season.
