Duck season over, but it was a good one.

We had one so/so hunt this year and the rest were good ones. We can't limit out every hunter every day, but if we get close we feel we have done our job.

We opened up three completely new areas to hunt, all within 25-35 miles from our home base. Made some very good contacts with landowners that will pay off next year.

There is always an "if" and this year it was the freezing temps that destroyed our water chances. However, field hunting gets real good when that happens, and that's why we had a good year; we were able to adapt to get our hunters into birds.

Now it's time to get some more points on Senor Jefe and get his AFC (he has 8.5 amateur points and he needs 6.5 including a win. A win would also qualify him for the National Amateur! Little girl Idgy needs to be trained so she can run AA stakes, but that's a ways away at this point!