Cattails and Roosters

[AKSkeeter]

Had a good solo hunt yesterday on roosters in cattails.
I think the rain overnight helped as close flushes at sunrise with the lab working the edge of cattails.
I silently position myself way in front of the lab crashing through cattails.
Rain and cloudy days, early morning seem to work best for us.

 

[carptom1]

Nothing like a lab in the cattails. Looks like a good partner

 

[LC Smith]

AK, that is a beautiful pup!

 

[AKSkeeter]

Until snow, I do best after an all-night rain first thing in the morning.
I think the roosters run to the edge of the wet cattails and hide rather than running deep into acres of cattails.
That gives us and advantage...while the lab is crashing tracking a rooster,
I can silently move way forward outside the cattails.
Crash, crash, crash, silence and then the flush.
So I can get ready and typically the shot is close.
Wet dog and wet roosters.