Finally we are back to some good duck hawking weather. 40 degrees yesterday afternoon, 18 this morning. Warm enough to melt ice during the day and be cold enough for Gyrs and Hybrids by morning. High pressure days don't hurt either.
My hybrid was fed up the day before and was to high in weight for a morning fight so the Gyr was up. He took a great pitch over around thirty ducks. On the flush, the Gyrkin singled out a Ringneck and made solid contact with the duck from behind which sent the little diver to the ice hard and he continued to slide a good 30' from where he crashed. On the wing over, a gadwall flew a little to close and caught the Gyrkin's eye. Impulsive as he is, his attention turned from his downed prey to the wayward dabbler. He met this duck at a 90 degree angle and sent it cartwheeling out of the sky. Forgetting about the Ringneck he initially hit for the larger Gadwall, Mongo had his meal for the morning.
That evening Tulsa was at weight and he caught a drake Ringneck that decided to make a break from the main flock of 30 or more ducks from a nice stoop. Second double of the year, something that I had hoped to do a lot more of but things haven't quite worked out as well as I would have liked. We're getting there though....
-RVZ
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