Swan Hunt

On all these duck hunting adventures we also have been looking for swans

I have a swan tag and have never got one before

This morning we got up nice and early and headed out to a new section of the bird refuge where we hadnt hunted before

It was an eventful morning

Cold as hell

Hunter fell in the water walking and soaked himself

We made it to our spot and set up some decoys, pulled up the blind and waited

Kennedy under the blind with the propane heater going

She was toasty warm and kept pulling off layers while she sipped on her thermos of hot chocolate

Again another absolutely gorgeous sunrise on the water

Having some hot chocolate to keep warm

Kennedy of course was asleep before sunrise

She had some cocoa, a rice crispy and she was done

She went to the front of the boat, we made her a bed and piled coats and blankets on her

We've learned to take a blanket hunting with us for her but I always get worried that she will get cold.. even with 12 layers on and everything else so I piled all the extras on her

We got one duck

A teal that swam into our decoys

The ducks were not flying

I did end up getting a swan!

My very first swan ever

AND yes Kennedy slept right through it

She was surprised when she woke up and saw what was in the boat

It was bigger than she was