Got up at 7. Made coffee, gave the chickens some corn and water. Fed the dogs. Slipped down to the creek behind my house and tossed out my new corks. Was able to get hid by 8. Not 10 minutes later had a pair of mallards come and try to sit next to my decoys. Shot the hen first, killed her stone dead, then two more shots and sailed the drake into the woods. Looked for about an hour but no luck.

Got to figure a way to get some food in there for next season.