Earlier in the year we run 18 mallards on one side and a dozen woodies on the other. Later I run fewer than a dozen premium decoys. Except Shiawassee. Everything I've seen there leads me to believe that big spreads win over small spreads, but in all cases we watched them win we were in the marginal zone next to them.
Harsen's: (that's a reed, not her middle finger)
MWW: first blank there in five years and our only blank in 14 managed area hunts this year. Balloon fell into our zone as we picked up. Weird.
NP. Mom was not impressed with the fake smoke.
Fennville, Chistmas break, high of nine.
Did not get pictures at Fish Point. It was a,quick hunt at all he end of a three day bender and we were wiped out, only to spend hours parked on 75 due to kids throwing rocks onto cars.