im getting kinda depressed because our waterfowl season is almost over, only like a week and a half left. January 1st i went hunting and killed six ducks, 5 greenheads and one hen. and then the 3rd it was kind of slow, killed one big honker out of a flock of four that i got called back to look. i have only killed three honkers this season. On the first there was a big flock of mallards that landed behind me in the river(i was hunting a flooded alfalfa field)cause we've had a lot of rain and all the rivers are flooded. But in the flock of mallards was two pintails, and i couldnt shoot them because i dont have a dog, so i just had to watch them fly off

Gotta remember it isnt always about the numbers as long as you get to get out and have fun!!!

Shoot em then worry about getting them Why do you need a dog?

it would have helped to have a dog because i was hunting right on a main river, and we have had a lot of rain and it was way high

Sometimes with swolen rivers you wouldn't want to send a dog anyway because of the increase in flow. Just because you have a dog dosn't mean that you don't have to look out for his best interest. Mine likes to retreive so much that I have to make the decisions on whether to hunt him or not especially during cold weather.