Duck hunters are just like deer hunters. We go hunting based on hope, not the realistic expectations of experience. When I deer hunt, I get a shot at a mature, mountable buck every couple of years. Those days sitting in the stand with no deer or small bucks and does are easily forgotten. The days when a hot doe is being chased by a never ending parade of bucks stay etched in our mind. Same with duck hunting. The slow days are forgotten but the days when the birds are migrating and flocks are landing in the decoys, we remember forever.