Ron.C
12-22-2012, 03:17 PM
Well, I had the opportunity to get out for a duck/goose hunt with my buddy Jamie "aka Duckbuster". He took me out to shoot some clays the other day, and I actually did ok.
We met at his hunting area and set up decoys nice and early. Had plenty of time for coffee and BS before first light.
Jamie set up his blind and put me on the side he figured most birds would come in from. It was a bit of a slow start but when the ducks started flying, they kept coming in small flocks all morning. Was awesome as I had tons of opportunities to shoot. Well, that is when I have a shell in the chamber. On three occasions I pulled on ducks only to squeeze the trigger with a spent shell in the chamber :oops:
And when I was able to get shots off, my shotgunning skills left something to be desired. Anyway, my first duck in years was a Ringneck, something Jamie said is not overly common. We took a bunch of Widgeon's, a couple teal, and Jamie took a drake Shoveler.
We had one flock of Geese come in, but I dropped the ball on that one. And there seemed to be geese eveywhere when we were packing up. Oh well.
And it was a pleasure to watch his dog Bill retreive the birds. Was an absolutely awesome morning. I think my interest in Waterfowling has been re-born
Thanks for a great morning Jamie
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/ducks2.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/ringneck.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/shovler.jpg
We met at his hunting area and set up decoys nice and early. Had plenty of time for coffee and BS before first light.
Jamie set up his blind and put me on the side he figured most birds would come in from. It was a bit of a slow start but when the ducks started flying, they kept coming in small flocks all morning. Was awesome as I had tons of opportunities to shoot. Well, that is when I have a shell in the chamber. On three occasions I pulled on ducks only to squeeze the trigger with a spent shell in the chamber :oops:
And when I was able to get shots off, my shotgunning skills left something to be desired. Anyway, my first duck in years was a Ringneck, something Jamie said is not overly common. We took a bunch of Widgeon's, a couple teal, and Jamie took a drake Shoveler.
We had one flock of Geese come in, but I dropped the ball on that one. And there seemed to be geese eveywhere when we were packing up. Oh well.
And it was a pleasure to watch his dog Bill retreive the birds. Was an absolutely awesome morning. I think my interest in Waterfowling has been re-born
Thanks for a great morning Jamie
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/ducks2.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/ringneck.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/shovler.jpg