MichelD
12-28-2006, 03:01 PM
Today was my wife and I's 32nd wedding anniversary.
So I went duck hunting.
I picked up my buddy and his son in Coquitlam and we set out to our spot along the river. It was such a birght clear morning it didn't look very promising at first, but we deployed a dozen goose decoys on the shore, a robo and a dozen floating duck dekes.
Finally a few stray ducks went by, then suddenly to my left, two came in low, so without even having time to stand up, I shot once and one spun and started falling, and then while he was still in the air, I shot again and dropped the hen in the water.
I kid you not, the drake landed with a thump right beside me, between the log I was on and the blind.
My partner got a drake later in the morning too, but it got up and tried to run and his N.S, duck toller jumped it and brought it back.
When I got home and presented the pair to my wife she said "Oh, nice, a married couple for the anniversary!"
So I went duck hunting.
I picked up my buddy and his son in Coquitlam and we set out to our spot along the river. It was such a birght clear morning it didn't look very promising at first, but we deployed a dozen goose decoys on the shore, a robo and a dozen floating duck dekes.
Finally a few stray ducks went by, then suddenly to my left, two came in low, so without even having time to stand up, I shot once and one spun and started falling, and then while he was still in the air, I shot again and dropped the hen in the water.
I kid you not, the drake landed with a thump right beside me, between the log I was on and the blind.
My partner got a drake later in the morning too, but it got up and tried to run and his N.S, duck toller jumped it and brought it back.
When I got home and presented the pair to my wife she said "Oh, nice, a married couple for the anniversary!"