johnny bluewings

sunday johnny b joined bob and me for another afternoon hunt. we spent some time scouting and found some nice potholes in the cattails that the bluewings were stacking up in. the birds worked the decoys great. cupped up and feet down all day long. johnny shot his first duck, a drake bluewing teal and followed it up with five more drake bluewings. not bad for a first time duck hunter! i shot a limit of drake bluewings and bob shot five bluewings and a stud drake ringer. johnny wanted a duck for the wall but all the birds are still early in their plume so he will have to wait for a late season duck. the highlight of the day was watching johnny wide eyed as hundreds of ducks worked our area. couldnt have asked for a better hunt with better people.

widgeon down south

first off let me apologize for the low quality pictures. my hunting camera is out of commission so all photos were taken with my phone. low light and phone photos dont mix well.

bob and i went to south florida for our annual sta weekend. saturday we had an afternoon hunt. we had a ton of widgeon working our spread but had a hard time getting them to commit. we were competing with a huge raft of coots in the middle of our cell that the widgeon kept landing in. we did manage a few shots and bagged two nice widgeon. not a ton of ducks but quality ones.

thanksgiving birdie

johnny b joined me on my annual thanksgiving hunt. we didnt see a ton of ducks but its always nice to be on the marsh with friends. birdie got the chance to make a few retrieves and did an excellent job. she wanted us to shoot everything that flew by.

johnny b and the black bellies

took my buddy johnny and his friend joe on their first duck hunt monday morning. we saw a few birds and got some shots on a group of black belly whistling ducks. johnny also slayed a few coots. this might be an all iphone picture season so brace yourself.

2011

went out in my buddy, darren's boat yesterday for the 2011 opener. plenty of ducks out there but we were in the wrong spot.

golf course fishing part II

i went fishing again with dino tonight. we caught some real pigs and this time the gators stayed away. i didnt take my camera so phone pictures will have to do. thanks again for another great golf course fishing trip! this is my kinda water hazard.

duck hunting tattoo

ive been wanting to get a duck hunting tattoo for some time now. i wanted something original and unique. came up with a skull and crossing double barrel shotguns. i spent a lot of time figuring out exactly what i wanted it to look like, mocking it up in photoshop, and talking to my tattooist, alex eisenberg. i think he did a great job! if your looking to get something done, check him out at black swan tattoo (southside). the other ribs are reserved for a fishing tattoo.