Monday, January 05, 2009

duck weekend

















quackbob and i had a duck hunting filled weekend. saturday morning we drove over to broadmoor for a morning permit hunt. we meet up with oldfatslow and his oldest son craig. we had a successful hunt shooting blue wing teal and a mottled. its always a pleasure shooting with oldfatslow and his boys. after that bob and i headed north to the st johns to shoot snipe. we didnt have much time but we managed a few snipe and watched a beautiful sunset in the marsh. after we loaded up in the dark we headed down to clewiston and found a roach motel for the night. the next morning we grabbed breakfast and headed down to sta5 for an afternoon hunt. we managed a nice mixed bag of blue wing teal, green wing teal, mottled, ringers and my first ever widgeon. sta5 was a real treat. what an amazing place to hunt and what an awesome weekend of duck hunting.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

alabama gadwalls














today i joined the scearce brothers and crew for an alabama gadwall hunt. what a show! we had lots of birds working the spread early but only few committed to the decoys. these were my first gadwalls so it was a real treat. we ended the day with seven gadwall which we took home and ate for dinner. the chattanooga crew are first rate and i had a blast with them in the blind. thanks again daniel for the invite!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

foggy hunt






lots of fog but no ducks

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

cold front



good for the ducks not so good for the fish. vince and i took my boat out for its first real fishing trip on kissimmee. vince was a punk and caught the first bass on MY boat! it was the only fish we caught.

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

bacon wrapped blue cheese bbq duck





8 duck breasts
1 bottle of everglades wild orange marinade
1 block of blue cheese
2 packs of bacon
1 jar of bbq sauce ( I prefer cattleman’s)

cut duck breasts into bite size pieces and marinate in everglades wild orange marinade for 24 hours. wrap duck and a small slice of blue cheese in a half piece of bacon. use a toothpick (soak in water so they wont burn in oven) to hold the ingredients together. spray a cookie sheet with pam oil and place duck on top. cook at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 45 mins or until bacon is crispy. dab bbq sauce on duck and put back in oven for 3 mins.

mirrored citrus vinaigrette salad

mixed greens
roasted pine nuts
dried cranberries
diced star fruit
blue cheese crumbles
bacon crumbles
everglades wild orange marinade mixed with olive oil

wine

mac murray ranch pinot noir wine

Sunday, December 07, 2008

new ride









took the family out for a test drive the other day and had a picnic in the middle of lake hunter. of course i couldnt resist taking a few casts.