2 lakes 4 woodies

dfgator and i went out this morning on a couple of local lakes to see if we could find some birds. shot 4 woodies on two different lakes. not too bad for two lakes we had never been on before.

bread eaters

couple of muskoveys. too close to some houses to feel good about blasting them but if they get over the lake they will join the bag.



went out this morning hoping for a couple of bbwds. they flew over head but couldnt get them to come down in range. did get a nice feral mallard.

black bellies and a broken gun

went out this morning with doug. gun broke on the first shot as black bellies filled the sky. doug ended up with 5.

kids with dead ducks

yes, i let my kids play with dead animals. they are cheap and you dont have to feed them.

windy with a chance of ringers

it got a little too windy for my pirogue out there today. still managed a few ringers back in the grass but stayed off the open water most of the day. beside that it was a gorgeous ducky day out there.

a few more blues

bob and i went out to oklawaha this morning. while we were putting in the boat it started sleeting and snowing. it was crazy cold. the birds were flying well. loads of blue wing teal. we never could get set up in the right spot. we ended the day with two nice drakes. it was by far the coldest day ive ever hunted. i took a picture of some of the snow that was left in my pirogue at the end of the hunt. in the morning it was covered but very dark.

half moon and drakes

the temp was 28 degrees with ice on the windshield when i headed out this morning. it felt good! it felt like duck hunting weather. i had decided that i was going to try and only take drakes. i accomplished that goal but was one bird shy of my limit. i passed on several hens and stayed extra long but alas i could not get that last drake. im not opposed to shooting hens, just wanted to see if i could hold back and only shoot drakes. i had one dive on me in the weeds and never come back up. i hate losing birds!!! all in all a wonderful day on the lake. trying out a new look for the self portrait

blue moon

not much flying out there but i managed 3 nice bwt. the moon was big and beautiful.

ringers with a side of teal

went out to lake toho with dwight this morning to shoot some ringers. managed to scratch out a limit but i really had to work for it. took me till noon and i had to move about 5 times. all in all a successful outing. 5 ringers and a blue wing teal to top off the limit. shot maybe the prettiest ringneck drakes ive ever killed before. if i was going to get a ringer mounted this would have be the one.