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Another Chessie; nice to see. Harlequin ducks too. I have only ever seen a few when in Iceland. They must be about the most beautiful of the ducks. Here's a picture of my old Chessie; sadly no longer with me, and a male goosander (very similar to the North American merganser) that I can shoot under special license here in England as they are a pest to wild trout fisheries. The gun is a double by F.Dumoulin of Beligium. I use it as a carry about gun along the river for potting the goosanders and cormorants. Lagopus.....


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Very nice Chesapeake. Great to see good, strong working dogs.

Actually saw a pair of goosanders in Alaska this year. First time I have seen in person. Was not able to get close enough for a shot.

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Super Fox 12ga 32" 3"



Vanderbilt's Simply Divine (call name DeeDee)Watching ducks circle,


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Craig,

Good to see somebody still using a Ken Martin. I knew Ken back in Southern Illinois when I was a young goose guide. We all hunted with his calls till the re-tuned Olt A-50 got so popular.

I visited him at his shop down there at Olive Branch several times till he retired and moved to Idaho again. He was a Parker man, in his hunting days shot a VH 12 gauge which he still had up until his death. I've often wondered whatever happened to that gun.


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Destry:
Ken displayed at the St. Charles decoy show for years, I bought many calls from him, I still think they are one of the best.
He was a very nice man, I would have loved to shared a blind with him.

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Lagopus - A gamekeeper friend of mine who was on an estate on River Findhorn described that all the keepers on the river would arrange several days a year when they would all go out and take as many gosanders as they could. By synchronizing their efforts, they kept the birds stirred up and were able to get more of them

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Originally Posted By: Craig Larter
Super Fox 12ga 32" 3"



Vanderbilt's Simply Divine (call name DeeDee)Watching ducks circle,

Very nice looking Lab indeed- and a female (?) black duck and a male woodie- quite a contrast. I wish the HE 12 I once owned looked as nice as yours- some "shade-tree" gunsmythe tried to convert the pg (as shown on your gun) to a straight hand grip-- didn't know wood grain and recoil- so the stock was splintered when I bought it years ago- Acra-Glas fixed it (somewhat) but it was about as ugly as home-made poop- forearm was replaced with a beavertail that came from a dead beaver- but it shot like a house on fire--alas--

I have seen a few of Ken's fine Calls- my "Dr. Death" for Canadas is the Jim Blakemore custom walnut call I won at a DU Sponsor Event about 22 years ago- he is from Olive Branch, Illinois I believe- the call is signed and with that address-

Only place where I differ from your fine fotos, Mr. Lartner- is the "Bling"-- as the code of both snipers and Mil special ops. is clear (assuming you wish to live) No Rattle-No Shine- so all my leg bands are in a R.G. Dunn cigar box- more from male Mallards than from any other of the waterfowls I hunt- very few hen mallards or woodies or teals that I have seen "in hand" wore leg "irons" mainly found on Canadas- and a few times, more than one per deceased bird--

My 4 year old male black Lab "Khartoum" does great- except for one little "hang-up" Early season before the freezes hit us, I always remove his collar before a waterfowl hunt- so he can't get it caught in brush or debris and get choked- do not use the Neoprene Camo "Vest" on him until it gets colder- BUT- with the vest on- he won't go into the water to retrieve- with the vest off, he's after a dead bird or the rare crippled one like white gets on rice- Figure that one, ey??


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Nice pics....I'd like to see some better pics of the dA'coys and how you have them rigged.

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Great pics all, keep'em coming.

FishnFowler,Where are your kids photos? Didn't you post a year or so with your kids and their turkeys? Also, give us a name for your dog. He's an important part of the hunt team.

NHcrowshooter. you guys don't even have a place to sit in the boat. Those Parkers must be pretty tightly choked to select all the greenheads out of the flock. What loads were you using? Are the Parkers both damascus?

Craig, Beautiful HE, Your a very fortunate lad that you posted that photo after Destry had found his HE, He'd have been on your doorstep pleading for a sale. Beautiful photo of DeeDee

Dal, where did you find the greenwing, they are headed south by the time we get the go ahead on waterfowl.

Coryreb, too be young again, great set of pics, the harlequin and Alutean teal are outstandingly beautiful. Hope you brought em back to mount. How did you manage to get the Chessie in your carry on luggage? What's his name? Thanks for sharing.

Geo. Email your address, I lost it.....


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Used a Western Arms Long Range Gun in 16 with 30" barrels F&F with KentMatrix No. 6s. Very deadly rig for ducks over decoys. Just a hardware store shotgun, but in 90+%, had to put a slip on pad but hey it works for me.

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