Posted these over on the Parker BBS and somebody suggested that I post them over here as well. I was shooting with my infamous beater DHE Parker. Since I was behind the camera you don't get much double gun action in the photos but it was happening.
Jim and Nathan hard at work in my old wooden sneak boat, Detroit River style circa 1930's.
Was windy that day and the waves were high. You can just see a big wave breaking over the screen/sail. I'm shooting the pictures from the big cover boat that we had anchored so the off man would have a place to sit between sneaks. The waves were beating it so hard that we broke the front anchor line twice.
Jim and Nathan fighting a roller, pumping the boat out for another run.
Was a good morning, we had mostly canvasback with a sprinkling of redheads and broadbill.
Little better view of the bag without my extra large carcass in the way. Cans on the right and middle, redheads middle left, and broadbill far left. Some of these are from the day before when Don Kaas was shooting with us. Before anybody pipes up and asks, this was in Canada and the canvasback limit is four per day per man so we were well within the limit.
This is by far my favorite kind of gunning. You can only do it when it's just right but those days make for rare sport. My sneaking rig is all cork and wood birds, some old and some new. I go as old school as I can go with it other than on clothing, I do break down and wear modern wet weather gear.
