First good day..... - 11/02/10 02:26 PM
Hunted this past weekend and we had what I'd call our first good day. Now I've shot quite a few ducks and geese already this season, but to me the first good day is when you kill the first big divers of the year. Three of us in the boat, my regular gunning partner Nameless Jim, and a new shooting acquaintance Brian, who took these pics:
First light, mallards coming off the marshes.
My first big divers of the season, a double on drake redheads. The dog went for the first one and I was so excited I jumped out to grab the second. I hate those spinning wing decoys but the boys insist on using them.
My trophy for the day, and a first for me, banded greenwing teal drake! This has been a crazy season for bands so far, I've seen 11 taken and killed three of those myself. Opening day in Ontario Brian killed a banded blue wing teal, first banded teal I'd ever seen shot. Then the day in the pics, I kill a banded teal while out with him, not 400 yards from where he killed his.
A real mixed bag here, amongst 18 ducks we had: mallard, gadwall, gw teal, an accidental shoveler, canvasback, redhead, bluebill, and could have shot bufflehead and ruddy duck if we'd have wanted them. Just to make this a double gun related post, I was using my Parker 34 inch 12 gauge on a #3 frame.
First light, mallards coming off the marshes.
My first big divers of the season, a double on drake redheads. The dog went for the first one and I was so excited I jumped out to grab the second. I hate those spinning wing decoys but the boys insist on using them.
My trophy for the day, and a first for me, banded greenwing teal drake! This has been a crazy season for bands so far, I've seen 11 taken and killed three of those myself. Opening day in Ontario Brian killed a banded blue wing teal, first banded teal I'd ever seen shot. Then the day in the pics, I kill a banded teal while out with him, not 400 yards from where he killed his.
A real mixed bag here, amongst 18 ducks we had: mallard, gadwall, gw teal, an accidental shoveler, canvasback, redhead, bluebill, and could have shot bufflehead and ruddy duck if we'd have wanted them. Just to make this a double gun related post, I was using my Parker 34 inch 12 gauge on a #3 frame.