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I left the house this morning expecting a tough day at the lake. The water was already too high and after 10" of rain this week I knew the birds would either be concentrated in the small area still above water or long gone. Last weekend the edge of the water would have been fifty yards from where my boat is sitting in this picture.

For the first time this season I had to go out in water that was over my waders and it happened twice. Even though I am in Florida the temperature was in the upper thirties this morning and the water was chilly enough that my legs were numb for a few minutes. That will teach me to make better decisions when deciding to shoot or pass on a shot.

After missing 2 grouse that my Emma had pointed beautifully, she found this hen pheasant in some unlikely looking cover. After missing the "speedy rockets" this hen seemed almost too easy and the little Belgium 16 gauge & I dropped her with the right barrel.



Rick

Allegheny Mountain Wanderings

I'm getting too old to be out walking around in that mud two days in a row.

Hey all, went out today around the home place with my son Will. Boy did we see the birds...a ton of them, except....really wild. I was able to limit out, but poor Will didn't fair well at all. The dogs worked well and my pup Raina did very well, she's coming along nicely.

I used my 16ga Ugartechea Model 1030:



Best!

Greg

I had an awesome time shooting cleanup a few days after a holiday tower shoot on an estate.

I took my two sons out for some holiday preserve pheasants in northeastern CT. It was the younger guy's first time out, and he made some nice shots with his grandfather's 1930s M12 20 gauge.

I was shooting backup and my Verney-Carron Helicobloc did a nice job scratching down a few 35-yarders that had evaded my sons.

You always wonder what is on the other side of that rise . . .

Duck hunt in Currituck Sound with my youngest son. Slow morning, but we got two Ruddy Ducks. Saw a whole bunch of duck and goose species we never see around here.

I shot a Parker GH 12 gauge which belonged to B. P. Holland who built the house which now houses the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum in Virginia Beach and who was quite a duck hunter himself. The gun was ridden hard by him, but still does its part as long as I do mine.

Mills, I've had lots of days when the total result, in game at least, was a coupla Ruddys. But as your 5th picture shows so well, the game ain't all there is to it, not by a long shot!...Geo

You didn't eat those things did you?

We just got back. Hope to eat them soon. They are supposed to be good eating. Even my Dad said he had never shot a Ruddy before.

No, it is not all about the bag limit. We had a great time.