My baptism into the awesome sport of duck hunting took place when I was twenty-nine years old and should’ve known better. My “John The Baptist” was long-time buddy Ned who had duck hunted since high school. Before dawn we waded into the shallow waters of John Redmond reservoir in eastern Kansas. I could hear the …
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Early teal season in Missouri
It took until the last weekend of the Missouri early teal season but the little bastards finally got here. After several sweaty and unproductive teal hunts my partner Bob Ritter finally saw something to swat at besides mosquitos. Below: Bob’s Lab Pearl retrieves a blue wing teal.
Another Duck Season Comes to a Close
If you have to bag a lot of birds to have a good duck season 2012 was not your kind of year. We didn’t have many good days… unless you consider watching a beautiful Missouri sunrise or grilling sausage & cheese biscuits with friends in a twenty-six year old duck blind a good day. How …