Thread: Braided...

Toby, last year was my first experience in duck shooting and I will be forever in the debt of the guys for taking me to the water so to speak!! The one little pond they pointed me to, not long before dusk hit was beautiful but was in the middle of two larger ones...subsequently, the ducks simply flew high over 'my' mai mai to the next...as the sun went down over the hill, and the coolth of the dam water rose up through the cracks in the rickety floor, I had to seriously wonder about this duckshooting caper...the gun barrels were as cold as charity, my legs and feet lost all feeling but the dog could hardly hold himself back as each squadron of mallard flew over...I did not get any waterfowl...and I did not mind either...but I did find that my duckcalling was passable but the ducks were wary and so they should have been...I think it is the camaderie of being out with people you respect and can learn from is what makes the whole event so neat...tallies or none. If I was invited again I certainly would go...but, it is that tinkle of the bell as the dogs works, him pegging the bird in the rough, that whirr of wings and the nice retrieve is what really catches me...

Semis are not guns to me, Toby...they are rapid fire apparati...

Toby, if you ever have the opportunity to go shooting in Australia, try their wonderful stubble quail...magic little birds...