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    Default Fun little mallard killin'

    So I decided to take my oldest boy out to see if I could find where I saw the aftermath of a deer/Prius collision last night, and maybe find the dead deer in the woods to confirm that it wasn't the buck I'm after. I could not figure out where exactly the collision happened, but we could not see any signs of a dead deer anywhere along that little road. Before heading home, we drove past my friends cow pond that had held some local mallards in the past when there was water in it. Its been dry all year, and there have been no ducks there. When we drove past, the pond was full from all the recent rain, and there was a pile of mallards on it. I stopped and told Holleman that they sure looked like migratory birds, and they looked huge and looked to be in late season form plumage-wise. I figured I'd catch up with them in a couple of weeks after I get burned out on bowhunting, and as I start to pull off, Holleman says, "Lets go get our guns and shoot them in the face." He's obviously been paying attention to the duck shows I've been watching. Well, 'nuff said! We hauled azz to the house, changed clothes, grabbed the SBE and the Red-Ryder, and headed back to the pond. After sneaking a big circle out in the field to get to a low drain, we snuck up, squeezed under a fence, snuck some more, and got ready. I told him to stand up, pick out one with a green head, and let him have it. He stood up, and as soon as I heard his gun "poing," the about 45 mallards rose en-masse off a 1/8 acre pond...it was beautiful. My first shot, I picked out a greened and dropped three! I let them spread a bit and picked out another green head and dropped him. Holleman gladly finished off the only one flopping with a nice BB to the head. Fun day...but he wants me to send the one he finished off down to Shanes!
    “I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!

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    “I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!

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    Sounds like an awesome time! Post up some pics if you can

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    Jumped the gun I guess, still nice killing!

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    “I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!

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    Damn right!! That is great!!!
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    Nice!

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    Big ass, beautiful mallards for this early here.
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    That is excellent work! Teaching the youngster how to properly put on a ninja creep is good stuff! Congrats!

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhitewaterDuck View Post

    Big ass, beautiful mallards for this early here.
    It was wild in Saskatchewan. The greenheads we were killing were monsters. I
    don't think I ever passed on an eclipse, and I know we never shot one. Shrimp eating bastards...

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    I love how your son got the first shot. That is awesome.

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    Good stuff!

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    My man, he'll remember that for the rest of his life. Some of my fondest memories are of me carrying a BB gun in toe of my father.


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    good stuff!
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    Memories right there man!!

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    That's cool. They'll probably come back to the pond in due time.
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    That boy has the looks of a killer. Boots and all. Congratulations on all counts!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    It was wild in Saskatchewan. The greenheads we were killing were monsters. I
    don't think I ever passed on an eclipse, and I know we never shot one. Shrimp eating bastards...
    Protein?

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    That's simply awesome.
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    I had to get the cows in the background! He’ll remember the good of the hunt. He was a little freaked out and pissed after I got through shooting...he said it hurt his ears, and I really need to be aware that he still has great hearing and get him some hearing protection. Then he couldn’t feel his hands...then his Thomas boot got sucked off his foot in the mud/shit soup we were walking through! That said, by the third time he told the story to his mom and little bro, he was leaving that stiff out and emphasizing his finishing head shot.
    “I can’t wait ‘till I’m grown” is the stupidest @!#* I ever said!

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