When a wigeon answers the call...

[Rubberhead*]

[darealdeal]

Man I need you to teach me how to hunt. Awesome and as always great picture.

[JJ1965]

Beautiful.

[youngjedi]

Great photo RH

[JABIII]

There must be a story.

Great picture as always...

[Tater]

Sigh…….

Great picture! I wish I had your resolve.

[Relentlous]

Nice!

[murraywader]

Great content as always.

[MolliesMaster]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if I was a duck, I would hope that I would be shot by RH.

[joeydpga]

Love it, I still have a walnut call for you on the work bench if you get time to come by.

[Rubberhead*]

Man I need you to teach me how to hunt. Awesome and as always great picture.

Haha - making one duck look good since 1976...I was actually hoping for a shot at some tree ducks so I passed on teal and woodies but couldn't resist a cooperative wigeon.

There must be a story.

Great picture as always...

Thanks. Yep, I was a little afraid if I told it it would change the memory...or worse, solidify it. It was just a really, really tall single wigeon silhouetted against an opening-day sky. He was already past me so I hit him with a loud mallard hen call. He quivered and locked so I ducked my face then heard the wing shuffle over my left shoulder. I wish I had watched - I love seeing wigeon turn upside down. He didn't do but a half circle before he was flapping dead between the gadwall since, of course, I don't run wigeon decoys. It fits my single day duck hunt litmus test - one well-hunted duck...check.

Love it, I still have a walnut call for you on the work bench if you get time to come by.

Thanks - I really, really want to replace that acrylic call with something more organic.

[WNM]

If you heard three shots evenly spaced a minute or two before you killed him, it was me not cutting a feather. I would have been more upset if we hadn't just scrapped a few out of a bigger flock 15 minutes prior. Great shot as always.

[TXFowler]

There’s something special to be said about how easy wigeon give up when you whistle that sweet nothing in their ear.


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[Cwaysvt]

What a picture.

Nice job.

[PINEWOOD DUCK]

Did you touch up photo. If not send another photo of just the gun. Wood looks almost cherry.

[Rubberhead*]

Did you touch up photo. If not send another photo of just the gun. Wood looks almost cherry.

Yes, I always do some post-processing. I have a "process" that I use when taking photos that includes the set-up, the actually photography and post-processing. The combination, very purposefully, I hope anyway, gives my photos a somewhat unique or identifiable presentation. I love to share the photos that turn out well but I really do it for myself. I haven't gotten a duck mounted in 25 years and cut the antlers off of all my deer so photography is the only take away "trophy" I have. To be honest, I didn't expect to ever post this photo but had I noticed the wood I would have dialed-down the reds a little bit.

The wood on the gun is really nice, though, and it wasn't a total accident. I got the gun from Santee Sport Shop in 1987. It cost me $725 for the lowest grade "hunter" model. The owner had about 30 Citiori guns new in their boxes and I asked if I could open a box or two before picking one. The new guns are covered with rust preventative and some sort of cellophane wrap. When I opened that gun and peeled a little bit of the plastic back right at the receiver and found that beautiful wood, I grabbed it and walked straight to the check-out line. I really can't believe that wood blank didn't get put on a higher grade gun since most of the Grade I Citori guns have a very straight grain walnut.

Here's a better look at the gun...

[GobblerHntr]

You haven’t lost your touch!

[Tater]

[PINEWOOD DUCK]

Very nice, do enlarge and frame your memory photos? I always enjoy photographing wildlife, almost as much as shooting. Your photography skills are on point. Thank you for sharing.

[darealdeal]

Sounds like you need someone to hunt with that would help keep those other ducks out of your spread lol