Hunting Pictures
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Mallards
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As has been said elsewhere
on this site, the 2001-2002 hunting season was tough for the
K&R. However, that didn't stop us from getting out and
hunting whenever we had a chance. The fall was very warm,
and we didn't see many mallards until on into the winter.
When we finally did, we took advantage of the limited
opportunities presented and ended up with three in the
freezer. As with wood ducks, we did not get any photographs
of our game.
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10.11.01 |
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The King
is ready to prior to our first duck hunt of the year. We had
some success with wood ducks early in the year but the
unseasonable warm weather kept a lot of mallards up north. |
10.11.01 |
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The
Rooster, geared up and camouflaged, on
a warm October afternoon. The neoprene waders were extremely
hot on this day and would lead to purchases of breathable waders
in the years to come.
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In 2002-2003 we
finally achieved something we had wanted to do since our first
days hunting waterfowl. We took a banded bird. It was
an amazing experience, and an amazing hunt that produced it.
That hunt and that mallard still rank as one of the top K&R
moments. Read a narrative about the hunt here. The
hunt also represented a microcosm of our mallard hunting for the
season. A great day of hunting that produced one great stalk
and one mallard in the bag. So it would happen 4 separate
times during the season.
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11.27.02 |
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The Rooster
with the banded green-head that the King
so expertly brought into range. |
12.18.02 |
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The King
taking a practice bead on an out-of-range duck. On this day
we came home without a duck but with more great memories. |
12.27.02 |
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The Rooster
showing off the mature drake mallard killed over the decoy
spread. |
1.04.03 |
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The well
camouflaged King holding a mallard he
shot through the trees after a memorable teamwork stalk and shoot
at a jewel of a wetland in WV. |
1.18.03 |
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A great
shot taken a little after sunrise on a bitter January
morning. We
saw lots of ducks on this last day of the
season, but few were fooled by our decoy spread. Late season
ducks have seen it all, and are hard to get into shooting range.
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The waterfowl season
2003-2004 produced a lot of wood ducks. They were as
plentiful as they had been in previous years. Mallards,
however, were scarce. The problem was the weather - 2003 was
mild and the wettest year on record. Only on one day
in December did we see mallards in any decent number, and we took
advantage by bring home our only 2 mallards of the season in what
was a memorable hunt in a snowstorm. However, while we filmed
this hunt, we unfortunately did not get any pictures. Our
January hunts mostly proved unsatisfactory; water and temperatures
were up, and mallards were scattered.
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1.19.04 |
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The King
battling the never-ending high water to keep the decoys in
place. High temperatures and high water meant mallards had
plenty of places to hide. |
5.07.04 |
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The
circle is completed again with a meal of mallard fillets and fried
potatoes. This duck was shot on 12.05.04; the day we
filmed the duck hunt. |
More Mallard Hunting
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