2nd to last day of duck season on Champlain

John Bourbon

John Bourbon

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Been awful busy with Christmas related activities, so I'm behind in my picture posting. On the second to last day of the Lake Champlain season, Cheech Kehoe and I headed north in his boat from the Apple Island ramp at 8:30am determined to ride till we kicked up some goldeneyes and then set up there. It took us a while, but we found a spot at the base of a shale rock cliff. We threw out 18 or so whistler decoys and seated ourselves at the base of the cliff, and waited for them to return. Return they did, but they saw something thy didn't like and flared wide everytime. So we moved ourselve closer to where they flared, and still no luck. Finally Cheech put out "Levi" right under the spot they were flaring at. Levi is short for Leviathan, the 31" long cork whistler decoy I carved several years ago. That was all it took. After that, it was whistler time. 6 dead and 1 lost in 2.5 hours. I'm quite sure that if we had more time, we'd have had 2 limits of whistlers.

The water in the background of the pic looks plenty calm, but trust me, it was a bumpy ride.

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John Bourbon
 
Nice looking take for a days of work. Congrats to you guys for sticking with it.

Where is the pic of Levi?

Are those boots Cheech is wearing Bean boots?

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Actually, thats not Cheech, thats me. And those boots are hand made out west by a company called Hoffman's. Considering how well they are made, the price tag of $190 seems very reasonable. I've been wearing them up here in Vt during the worst weather possible and have been quite comfortable in them.

John Bourbon
 
Sorry John. Figured you were behind the camera. The boots look like a really good pair. For the price of $190 they sound like a great deal to be custom made by a small shop in the US of A. I will have to look up Hoffmans. I am due for a new pair of boots after beating the current pair around for 10yrs. I hate to get rid of them, but my feet get wet when I see water.

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