anthony m coons sr
Well-known member
Early Merry Christmas to you all,
Well went out on the Hudson Saturday with my son and his six month old Yellow Lab. I can't remember ever enjoying myself so much hunting with out getting a duck The reason we went out was to take out my big boat blind before the ice hit the river. From all the rain and the wind we have been having it was full of water. So my son got out of the boat first to go start the pumps to bail the boat out. Up to that point the dog was like a champ. Soon as my son got out of the boat . All the dog did was bark and bark and bark some more. But like a good dad I didn't say anything. Its his dog and he is training it. After about a half hour the young pup on his own leaped into the mighty Hudson for the first time. My son was so happy and to tell you the truth . Dad was getting ready to jump in to get away from the dog. My ears hurt so bad like if a ten gauge was going off in them. Anyway! for the first time the dog was in the river moving around and following my son when he called him. As I got out of my outlaw 18 and into the blind there still was plenty of water in there. But the old girl hung on during some ruff and rainy weather, Nothing stolen nothing important damaged. It pasted the test. The anchors were twisted I think that how all the water got in. But nothing hurt the boat. As we were going to pull the anchors I told my son lets go jump a few bays while we were out there. He never fired a gun around his dog. He beat pots and stuff like that so he said I think he is read for gun fire. I told him that it is up to you. I'm not making that call ! Its your dog and only you should know when he is ready. So he fire one shot with the dog on the front of the boat. The dog never even moved. Then he fired again and again the dog just sat there waiting for my son to tell him what to do. I was so proud of him and his dog Ace. Then I really saw my son have the same love that I had for all the dogs that I had. After he came out of the water again. He was shaking my son took off his hunting parka and put it around his pup. And was hugging him to get the dog warm . We returned to the big boat blind undid the ropes and pulled the boat all the way home. The dog handled his first day better then most. Barking only because he wanted to be with my son. But other then that a new hunting dog was born. A 28 year old man turned into a real duck hunter. For the love of his dog . He now knows how hard I worked all those years with all the great dogs I had. I saw my son in a different light that I have in years past. It was just so great. I hope you all have a time in your life where seeing things is better then just killing things. Merry Christmas. May God Bless all of you. Thanks for reading.
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Well went out on the Hudson Saturday with my son and his six month old Yellow Lab. I can't remember ever enjoying myself so much hunting with out getting a duck The reason we went out was to take out my big boat blind before the ice hit the river. From all the rain and the wind we have been having it was full of water. So my son got out of the boat first to go start the pumps to bail the boat out. Up to that point the dog was like a champ. Soon as my son got out of the boat . All the dog did was bark and bark and bark some more. But like a good dad I didn't say anything. Its his dog and he is training it. After about a half hour the young pup on his own leaped into the mighty Hudson for the first time. My son was so happy and to tell you the truth . Dad was getting ready to jump in to get away from the dog. My ears hurt so bad like if a ten gauge was going off in them. Anyway! for the first time the dog was in the river moving around and following my son when he called him. As I got out of my outlaw 18 and into the blind there still was plenty of water in there. But the old girl hung on during some ruff and rainy weather, Nothing stolen nothing important damaged. It pasted the test. The anchors were twisted I think that how all the water got in. But nothing hurt the boat. As we were going to pull the anchors I told my son lets go jump a few bays while we were out there. He never fired a gun around his dog. He beat pots and stuff like that so he said I think he is read for gun fire. I told him that it is up to you. I'm not making that call ! Its your dog and only you should know when he is ready. So he fire one shot with the dog on the front of the boat. The dog never even moved. Then he fired again and again the dog just sat there waiting for my son to tell him what to do. I was so proud of him and his dog Ace. Then I really saw my son have the same love that I had for all the dogs that I had. After he came out of the water again. He was shaking my son took off his hunting parka and put it around his pup. And was hugging him to get the dog warm . We returned to the big boat blind undid the ropes and pulled the boat all the way home. The dog handled his first day better then most. Barking only because he wanted to be with my son. But other then that a new hunting dog was born. A 28 year old man turned into a real duck hunter. For the love of his dog . He now knows how hard I worked all those years with all the great dogs I had. I saw my son in a different light that I have in years past. It was just so great. I hope you all have a time in your life where seeing things is better then just killing things. Merry Christmas. May God Bless all of you. Thanks for reading.
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