ended the season with a teal slam!

Capt. John

Capt. John

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My season has been going kinda downhill over the past two weeks, The saltwater has been very hot/cold. Our season ends next weekend so I figured with the arrival of our latest cold front I would go out for one more hunt. I try and hunt alone for my last hunt of the year with my dog Earl. It gives me time to sit and think about the years hunts and just have a good time in the marsh one last time. I went to a spot inand on a freshwater resevoir we have been hunting a bit. I have found this wonderfull spot that I have to walk for about a mile through the swamp to get to. Its great, it keeps most other hunters out. Well today was awesome, I had ducks all around me at shooting light but due to cloud cover I couldnt identify most of them so I sat back and waited. A duck was flying by about 20 yards in front of me when WHACK! A stinking hawk came out of thin air and grabbed it in the air! It was so cool to see. It sounded like a baseball getting thrown into a catchers mit. I ended up getting a bunch of pins in the spread and picked out two nice bulls. After I shot the second one a group of teal decoyed, There was at least 5 cinnimon drakes in it! I wanted to shoot another one for a double mount so I picked out the best one and jumped them up. I ended up scotch doubleing on him and a greenwing drake. A few minutes later another greenwing came and and stayed. Some time went by and a lone drake bluewing decoyed. It was meant to be I guess. My first lagit teal slam! On my last day hunting this year. I sat back and drank some coffee and watched more birds work. I then picked up and went walking for driftwood for another two hours. What a great morning! This has been a banner year for us on cinnys. Between me and my hunting partner we have shot 8 stud drakes! I've never shot one before this year. I'm still on cloud 9 after that hunt. Earl had a blast also as always. That knucklehead has a hunters soul and a marathon runners heart. He never quits. Sorry for the bad pic of the two of us, it was off a bucket with the timer on the camera.
John Ven Huizen
our days bounties
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Me and Earl, note my lucky MLB hat! Who needs a scull cap? Open water grey works just fine!
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what a handsome bird!
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wow, maybe they will push over to LA next year and make up for the big birds that don't come here anymore. What is the coating on the floor of your go devil. it doesn't look like hydroturf.
 
Thanks guys, the floor is called safe floor, they are a company out of houston. Its heavy but wears like iron. Its just like a track at a high school. its ground up tires epoxied down. It has a lifetime warranty and I love it. My 20 footer was about 900 bucks to do. Sounds like alot but I only had to do the splits on slippery aluminum on my old boat a few times to make my mind up on it on this one. Glad ya'll like the pics!
John
 
Hey - congrats on a great day. Out here ( Oregon) everyone wants big birds - not me - I love teal - got a treager pellet grill and I feed the other ducks to my friends then sneak the teal to myself. Great pictures - love the dog!
 
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