Had a great hunt yesterday with my camera

Gary March

Well-known member
River and I loaded up the decoys and headed to are favorite spot today on the PendOreille River. It was a wanderful day with lots of waterfowl in the air. I took 100 decoys but decided to only put out 25.
The sun was suppose to be out and I was in hopes of getting 5 or 6 shots that I would like. It tried to snow a bit, but was fastly put out by the sun rays peaking throught he clouds. I hope you tag along
with me as my day unfolded.

1st pic is a tribute to my best friend River my AWS. After reading the post about Eddie and others loosing there dogs, I have realized that she is only here for a short while. She is six yrs. old now. Seems as though I just got her.
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The next pics are of some pintails. There are very hard to harvest on this side of the state, usually I take two or three in a season. They were everywhere, as they had started there spring migration headed to the north country.
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Of course there were lots of redheads, I hope not to bore you with all the redhead pics. They were in my decoys all day long.
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Please let me share a few pics of some bluebills. I have memories of days hunting with the snow falling and the bluebills attacking my decoys, that can't ever be beat. They were the reason I became a diver hunter. I hope you like these
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Now, we can't forget about the puddlers can we. Wigeons were trying to land in the diver set. Go figure.
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Now some misc. birds. Gadwall,Bufflehead.
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And I can't finish without some goose pics. They were everywhere. Started to mate up and doing a lot of fun stuff.
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I hope you enjoyed our day in the marsh. Its going to be a long off season, so I am doing my best to speed it up. I also want to thank all the new people that have joined this site. There is so much talent on here.
And a special Thank You to Eric for letting us all hang out here around the fire.

Gary March
 
Gary,
Thanks for those pix. No need for 100 decoys when 25 bring those results. Nice, very nice. Stuff of dreams.
 
You take some amazing photos! When my brother introduced me to this site he made it a point to show me your photos of your hunts. I really enjoy the stories and photos you share. Thank you for sharing.
 
Fantastic images Gary!! The portrait of your water spaniel is about a beautiful as it gets....she is spectacular! Love the redhead shots; thats a bird we don't see here in New England except for a few wayward stragglers. I enjoyed them very much. Thank you!

Keith
 
Gary that was great to follow your day and those are fantastic photo,s, the one of River is the best one in my view, her looks are so sweet and she reminds me of a springer I used to have called Bess, and that look says it all. That is the photo I would treasure mate if I was you. thanks for posting them I rearly ejoyed them.
take care and God Bless
Eddie.
Its all about Building that Bond.
 
Gary; In the 7th frame picture that red head is an awsume shot I realy liked it so much that I compared it with a foamer decoy that I bought from mitch braum,the only difference is his body is shaded a little darker in gray contrast as compared with the lighter gray to white in the picture of your red head and is the same pose {alert}.I always enjoy seeing shots like this and I'm tempted to try my hand at photography.I have a neice that is marred to a wedding photographer,I think I'll ask him to guide me along in taking some shots.Keep the pics coming nice work.
 
Oh man, I can't wait for open water to come back!
The days are getting longer and the sun definitely feels warmer, so I know we're getting closer . . . a month to go? two months?

Thanks for sharing!!

NR
 
Gary, those are great images. Thank you for sharing them. The ducks are in such great color now. The Spoonbills look perfect over here. I am always amazed at the vivid colors on that species.....
 
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