Bob B
Well-known member
Yesterday was a chance at a sky busting free marsh. Youth Day #2. I need to have more kids so I can keep doing this till I retire.
We headed out early to get to a good spot. Weather was still but cold and the water had a skim of ice. Dog was ready and so was John. We bundled up and set the decoys out when we got to the spot. Sleeping in a Sanford Box sure looks nice. The dog and I hid in the muck.
Birds moved early but we were off the X a bit and they were not hooking into the decoys. A few around but not much. Still in the early doldrums of the season.
Took a few pictures and then decided to make a small adjustment. Ate a twinkie(or 4) and had some bad gas station hot chocolate. Then we got a break and we had a little action.
John did his part on a pair that made a very low pass right over him. He described it as Low House station 1. The King of the New England Woods had fallen right out front.
Dog followed his assignment to the nines and we were across the goal line.
I built John a KARA when he was born (Instead of finishing the Kitchen Floor for his mom). It was worth every day of 11 years waiting for the hug I got for his first bird.
What a way to start a long and great hunting career.
We headed out early to get to a good spot. Weather was still but cold and the water had a skim of ice. Dog was ready and so was John. We bundled up and set the decoys out when we got to the spot. Sleeping in a Sanford Box sure looks nice. The dog and I hid in the muck.
Birds moved early but we were off the X a bit and they were not hooking into the decoys. A few around but not much. Still in the early doldrums of the season.
Took a few pictures and then decided to make a small adjustment. Ate a twinkie(or 4) and had some bad gas station hot chocolate. Then we got a break and we had a little action.
John did his part on a pair that made a very low pass right over him. He described it as Low House station 1. The King of the New England Woods had fallen right out front.
Dog followed his assignment to the nines and we were across the goal line.
I built John a KARA when he was born (Instead of finishing the Kitchen Floor for his mom). It was worth every day of 11 years waiting for the hug I got for his first bird.
What a way to start a long and great hunting career.





