Shermie
Well-known member
Well I have to tell you this
" Always the hardway " is often spoken of my trips to hunt,,,the boat trailer has had its last trip the rack which holds the rollers and tilts prety near broke off when unloading the boat ,,,so i says what else is gonna happen ,,well it wasnt long in finding out the motor was seized solid wouldnt even turn the prop,frig it i didnt go thru [day before -15 rewiring the trailer lites] what i have to get here at ocean side to say im packing up ,,,,no not me....its my only kick at the can for the end of season,,,,we load up the boat with gear and dog and hey O off we go row row your boat across the bay... well we cant get up inside the bay due to rowing so we opt for the farside ,,,knowing it would be a *&%&^% to row back against the wind and dropping tide...
So we make the other shore set up 9 eiders 13 black ducks and 5 geese ,,now in all my days with a wind in my face i have never taken a bird that had to fly down the shore and slide slip into the dekes or come down over the trees behind us into the dekkes,, but this was an extrodinary day .....winds in excess of 50 knotts in mini blizzards every other hour ,2foot white caps crashing on the shore and spray kicking up at our faces,,,,,most extrodinary ,,,,was black ducks big red legs where verywhere and they would try and land in and by the third blizzard we had 4 big redlegs ,daisy made an awesome double retrieve to my hand,,,now dont worry about her the water was near zero and the air temps were -15C the day before it was only -2 when we were out there ,i had a big hunk of foam and a jacket for her when she came out,i never caught her shivering at any point...all that extra treats put a little fat on her this season...
if it wasnt for some poor shootin we mite of had a 2 man limit of 8 on the blacks.....it was hard to judge a bird coming withthe wind at you on a 45 angle and then as they side slipped and climbed withthe wind up and gone over our heads.....right to left im in need of practice...
we watched hundreds of seaducks flying the main channel eiders, cockawee, and golden eyes and scoters and buffies.....and hundreds of geese too but because of where we had to set up it was not good for anything but black ducks....
so after the last blizzard we packed it up around 3 pm in a lull we struck out agaisnt the wind ,tide.... we landed way down the shore from where we put in,,, rowing was hard in the main channel ,,but we made er...jury rigged the trailer put boat on ,and aaway we were by dark 5pm i was home around 7pm long day 3am till 7 pm ....temps dropped out last nite went down to minus 18 and 20 and all the gear is a frozen heap in the back of the truck......ill try and seperate it today.....lol same temps for monday so my season is over ...
just gotta love them fun days out there....
as for pictures well the battery crapped out on me so im charging it and we will see if any pics made it...
just before the first blizzard our trucks are across the bay
heres the first blizzard and it only got worse by the end of the day
shermie...
" Always the hardway " is often spoken of my trips to hunt,,,the boat trailer has had its last trip the rack which holds the rollers and tilts prety near broke off when unloading the boat ,,,so i says what else is gonna happen ,,well it wasnt long in finding out the motor was seized solid wouldnt even turn the prop,frig it i didnt go thru [day before -15 rewiring the trailer lites] what i have to get here at ocean side to say im packing up ,,,,no not me....its my only kick at the can for the end of season,,,,we load up the boat with gear and dog and hey O off we go row row your boat across the bay... well we cant get up inside the bay due to rowing so we opt for the farside ,,,knowing it would be a *&%&^% to row back against the wind and dropping tide...
So we make the other shore set up 9 eiders 13 black ducks and 5 geese ,,now in all my days with a wind in my face i have never taken a bird that had to fly down the shore and slide slip into the dekes or come down over the trees behind us into the dekkes,, but this was an extrodinary day .....winds in excess of 50 knotts in mini blizzards every other hour ,2foot white caps crashing on the shore and spray kicking up at our faces,,,,,most extrodinary ,,,,was black ducks big red legs where verywhere and they would try and land in and by the third blizzard we had 4 big redlegs ,daisy made an awesome double retrieve to my hand,,,now dont worry about her the water was near zero and the air temps were -15C the day before it was only -2 when we were out there ,i had a big hunk of foam and a jacket for her when she came out,i never caught her shivering at any point...all that extra treats put a little fat on her this season...
if it wasnt for some poor shootin we mite of had a 2 man limit of 8 on the blacks.....it was hard to judge a bird coming withthe wind at you on a 45 angle and then as they side slipped and climbed withthe wind up and gone over our heads.....right to left im in need of practice...
we watched hundreds of seaducks flying the main channel eiders, cockawee, and golden eyes and scoters and buffies.....and hundreds of geese too but because of where we had to set up it was not good for anything but black ducks....
so after the last blizzard we packed it up around 3 pm in a lull we struck out agaisnt the wind ,tide.... we landed way down the shore from where we put in,,, rowing was hard in the main channel ,,but we made er...jury rigged the trailer put boat on ,and aaway we were by dark 5pm i was home around 7pm long day 3am till 7 pm ....temps dropped out last nite went down to minus 18 and 20 and all the gear is a frozen heap in the back of the truck......ill try and seperate it today.....lol same temps for monday so my season is over ...
just gotta love them fun days out there....
as for pictures well the battery crapped out on me so im charging it and we will see if any pics made it...
just before the first blizzard our trucks are across the bay
heres the first blizzard and it only got worse by the end of the day
shermie...
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