Pic from earlier this week.

MLBob Furia

MLBob Furia

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My camera bag is always something that is in the boat during any time I get to go out. Over the years I have been enjoyed taking pictures of all the ordinary things that go on, especially those that end up telling a story that goes beyond a "tailgate shot." (....although I'm guilty of having taken my share of those [cool]).

Scooter is five now, and she's been the subject of a lot of the pictures I've taken since her first season afield. We've owned a lot of Labs, but I haven't had another that was so intent on scanning the sky for birds the whole time we are out ( I always trace this back to a fortunate first-time out when she was just 8 months old. The birds were plentiful, worked & decoyed perfectly, and the impression that 'good things come from the sky' must have been indelibly stamped in her mind).

When looking through the pictures I took Tuesday morning, this struck me one that captures that intensity. Lighting was perfect and just one of those shots that I'll look back on and smile about when I get too dang old to do this anymore.



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A photo is worth a thousand words...

Eyes To The Sky.

You watch the dog closely and the only time ya gotta look up, is to shoot.

That's about as good as it gets.


Best regards
Vince
 
Great photo Bob,


Could you share some info on that magic clamp hooked to the tree? interesting piece of equipment.

RVZ
 
In fact, Gung Honess is a trait that is right up there with loyalty.


I'm with Todd on this one, and your photo captures the moment prefectly.
 
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Rod,

That is, indeed, one of the handiest pieces of equipment a duck hunter who guns from a boat blind can have !! (IMO.)
I've had a pair of them attached to lengths of 1/2" camo line for so long that I can't remember where I picked them up-- all I can recall was that it was in some sort of marine/boat supply store. However, if you google: "Boat Brush clamp/gripper" or "Blakemore Brush Gripper," you'll be presented with a number of options, many of them around 15 bucks. Mine came powder coated in OD Green.

When I get to the spot on the bank, flooded trees, etc., where I will tie off & hunt from, I clamp one of these to any appropriate branch I locate near to my bow & stern, then run the rope they're attached to to the bow & stern cleats on the deck of my TDB 14. Pull tight, cleat off, and I'm set.... easy peasy. Gripper is designed so the tighter the camp is pulled against; the tighter the "jaw" end grips the branch or brush. I ran a small diameter, high-strength braided line through the clamp mechanism and attached the larger diameter line to it at the rear of the clamp. Never have had any problem, and I don't think I've ever needed to change those original lines in all the years I've used 'em.

Some pics I took for you:
With line "loop-wrapped" for no tangle transport (...an old line storage trick one of the MLB guys - Chuck Crump - showed me decades ago):



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One pull to open line and cleat off:



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Close up of brand name ("Blakemore") and I :




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