Saving the BEST for Last (Youth Season Pics)

Thats what it is all about, and if you guys ever get up in the northeast maybe we can use those decoys and kill some blackducks over them.
Thanks Pete
 
Great job. Nice photos. My 10 y.o. son has offiicially joined me this past season for hunting birds. He has walked with me the past two years. This year he got his license and got to shoot. Lots of good memories.


Keep up the great work dad.
 
Excellent story! Congratulations to you and your son Thomas. He is getting a bit bigger than your profile pic. Congrats again.

dc
 
That is one hell of a father-son hunt. You're sure are raising up a son you can be proud of.
 
Appreciate all the comments and compliments. Being able to share with folks who understand my excitement only adds to the experience.

Tod, you are quite perceptive. In fact on the boat ride home his hands got so cold he was in pain. The wind was blowing hard and even though he tucked them in his waders they would not warm up. By the time we got to the ramp all he cared about was warming the truck and his hands. You know he throbbing pain you get when your fingers start to thaw. It hit him hard.

Lawrence, we do on occasion get black ducks. They tend to appear all at once and then be gone just as quick. Some seasons I don't see any. They out of the blue, usually really snotty cold, they show up in numbers. Having a few black ducks in the rig makes me feel better. May or may not help decoy any more birds but they sure look good to my eye.

Eric
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Ha, I remember being a punk kid with cold hands - tell him it will toughen him up and build character :).
 
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Eric, Great photos and a great day on the water

What is Thomas shooting his birds with? Looks like a good set up for him.

Now if you really want to spoil that kid bring him up here and and we'll turn him loose on some divers!!!


Fred
 
Great photos! Enjoy this time with your son. Before you know it he's grown, you are old, and the memories will be distant ones. I remember when my son was real young and I was younger I used to pretty much pack everything we needed on my back. Then a few years later we split the load. And now I think he feels sorry for me and now volunteers to pack the heaviest stuff...... when he gets time from college to hunt with me. He graduates this spring. Who knows what and where his future will take him and how many hunts together we'll have.
 
Thanks again for the compliments. I do appreciate it.

Fred, Thomas was shooting his Stoeger 20 gauge o/u. He saw your comment about shooting divers. Needless to say he's thinking about how to get there.

You guys are right, they do grow up fast. He just completed his 5th season of hunting with me full time. The way I figure it we've got three more left before he's 16 and driving himself to hunt. When that happens he'll probably want to go with his friends instead of me. That will be a tough one on for me.

Eric
 
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