We were into the mallards this weekend.

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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I got back from Calgary late Fri night. Three days for a 10 min doctor visit. What a waste of time! It was warm in Calgary though and I took my niece and nephew (4 and 2) out for a nature walk on Nose hill. We found deer beds and rose hips. The little guy found some really nice dirt to carry home.

Sat I helped clean the house for a bit and Mac and I went out on the Yukon river to try for mallards, then packed up early and moved to a field for a night shoot. We were in the wrong place on the river, but we saw the right place, and were in it on Sun morning.

Mac shot pretty well and hit a bunch of mallards in the air. We took old Sara Wilson with us on the field shoot, her first time out this season. She's 13 now and pretty deaf. I put a headlamp around her neck in case we lost her, but she stayed right with us all evening. She missed all the shooting (couldn't hear it I guess) and never saw a bird fall, but we let her use her sniffer on a couple we marked and she got them! Boy was she excited! She carried the first one around like a trophy and didn't want to give it up. Jenny got the rest and we came out of the field with 10 I think.

The next morning we grabbed some young friends and headed to the spot on the river we scoped out Sat. It was foggy until 11 or so with sparse flights, then the fog lifted and the shooting was hot. Me and Mac got 12.

Bit of snow overnight.

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Setting up in the fog. Disclaimer - those are Mac's decoys, not mine. : )

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Jenny showing off the little used "sissy dog hold".

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Now that was a heavy strap!

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And the real work to a good bit of shooting. We had to cut and bag a moose shoulder that a friend dropped as well tonight, before we got to these. Mac was smiling in the photo because he knew Jane was going to make him go to bed right away. There were four fat pluckers in the bunch and the rest got breasted.

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Mike

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Mac was smiling in the photo because he knew Jane was going to make him go to bed right away.
Mike
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Now that is funny. Enjoy it Mac, your days of that excuse are numbered!
 
Nicely done Mike!

Mac's decoys look great... can't imagine where he gets it from ;0) What's attached to the clip?
 
Three days for a 10 min doctor visit. What a waste of time! That is the problem with a nationalized health care. Those are great pics though. Season starts on Saturday in NJ, but alas I will be working. My season starts last week of the month.
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"Now that is funny. Enjoy it Mac, your days of that excuse are numbered! "

HI Chuck, last week when I had to leave to go south Mac got stuck with cleaning 30 or so birds all on his own, so I guess this was just my turn!

[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]"Nicely done Mike!

Mac's decoys look great... can't imagine where he gets it from ;0) What's attached to the clip? [/font]"

Hi Jack, you mean on the buffy? I don't know why but it has a zip tie on it. Mac's decoys are the plastic ones.

[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]"A heavy strap indeed! Very nice Mike! "

Hi Brian, yep I've been wondering when Avery will invent a collapsible field wheelbarrow.


[/font][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]"Mac,
hows that knife holding up ? [/font]"


[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]Jeff, we still haven't touched it up and it is a sharp as when you made it. Great knife!

[/font][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica]"Three days for a 10 min doctor visit. What a waste of time! That is the problem with a nationalized health care. Those are great pics though. Season starts on Saturday in NJ, but alas I will be working. My season starts last week of the month. [/font]"

JS, actually if it wasn't for national healthcare I couldn't afford to go to Calgary to see a specialist for 10 min. The waste of time was due to me living out here in the boonies where the airplanes don't fly everyday. The trip cost me 0 - the plane was covered as well as the visit. For people in rural areas or up north, we'd be screwed without Medicare. Good luck on your opener eh?

Mike
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Cool stuff.
Sure Mac didn't clean all those birds... isn't it sad when a dad tries to take credit even when there is photographic proof of who is standing there with the knife. :-)

Tim
 
I swear as soon as I snapped the pic he said, "Gotta go, mum says its time for bed!" and ran. What a runt.

Mike
 
Sweet Mike! Great to see you out there with the young ones, making our future waterfowlers... God bless and thanks for sharing your goodness! Pat
 
mike ,
thanks !

remind Mac he's supposed to be keeping up with what its used for ..........


ah never mind , I'll just say from ducks to moose , that should cover it !
 
Mike

That Mac sure is growing up fast. Handsome young man too. Your posts always get me pumped for our own upcoming season.
 
Mac was smiling in the photo because he knew Jane was going to make him go to bed right away.
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man i miss those days go hunting,kill all day & not have to do the dirty work-----good times good times

sounds like yall had fun & what state are yall in??
 
Nice job Mac and Mike. How about saving a few birds for us down in the lower 48. LOL Thanks for posting Mike. I always enjoy the stories and pics.
 
Mike
Just checking the webb page recovering from back surgery monday and you know all about that. Three days for a 10min doc appt really sucks. I want to thank you for great shots of those mallards and sharing them with us. My son who just lost his lab said to tell you that he would take a sissy dog hold over a paddle he is using any time.
Again, always enjoy your pictures and your sharing their stories.
wis boz
 
How about a picture of Old Sara, I love old dogs that still have the heart. It brings a tear to my eye when I think about these old dogs that just lived for the retrieve and now they're too old.
 
MMM = mike & mac & mallards, way to go guys tahnks for the pics ,awesome job mac ill tell makayla how well you guys did...

things are real slow here ,i usualy hunt pei on the openers and i didnt this year and the fellas came here and i know why i always go over there they have burds galore..they shot limits on opener with out me booo hoooo but i have to say im having fun anyway watching Miss Daisy doing her thing...

congrats guys keep the pics and stories coming ...
 
Hey Mike, South Central Alaska is in the middle of a couple of huge low pressure systems that are supposed to move well into the interior by the weekend. Hurricane force winds on the hillside above Anchorage last night and today.

If this system goes over the Alaska Range it well send the ducks your way rather than my way.

Have a good weekend.
 
INteresting Ray, I saw Inuvik got a major dump pf snow last weekend that probably froze up Old Crow Flats as well.

MIke
 
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