Waterfowl opener

[mtmiller]

GuNR was pretty young last year for his first season and I wasn't sure if he was that into cold water and flying livers. I am feeling better after this weekend. Good times. Next weekend, ditch-parrots.

Gotta work on proper retireving techniques on the bigger birds.

I have only killed two woodies in my career, so this was a good opener. One was a double.

This morning, there was no flight for big ducks, so we made it a teal day. GuNR was happy with the smaller mouthfuls. First time I have only shot the little guys.

 

[belly-deep]

Looks like fun!

 

[jerrym]

Nice looking chocolate lab in those first 2 pics. My yellow looked the same this weekend. She is sleeping well right now. Great pics as always.

 

[Nemont]

Nice. Love the Wood Ducks.

Nemont

 

[JohnCushman]

Looks like a good time

 

[Mudranger1]

Very nice. Was just looking at the regs myself. Only I am the retriever. Kind of Joe Dirt style where I learned

 

[genesis273]

Beautiful dog, and like always, beautiful pics !
I`ll be taking my friends daughter to go shoot some woodies this Wednesday. I`m looking forward to it.

 

[Big Fin]

Great stuff Miller. Not only a great bag of fowl, but amazing pics, as always. Congrats to you and GunR.

 

[ashersdad]

Awesome pictures as always! Nice job on the wood ducks!

 

[DHaffner]

Great Pics!

 

[mdunc8]

That's awesome. I'm green with envy. I've always wanted to bag a woody and some teal. Managed two mallards yesterday afternoon, but pretty slow for me.

 

[mtmiller]

That's awesome. I'm green with envy. I've always wanted to bag a woody and some teal. Managed two mallards yesterday afternoon, but pretty slow for me.

Funny, I almost always pass on teal while waiting on greenheads, cans or redheads.

Easy clean job on these little guys and the dog still gets his fun. Maybe I will be targeting these guys more often in the future.

 

[mdunc8]

Any duck within range was in trouble yesterday considering I hiked two miles to get to the lake I was hunting. Even hens were fair game

 

[Zach]

Funny, I almost always pass on teal while waiting on greenheads, cans or redheads.

Now you're killing me.... Still waiting on my 1st red and can.

Nice bag mtmiller!! I'm hoping to add a nice drake woodie to the hen I have in the freezer.

 

[Papa-Zulu]

Gunner is a very handsome boy and looks like he takes his job seriously! Great pictures!

 

[Dinkshooter]

Your mad photo skilz make even duck hunting look fun

 

[AZ402]

Those Wood Ducks are way cool looking, nice pics as usual.

 

[Oak]

I agree with Dink. I confess to rarely checking the waterfowl forum unless I see you have posted photos. GuNR is looking good.

 

[BiggWimm]

Very nice, looks like a good time!

 

[fishing4sanity]

Great camera work as always, I really like the wood duck photo - probably because I've wanted one for years, when and if it happens I'm headed straight to the taxidermist. Great dog, great ducks, great photos!