The purchase of a bird dog is planned to meet the opening of hunting season. Can’t purchase a dog in January, it would interfere with the end of duck season. Can’t purchase a dog in June, it wouldn’t be ready to hunt on the October opener for ducks.
That leaves, February, March and April as the [...]
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After a morning of enthusiastic and exhausting pheasant hunting, with a bird each in the bag, Rob and I trudged through a final field of marsh on our way back to camp.
I glanced over to my brother, and he pointed skyward – above our main duck hunting pond. A large flock of mallards was circling [...]
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