Got To Be Tough When Your Stupid

[BilletHead]

Ok after Fins and feathers prodding me I thought I might make a road trip to a place he told me about. Just a check out but had the waders, gun, shells, retrieving fishing pole and a extendable hook pole. You know just in case an opportunity presented itself for a little jump shoot. Well left the house and set my GPS on zero to see what the mileage was down there. Got approx. ten miles from the house and seen a sky full of geese. Round and around they went looking for unfrozen water. Here there and yonder even working the pond where we got geese Sunday morning, it was frozen too. Then they all split up got back together and headed out. Found a place and dropped in. I thought I might know where they went, I did and it was a very small pond. 80 yards long by 30 yards wide. From the road I couldn't see water because all the geese had it blocked from my view they had it completely covered. I watched and then all of the sudden up they came in three different flights again up and round and round. A specklebelly included. I drove to the fence below the dam to really scope out the place, peeked over to see mallards and a couple of geese on there. I am not opposed to a jump shoot now and again plus this is in the middle zone which ends today. Why not I thought besides News Years day meal had been decided and it was to be charcoaled duck breast. Went back to the truck and loaded up, put on clothes for the stalk. Got closer and peeked over to see them head up peeking back. Up we all came and I picked a pair of drakes close to each other. Boom they went down and I picked two more and the other two shots dropped them, pair of hens. Now to the problem. From the original vantage point the ducks looked close to the bank next to the ice. When I got done shooting that short stretch of ice was ten or more yards from the bank. Humm ? No problem rod with attached treble hooked plug will work. Back to the truck to don waders and get the pole and retrieval hook stick. Now the ducks had floated against the ice. A couple of throws and the hens were in and on the bank. Hooked one of the drakes and got him to within range of the fully extended stick. Reached out with the jointed stick only to get it hooked on the ice edge. Instead of pushing out to unhook the darned thing I pulled trying to break the thick ice, guess what? Pulled out the end joint. So there I am with a hookless stick and ice keeps catching on my plug so that isn't working. Back to the truck, out of the waders, drive back to the house to get kayak. Drive back to the pond put back on waders throw out the kayak drag it over to the pond and launch. Paddle out and get remaining ducks and the missing joint of my stick. Then load back up to back home. Sometimes the things we do for a duck. Home I checked my mileage again. Fifty miles, what a dumb butt I thought. Oh well fresh breast for tomorrow. Am I the only one to do something stupid? I bet not

BilletHead

[duckydoty]

I think I posted a video of some of the stupid stuff I do to get a duck. Glad I'm not the only one. Hehehehehe!

[Feathers and Fins]

But did you make to my honey hole ?

And that aint stupid its obeying the law. What Ducky did for the Deer now that was um whats the word pricless

[BilletHead]

No Scott did not make it. My body is spent from the last few days and this put me over the edge. Duane you know what they say Birds of a feather, just glad we are from the same flock. Yee Hawwww

BilletHead

[Feathers and Fins]

Marty I don't blame you. I told you how soar and tired I was yesterday. I am not sure if I will even go on the diver hunt tomorrow my backs still killing me and honestly im wore out. Seem to me when I was younger it wasn't so hard im still trying to figure out whats changed.

[JohnP]

sounds like a awesome hunt non the less.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Nothing wrong with doing the right thing. Good on you.

[duckydoty]

Scott, I don't think I've share the deer thing with everyone yet…..Dont know if I'm ready for that….LOL!

[Mitch f]

No worries Billethead, I've never seen a jump shoot that went perfect.

One time we were goose hunting in a field and we called about one hundred Canada's in but they kept circling wide and eventually landed about 250 yards away. My brother and friend crawled for one hour and were finally in a position to shoot. They booth stood up at the same time and the birds flared. They both immediately slipped in the mud and fell flat on their face and never got a shot off. The rest of us almost peed in our pants from laughing!