Arte's First Duck Hunt

Took my yellow lab Arte on her first two duck hunts over Thanksgiving. First morning was hot and we sat over a creekbed with very little water and only killed mosquitos. Day two was after a front blew in and brought freezing temps and a new duck hole with water. Had a great time with brother in laws and friends.

Ended up with 7 but should have killed twice that. Had 3 Mallard drakes, 2 Hens, and 2 Greyducks (You know, Gadwalls).

Panhandle Nov. 18 - Nov. 23

Hunted hard but never got on a mature deer. Had a full moon and warm weather but my buddy's daughter was able to shoot a nice deer.

Opening Gun Weekend 2010

Hunted outside of Fredericksburg this weekend and had decent weather - Just under 30 in the mornings and warming up to 70 in the afternoon. The deer were moving pretty well.

Picked up the rifle for the Sunday morning hunt and it payed off with this 9 point!

Worst part of the weekend was news that my buddy's deer camp cabin had burned to the ground sometime during the week. This picture is from January.

And this is what he found Friday afternoon...The mangled tin on the left is the roof where the hogs are hanging in the picture above. Speechless.




Somehow he was able to hunt and was rewarded with this great trophy to help ease the pain. A true monster for East Texas!

Opening Weekend Duck

I couldn't get away to hunt but my brother did. He was able to shoot a limit of teal, gadwall, and mallard, including this eclipse drake.