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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: tmike on December 30, 2011, 11:08:27 AM

Title: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on December 30, 2011, 11:08:27 AM

Wyatt's first kill, on his 11th birthday with a single shot 20 gauge. I'm hoping we can make this a yearly tradition. He looked at me and said "I just can't get the smile off my face". So much for worrying that he was bored. Of course we could have done real well on Mallards if I wasn't trying to figure them out the first day. Then when I thought we had them they were gone on day 2. When we finished it was off to Taco Bell then to Bi Mart. I told him he could pick anything in the store. We are going to try again tomorrow.
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Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: johng on December 30, 2011, 11:11:23 AM

Awesome!

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: M_ray on December 30, 2011, 11:59:54 AM

That's great nice job Wyatt!!!  :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: buckhorn2 on December 30, 2011, 12:25:57 PM

Just does;nt get any better than that.

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: Widgeondeke on December 30, 2011, 12:28:47 PM

love the GW teal drakes. Congrats young man!  :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: seth30 on December 30, 2011, 12:38:36 PM

What a way to spend a day with your son :tup:  I bet he will never forgot this day!

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on December 30, 2011, 12:46:39 PM

Thanks everyone. We're going to try again in the morning.

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: buglebuster on December 30, 2011, 03:47:10 PM

Congrats :drool: are you gonna get him mounted?

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: Hunting7mm on December 30, 2011, 05:22:54 PM

Congrats!!!   :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: cohoho on January 01, 2012, 07:55:56 AM

Well done Wyatt..  Well Done!... :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on January 01, 2012, 10:01:12 AM

Well we tried a different spot and a couple groups had already set up so we threw some dekes in the big river and struck out. Blue bird day. Still had a great time. Not going to mount this one, just going to eat it.

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on January 01, 2012, 10:28:53 AM

good job little buddy .... :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: Ellensburg on January 01, 2012, 04:20:17 PM

Nice teal dude. They are good eatin

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: johnsc6 on January 02, 2012, 10:01:44 AM

great job, at least someone still has sight of what is fun bout hunting. TAKE A KID !

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on January 08, 2012, 01:15:17 PM

Can someone tell me the best way to preserve a bird in the freezer before it gets to a taxidermist? The kid made an incredible shot on a drake widgeon today and wants to put it on the wall  :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: Camp David on January 08, 2012, 01:23:11 PM

I was told to put the bird in Panty hose. It keeps the feathers in place until the taxi is ready to mount it. Might want to send a message to one of the taxis on this site to make sure. 

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on January 08, 2012, 01:51:01 PM

I'm fresh out of panty hose  :bash:  :chuckle:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: 101521 on January 08, 2012, 02:20:18 PM

DO NOT put the bird in pantyhose...just put it in a garbage bag and wrap it up.

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on January 08, 2012, 03:33:21 PM

I rolled it up carefully in a plastic bag and it's in the fridge  :dunno:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: tmike on January 09, 2012, 04:51:03 PM

Here's the happy hunter!
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Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: fishinmike on January 09, 2012, 05:04:04 PM

That is awesome! :tup:

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: bagmNtagm on January 09, 2012, 10:44:38 PM

WAY TO GO!!! I got drake green wing teal for my first duck

Title: Re: My Best Day
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 09, 2012, 10:47:16 PM

Love the pics :tup: