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Hunted a North Shore marsh a few days ago during a serious Nor'Easter. The weather was *fierce* out there; downright dangerous, actually, with whiteout conditions. But the birds were flying like there was no tomorrow. We live for this stuff. If you haven't lived it, you probably wouldn't understand, but thought I'd share a few shots.  Cheers, KG The bank we backed up to    My buddy saying his prayers?  Not a lot of calling done this day. Note the calls...   Yours truly after watching 30 black ducks sit down in our faces  ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | ||
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My kind of day! Any bird pics? Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Hiya David, They were buried under about 10" of snow at the time, I believe. The pics don't really do justice to how fierce the weather was. Here's some video, and it may give a better idea, but still and as you know, it's just not the same as being there. Talk soon, eh?  KG ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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FANTASTIC. You are one crazy SOB. These pictures made my year. Thanks. ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again. A. E. Housman | |||
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Palmer my good man, coming from you, that means a lot. I know you really do understand what calls us back out there, feast or famine.  Best, KG ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Looks Like Fun! Your Lab Looks he's Ready to hit that ice water Did ya have a propane heater in there with you for the dog ?  | |||
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KG, Always enjoy your waterfowl posts, esp the video in this one; here in NorCal, we had a what we think of here as one hellacious storm, about 2 weeks ago; 40-60 mph winds, sustained, with gusts up to 80 - 100 mph, or more, all with a torrential downpour... we hunted in it, laying on a muddy check next to flooded rice, I shot 6 ducks and 2 snows, including a triple on gads....an awesome hunt.... I thought we were nuts, but our little weather event can't hold a candle to yours!!! kudos to you Regards, Craig Nolan Best Regards, Craig Nolan | |||
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Thanks, Craig, and it's reciprocal; enjoy your posts very much too. Our winds weren't nearly as strong as yours, but considerably cooler, I think.  If our shooting was better, we'd have close to limiting out, but when you can't see (as well as having your gun freeze up), it's kind of hard to get a decent hit/miss ratio. Yeah I know, excuses, excuses... I wish I'd taken pics of some of the birds, but as soon as we took them off the dog and put them in the boat, they began getting buried with snow. It was a day to remember, that's for sure. Closing the season tomorrow back on the coast. KG ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Great pics Kamo Gari. I had to put on a coat after seeing those! | |||
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Oh yea, that made me quiver like my dog. And they wonder what makes us tick!!!! Dulcinea What counts is what you learn after you know it all!!! | |||
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Thanks for the responses and kind words, gents. We waterfowlers are generally, I believe, a breed apart. Maybe due to missing a chromosome, but nevertheless... Would love to see some of you other watermen post some pics. Anyone? Best, KG ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Nice. I would brave that for puddle ducks, but not divers, LOL. Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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KG Thanks for the pics. Personally, being very definitely a "fair weather" duck hunter, I had planned to use them in support of my petition to have you committed. However, I have reconsidered. You are handicapped in being a Bosox fan so I'll let it go this time. (Actually, I'm in envious awe of your endurance)Regards. | |||
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30 Black Ducks! Oh heck yeah! Wind what wind? I had to assure my wife your dog was not suffering. Thanks for sharing. Very nice photos and video | |||
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Gerry, thank you for reconsidering. I am (most times) perfectly sane. Generally speaking, of course; during duck season all bets are off. Since you have been so kind to me, I'll try to get word to the Patriots to take it easy on your team, say, stomp them by no more than 21 points come Sunday. We are friends after all. Big Guy: you bet! ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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That will separate the men from the boyz. Next weekend I leave for AR and will assist to the best of my ability: culling the million Snows, Blues and Ross Geese that believe the coast is clear.  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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KG Appreciated your kind offer of " telling the Patriots to take it easy on your team,stomp them by no more than 21 points..." I realize that duck hunters sometimes don't have good days. (Pause, while I shed a tear or two for your great loss yesterday) Maybe the Patriots can blame the curse of Kamo Gari! How sweet it is down here! Got any predictions for the Bosox this season? (P.S. If you're thinking of becoming a sportswriter or an odds maker, I wouldn't quit my day job just yet) Regards anyway. | |||
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First, pardon me for a second, Gerry: mrrfff, crunch, lfferr, chomp. Gulp. Sonofa... Rrrrrr. OK, thanks. That was, of course, the sounds of me eating my words and taking my medicine like a man. I tip my hat to you Gerry, and to the team that played the better game. I was wr...Cough, cough. Um, as I was saying, I was wro..Gasp, hack. I was wr..ong. There, stick that in your pipe and smoke it, you NY heathen. Man, that was painful. By the bye, I was down in MANHTN today while the parade was being held. Despite a strong desire to do so, I chose not to run down any fans, deciding instead to drink myself silly and to enjoy throwing rotten vegetables into the crowd, thinking of you all the while. KG P.S. Oh, and WRT the invitation for you to join me hunting up here some day: know that it is still open. However, be warned--if you show up with a NYG jersey, there's going to be trouble. Fair warning, fellah! ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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KG: Thanks for the flashback. I lived in New England when I was in high school and college, and still miss skipping school to go hunting on days like the one you shared. Dave One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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KG I never wanted to hear that sound of you eating your words! We New Yorkers are much too generous and kind to ever want a Bostonian to do that. What I had in mind was for you to be dining on a bird - a black feathered bird, in fact. Gee! What's it called? The name will come to me, I'm sure! Many thanks for the duck hunting offer. Only infirmities of age (I'll be 78 in two months) prevent me from accepting with delight -although, I don't know what I would have worn anyway. You already have told me I will have to sit next to the dog as he shakes himself off if I wear a Yankees cap and now, you further threaten "trouble" if I wear a Giants jersey. Regards | |||
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A cormorant? You wanted me to eat a *cormie*? Evil, just plain evil that is. Gerry, never say never. You feel like it, I'll have you out happily, your age be damned. Particularly early season, you say so, I'll get you up here and into birds. All you'd need to do is want to; I'll take care of the rest. If you can pull on a set of waders*, sit on your arse and shoot a scattergun, it's do-able. Even if your black heart still yearns for your so-called baseball team to win next year's pennant, I'll be pleased to host. Just leave the garb with the damned devil symbols on the back (NYY, NYG and so forth). I have to draw the line somewhere... *Disclaimer: you soil my waders, intentionally or otherwise, you're back to getting on my bad side. KG P.S. Dave, you betcha'. Except I am a bit confused. Skipping school to get out on days like that? When the weather is like that, there *is* no school to have to skip! A win-win if there ever was one. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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KG You're lucky I ain't asking you to dine on a merganser. | |||
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