Early Season Mallard!
For some reason I just can bring myself to shoot early season mallard, instagram is full of the pictures of huge bags of immature birds, I know everyone wants to be an internet legend but shooting out all the young ducks just doesn’t seem like fowling that I know! Most of these pictures are full of birds in eclipse! Just doesn’t seem right!
Is early season not for shooting a few park geese for the table before the migrants and proper fowling weather arrive?
Or is shooting 20 plus you
It's all about tradition and a few birds for me
From next year i will start taking the wee man and showing him that hunting is not just putting decoys out and blasting pigeons; there is so much more to it and the lead up to the 1st day should be the most exciting part; not the bag count. next year i'm hoping to get to camp for a few days on the marsh; collect shellfish, bring the roads, and make an all outdoor few days for him.
I've been to 32 opening days of which 20 with my own gun a