Grant Wright
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I may be the only one, but while I’m tying flies I typically have poor posture. If I’m cranking out flies my back starts barking at me. It is tough to use good posture while hovering over a vise for an hour or more.
I wear a buff on almost any day I’m doing a lot of work outside; I get some strange looks from my neighbors.
I believe (although I am not certain) that there is a federal ban on using lead for waterfowl hunting.
I shoot the cheap steal, I can’t justify dropping $30 on a box of bismuth shells.
I typically try to wait until the ducks put down there landing gear before I shoot, but even then, some birds that are hit still manage to get away.
Steel shot is a terrible alternative to lead….it’s a great way to mortally wound a duck that dies a long ways from where you shoot it. Last weekend I hit two ducks hard that managed to fly another two hundred yards before they fell stone cold dead. I was lucky that my dog was able to find them.
My Dad started taking me to the duck blind when I was about 11 and I’ve been hunting ducks ever since. I’m fortunate to have access to my in-laws ranch which is only about 30 minutes from my front door. They have a couple of nice lakes that get a strange mix of puddlers and divers.
I must admit that now that I am married with a child, waking up super early on a Saturday morning is a little more difficult than it used to be. This season I have only been out duck hunting twice, but have hunted quail (we actually have a great crop of wild native birds this year) over 15 times this season.
