Jeramie Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 So after a good dove season in September my wife decided she loves bird hunting. Had I know I wouldn’t have taken her deer/ squirrel hunting almost 20 years ago. She hated that and didn’t go again until dove this year. She decided to try duck hunting with me so I bought her a set of Waders (Max 4), a new She Coat (which she loves and wears everywhere), wool socks, etc, down to a Double Nasty Call. I also bought a Winchester SPX in Moldy Oak duck blind camo (Got a good deal). She shot it and loved it... so much for MY new shotgun! And off we go. We didn’t get a single duck on the lease. She was disappointed but not so much that she wouldn’t go back. That made me happy. My family owns a 1300 acre beef ranch. I grew up hunting our ponds and had NO idea how good the duck hunting was there until I started hunting other places. Given that, I loaded up the wife and took her on what I knew would be her first kill. She is now so hooked she is wanting to find a place to hunt pheasant/ quail and even film hunts and put them on Youtube. I have created a monster. This one pond in particular is a green head magnet. Every year I hammer mallards on this pond, always have. Eagles fly directly overhead looking for birds and will even swoop down to 6-8 feet above you. It's an incredible sight. I knew no matter what it would make for a good morning. Friday, December 27 I load up my new portable blind. I made this out of cattle panel, a canvas drop cloth, Max 4 leafy material, and zip ties. It folds to 24" x 48" x 6" and weighs around 35 lbs. Unfolded it is 4' x 6' x 48" tall with a head cover, shooting windows, and sight windows. The canvas drop cloth REALLY stops the wind. Its not great, but it works good. Total cost not including the panels (I had the cattle panels already) was around $69. Friday morning, mid 20's, around 12mph south wind. Saw around 150-200 mallard by 9:30. In her first morning she shot 4 Mallard drake with 4 shots (3", Winchester Super X, #2, Modified Choke). What I love more than anything is that I have a WELL rounded woman. She works, does incredibly too much at our daughters' school, is a Girlscout leader, full time mommy, and now had decided she would rather be in the duck blind rather than sleeping to 8:00 a.m. on any day she has off. Im proud of her... She is also better than my other partners. She brought coffee and fresh pumpkin bread into the blind on the first day. She then warmed the bread on the Heater Buddy and poured me coffee... She is a keeper. And of course it doesnt hurt that she looks like this and looks just as good in camo. She is the best looking hunting partner I have ever had. That never hurts. From this....... To this.... life is good. :cool2: Friday 12/27/2013 Her first ducks ever. I let her do a lot of the shooting. Perfect conditions, moderate to good duck numbers. We kept a green head to have mounted for her. The 4 in front of her are all hers. She made sure I kept them separate. Sunday, 12/29/2013. COLD north wind, 35mph. Most shots were crossing from ducks flying like bullets. Some came directly overhead, face into the wind but it made for 35-40 yard vertical shots. I limited, she shot 1. It was a tough morning but didnt upset her. She was hunting with a fever and the cough too. Sick as a dog.... thats my girl! We have until January the 23rd or something like that. I will be posting more pictures! Our Goose season runs into February so I will get pics of hopefully for that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Wow..I suppose she cleans the ducks too???....lol Yup, life is good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted January 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 No cleaning.. she does however cook them. The woman has cut up more than one deer on the kitchen table.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Match made in heaven. Congrats to the both of you for creating a shining example and enjoying it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 great to see you got a new hunting partner congrats on the mallards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTF Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Awesome story. Very hard to find a woman of that caliber in today's society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 That's great Jeremie, beautiful bride and a keeper I'd say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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