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Originally Posted by Don Kaas
Up on our annual pilgramage for the first week of Quebec's duck season on Lac St Pierre in Quebec with the Brothers McCormack and Destry Hoffard. Limits all around this morning. Mallards, blacks, pintails and a ringneck duck...34" #3 frame DHEs were at work...  Destry finished our morning with a double on a pair of blacks with his 34" DHE at 7:05 then we walked through the woods to watch Kevin and Tom finish up their limits by 8:30. |
Do you gentlemen hunt from the shore or in boats?
As I said previously, my ex's Uncle had the dream setup...had a shack on the shore (booze and fish chowder with fresh caught St. Lawrence "Dory" which is a Walleye)
had a flat bottom wooden boat that was pushed/pulled to the water's edge on wooden skids laid out on the ground...a little 1940's Evinrude 3 hp egg beater moved you through the marsh's myriad, canals and passageways until you reached your own "opening" in the marsh where you glided the small craft into a permanent (for the season) hide, lined with cedar boughs...perfect setup and a joy to partake in...we had Bluebird days that time and the ducks were spaced out but frequent enough to keep the time passing...in between ducks, there was a bottle of Tanqueray in the old man's sack which he happily shared in tin cups...I'll tell you, it was as if you were back 50 years in time sitting on that marsh...what a treat for me to have been able to experience it as a young man...I had said it was in the 1980's but after thinking a bit, it was definitely in 1976, 77,78, before my kids came along.
I had an old Remington 11-48 semi auto 30" full choke which served my purposes well in those days...for everything from duck to pheasant to partridge and doodles...
How I wish I could go there again and relive the memories...!
Perhaps a Quebec trip will be in order sometime soon!
Sounds like you guys have it pretty good up there yourselves...thanks for sharing the experience!