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Originally Posted by Don Kaas
We hunt in the "marais"...a swampy private island separated by canals from a 1200 acre DU impoundment. Most of the blinds are on the canals themselves but there are a few blinds on small ponds on the island's interior. The "pass shooting" on the final morning Destry alluded to was done on the edge of the canal between two of the the canal blinds at a certain spot favored by the mal'lats for crossing the canal due to the lower height of the trees there...nothing less than 45 yard shots using 1 3/8 oz of Bis Maxx 4s and tight chokes. Were were done by 7:15 that morning. The outfitter also does snow geese hunts near Rimouski on the Gaspe' and specializes in divers out on the main channel of the big river in sinkboxs and 1 1/2 hour boat ride from the lodge. We have done this but only later in the season when the divers begin to migrate. Only a 7 1/2 hour drive from home and some of the consistently best duck hunting in North America.
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Sounds like a "blast" !
You reminded me of another time when I also hunted the main channel for whistlers/divers with an old girlfriend of my ex wife. When I say she was the most masculine, woman I had ever met, I mean she could do whatever a man could do...big woman who was single...picked me up with her truck and boat and all but launched the 20 ft boat herself with no trouble whatsoever...she could speak NO English and I, no French, so it was an interesting day to say the least!
As we cruised some shallows looking for a spot to anchor we came across an un-exploded military shell (big one about 3 ft long!) She was trying to move it with an oar (I think she wanted it as a souvenir) but I somehow persuaded her (with sign language or something!) to leave it be and move along!
Back then the Canadian Army used to use that part of Lac St Pierre as a firing range and at certain times you would hear a BOOM from the South shore and the round whistling overhead...then the resulting BOOM at the terminal end some miles away!
Do they still use that as a firing range???