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Unread 09-27-2024, 11:15 PM   #1
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The great John Dallas and I are ensconced in a little lakeside cabin off Lake Erie not far from Kingsville, Ontario tonight. We're having a drink of the brown liquor and swapping tales of duck shoots long past. The wind is howling and the season opens in a few hours. We've made it, we've suffered the long hot summer, and the finest time of the year has finally come. Maybe this wind will stir the mallards up and we'll get some shooting 'long about daylight. Maybe not, but we're here and being here is half the fun of it. John will be 81 his birthday and I'm well past the half century mark myself, it's enough sometimes to just know you're still around.
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Please keep us posted with details of this hunting experence.
All the best!

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Life sounds pretty sweet for you and Mr. Dallas.
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Destry…..my feelings exactly…..it’s enough to feel the wind in your face……enjoy and certainly Good Luck!
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A glorious day in the pouring rain and howling wind.

We killed every bird we shot at, 11 mallards down and picked up.

And beyond all possibility, we BOTH killed a federal banded bird with a GPS transmitter AND each had a double banded Jack Miner bird as well. That is TWO of each!

Life is good boys, life is good.
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Im envious I have never taken a banded bird. Sounds like a wonderful hunt.
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There being a fair chance at geese, I'm shooting my big Parker magnum 10 gauge. John is shooting his father's late 40s vintage Model 31 Remington pump gun.
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