The best days are when there's a hurricane tide pushing in off the ocean. The higher the water the more birds you see. Roger Giles and I got lucky and caught one when we were shooting clapper rails down in Virginia. It was a once in a lifetime experience, I doubt I ever get that lucky again.
DLH
Few More Pics:
1. You start out just as the tide starts to make, you can see how hard my pusher is working to make the boat go forward. This is why hardly anybody does this work anymore, it's more work than most modern folks want for the money they can get.
2. Tide starting to make, my first few birds and the butt of Dad's old gun.
3. I got lucky and caught a pigeon shoot on the way home. You can just see the bird starting to come out of the center trap, I believe I killed that one.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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