Mike Hungle
12-23-2004, 10:26 AM
2004/2005 Hunting Journal Entries
DATE: September 25, 2004
LOCATION: South of Regina, Saskatchewan
WEATHER: Sunny and Warm
TEMPERATURE: 65 degrees
WIND: 10 – 15 mph
EQUIPMENT USED: Avery Floating Blind Bag, Avery Pocket Field Case, Avery Pro-Guide Bag, Avery 18 foot Telescoping Decoy/Duck Retriever, and RNT Daisy Cutter.
HUNTERS: Chris Martin and Avery Pro-Staffer Mike Hungle
JOURNAL NOTES: Today was intended to be an upland game bird hunting day. However, with such a late fall, there was still so much standing crop that most of our favorite areas were either inaccessible or impossible to hunt. As we looked for an area to hunt, we couldn’t help but notice all the ducks bobbing in the various potholes. There were mallards, gadwalls, pintails, shovellers and teal.
Teal! Each nesting season, Saskatchewan produces a large number of teal. However, these birds don’t stick around for long and head south before the hunting gets good. As a result, we decided to do some puddle jumping and focus on teal. The plan was to sneak into a slough, put up the birds and then wait for them to return. To complicate matters, we didn’t have a four-legged retriever or a pair of waders along. All we had were ankle high boots and the ever-handy 18 foot Telescoping Decoy/Duck Retriever Pole.
Shooting ducks, let alone teal in this manner is a tough venture by itself. Then add in the extra pressure of trying to drop them within 18 – 20 feet of shore or on land. It turned out to be a hoot and the best part was, neither of us had to get wet to make a retrieve.
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Avery Pro-staffer Mike Hungle with some early season teal.
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A few teal beside an Avery Pro-Guide Bag.
DATE: September 25, 2004
LOCATION: South of Regina, Saskatchewan
WEATHER: Sunny and Warm
TEMPERATURE: 65 degrees
WIND: 10 – 15 mph
EQUIPMENT USED: Avery Floating Blind Bag, Avery Pocket Field Case, Avery Pro-Guide Bag, Avery 18 foot Telescoping Decoy/Duck Retriever, and RNT Daisy Cutter.
HUNTERS: Chris Martin and Avery Pro-Staffer Mike Hungle
JOURNAL NOTES: Today was intended to be an upland game bird hunting day. However, with such a late fall, there was still so much standing crop that most of our favorite areas were either inaccessible or impossible to hunt. As we looked for an area to hunt, we couldn’t help but notice all the ducks bobbing in the various potholes. There were mallards, gadwalls, pintails, shovellers and teal.
Teal! Each nesting season, Saskatchewan produces a large number of teal. However, these birds don’t stick around for long and head south before the hunting gets good. As a result, we decided to do some puddle jumping and focus on teal. The plan was to sneak into a slough, put up the birds and then wait for them to return. To complicate matters, we didn’t have a four-legged retriever or a pair of waders along. All we had were ankle high boots and the ever-handy 18 foot Telescoping Decoy/Duck Retriever Pole.
Shooting ducks, let alone teal in this manner is a tough venture by itself. Then add in the extra pressure of trying to drop them within 18 – 20 feet of shore or on land. It turned out to be a hoot and the best part was, neither of us had to get wet to make a retrieve.
http://img74.exs.cx/img74/7528/dscn07334ps.jpg
Avery Pro-staffer Mike Hungle with some early season teal.
http://img74.exs.cx/img74/4088/dscn07357js.jpg
A few teal beside an Avery Pro-Guide Bag.