Love Christmas Week

[Dave Weidner]

DATE: Christmas 2004

LOCATION: New Jersey

SUNRISE/SUNSET: 6:45-6:51am

WEATHER: CLEAR AND COLD

TEMPERATURE: 10-15F

WIND: Light West

EQUIPMENT USED: Avery Floating Shotgun Case, Avery Neoprene PowerBelt, Avery Fleece Turtle Head, Avery Hot Buy Series Mallards, Avery Fleece Callers Gloves

HUNTERS: Dave Weidner – Avery Pro-Staff, Larry Van Kirk, Scott Bahonni, John Tonnelli, Twister and Storm

JOURNAL NOTES:

A week of frigid cold weather has finally send some puddle ducks our way and we have had fluctuating temperatures during the afternoons that open back water creeks up after being frozen shut in the morning. This requires an extra 1 hour or chopping holes in the ice to launch boats and canoes to get to our locations. This morning's hunt, (12/29) was like a scene out of the floated timber in AK-or so I hear! Hundreds of mallards and black ducks poured into our 50 yard hole in the ice, but the action only lasted a mere ½ hour. Well worth the effort just to see all those ducks and shoot a few! Tomorrow will be my last North zone duck hunt and then its back to honkers and perhaps a few ducks in the Coastal Zone.

Several frigid mornings, excellent friends who love to scout as much as I do, have made for some great shoots.

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Storm Retrieves Black Duck thru the ice.

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Twister retrieves drake mallard over the ice

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[Rob Jepson]

Dave,

Looks like another great Storm Outfitters hunt! Man, check out the color of the legs on that very black, Black Duck! Cool!

Rob
Avery Pro-Staff Relations Manager

[JEDJR]

Dave,really nice photos, Storm is a great lookin dog!!

[Dave Weidner]

Colors---isnt that cool! That was the one thing that really stood out--Got them again this morning---I'll compile the photos and play by play.

Later

[Rusty Hallock]

Dave,

Great pictures.

[Mac Island WS #2]

Nice birds! As you know, Storm is a nice looking dog. Most of us waterfowlers have a great appreciation for our dogs and it is hard to leave them behind.
Its nice to hear about some hunters who are working as hard as we are. Although, more work seems like more play. Keep putting in the time. You only live once.

[Rob Jepson]

Mac Island #2,

Absolutely! A long time ago I was told a second part to that expression: "...and if your do it right, once is enough!"

Rob Jepson
Avery Pro-Staff Relations Manager