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01-16-2008, 05:35 PM
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South Dakota HDC Hunt
DATE: January 15th and 16th, 2008
LOCATION: South Dakota WEATHER: Mostly Cloudy TEMPERATURE: Daytime highs in the teens to lower 20s WIND: SE at 20-30 mph swithching to NW at 25-35 mph EQUIPMENT USED: Avery® Fred Zink's® Finisher Blinds, GHG® Ground Force® Blinds, Avery® Canada Goose Super Flags, Avery® Pro-Grade Blind Bags, Avery® Floating Gun Cases, Avery® 6-slot Full Body Goose Decoy Bags, Greenhead Gear® FFD Elite Full Body Honkers and Lessers, Greenhead Gear® FFD Elite Canada Shells. HUNTERS: Avery® Pro-Staffer Tyson Keller, Avery® Pro-Staffer Ben Fujan, Jim Hawk, Scott Doll, and Leon Zeitner JOURNAL NOTES: It always makes a person feel good when something is contributed for a good cause. For the second year running, I have been fortunate enough to donate a hunt to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research. This year, my Hunting Down Cancer (HDC) hunt was bought by Jim Hawk as he was accompanied by Scott Doll and Leon Zeitner. Although the 2007-2008 seasons have been far below average in terms of bird numbers in my area, we were able to have a good season as well as two days worth of great hunting for the HDC. With the help of Avery ® Pro-Staffer Ben Fujan, we scouted fields across a range of 30,000 acres and 70 miles to find the best “X.” With two fields holding 3-4,000 honkers for several days, we knew that our hunts should be good. Our only issue was the changing weather; a southeast wind at 20-30 mph and 30 degrees the first day to a northwest wind at 25-45 mph and sub-zero wind chills the second day. Varying weather conditions made for varying flight times as well as aggravation with holding the decoys to the ground. Day 1 turned out to be a late afternoon “Boil Out” flight and we were done in 20 minutes while decoying two flocks over 200 honkers. Fortunately, Day 2 was a mid morning flight that was perfectly spaced for about a half hour until we had our honkers. Both days the birds decoyed beautifully as no shots were taken over 20 yards. It was a fun time with the group. Below I have attached some photos to view. Thanks again to Jim Hawk for contributing to the HDC Hunt as well as the landowners that gave us the hunting access. Hopefully next year we all can contribute again! Pre-Hunt Scouting Birds Starting to feed!  Sunset Feeders  Day 1 FFD Honkers, Lessers, and Shells looking good!  Committed!  Totally Committed!  No Clue!  A Good Day!  Day 2 We're Concealed!  Set up at 200 yds high!  Another good day! 
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01-16-2008, 05:41 PM
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"Sweeet!"
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Rob Jepson Avery Pro-Staff Relations Manager
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01-16-2008, 05:42 PM
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wow, congrats tyson on helpin them guys out and showin 'em a good time, that spread looks amazing
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James(Jamie) Avedon A.K.A. QUADKILLER Tim Grounds Calls Allan Stanley Game Calls "If you do things right, nobody will ever know ya did anything at all"
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01-16-2008, 05:42 PM
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SWEET hunts. Good work - Jim had to be please with putting his money to a good cause and a hunt like that.
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Jeff Gudenkauf Avery Pro-Staff Lynch Mob Calls Pro-Staff
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01-16-2008, 06:45 PM
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01-16-2008, 07:05 PM
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Very nice Tyson! Kudos to you for supporting the foundation.
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Jude St.John Avery International Pro-Staff
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01-16-2008, 07:24 PM
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That is for a great cause
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01-16-2008, 07:27 PM
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Nice JE Tyson! The photos are great!
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Darren Dittman Avery Pro-Staff
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01-16-2008, 07:48 PM
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Rob, that's a Sweeeeeet reply... Tyson, That's a great looking couple of hunts!!
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Greg Owens Avery Pro-Staff Last edited by Greg Owens; 01-16-2008 at 08:01 PM..
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