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Well we finally got decent concentrations of birds down here in TX so made a go at it. Took out my W.W. Greener 12ga Needham ejector adaption gun sporting a perfect set of 30" Damascus barrels, this thing is a hammer with RST Bismuth loads. Our group of five ended the day two birds short of a limit.

Good job, great shooting, beautiful Greener!!!

Now that warms the cockles of me heart.

Thanks, Michael

SRH

Wow....doesn't get much better than that eh! Good on ya!

Quack, Quack
Well done from up North
Mike

Mallards in Texas. They sure come down late. Great bird, ones with the full plumage don't seem to start showing up until after the season is closed.

Unless of course you hunt on golf courses.

I thought you were supposed to be working!

What RST BISMUTH load were you using?
I only see 1 ounce of #6 bismuth on their website for 2 1\2" 12 gauge.

I bought two boxes of 12ga 2 1/2" 1oz #5 1200fps loads at the vintagers shoot at their booth.

Great pictures!

Gunmaker, just a quick question on top three photographs. The five ducks on the left are mallard drakes; no problem there, but what species is the one on the far right? Is that a Black Duck? Lagopus.....

It's a Gadwall, also called "Gray Duck" in the south.

Medium/small sized dabbler.
Have a very pretty herringbone pattern on the breast.

If you'd like to waterfowl on the "Great Lakes" sometime, just pm me.

Gadwall, yes, I just didn't quite get it from the picture. We get them in the U.K. but not too common when the season starts as they tend to go south. I saw some in the Netherlands when last there but it is one species I have never had the chance to shoot.

ClapperZapper, I would love to but doubt I would ever get over there. Thanks so much for the offer though. Lagopus.....

Get to Detroit and buy a license, I can cover everything else.

Manchester to DTW is about $700.00 US so maybe 500lbs all in.

Gadwalls will make you think you can call ducks.

SRH

My luck with Gadwalls as eating ducks has not been great. Locally they seem to be fond of duckweed, which is a floating pond-weed with a peculiar taste...Geo

I can't think of many better ways to spend a day.

Amen, me either.

SRH

Gadwalls are exceedingly stupid as dabbing ducks go. If it weren't for Gadwalls some of us would get no ducks at all.

Duck hunting. I hate wading around putting out decoys in the dark. I hate being wet and cold. I hate falling into the water. I hate getting rained on. I hate being so cold I don't dare touch the metal boat sides. I hate losing stuff. I hate smelling the dog farts. I hate some knot head nearly blowing my ears out with his short barreled, ventilated shotgun. I hate the guy that won't stop calling after the ducks have turned inbound.

But most of all I hate not doing it.

Not a problem with the last two I slow cooked on the grill. I intended to have one for lunch and the other for supper. But, alas, they both got eaten in the first sitting. Hey .............. they's small ducks.

A bit before the grillin'...



SRH

Gunmaker, great photos. Question: the checkering on the Greener looks to have been recut recently. Doses it need some finish brushed into it? Looks dry and susceptible to moisture.
JR

Dang now I can't see the pictures