When I was about 14, using Dad's gifted to me M12 20 gauge (with plug installed) and Peters paper no. 6 field loads, I sat in the front of a canoe on Horseshoe lake, early Oct. Sat. am-- duck season. 4 bluewings came barreling across the point, over the mallard decoys (herter's for sure) bobbing on their tethers- I swung way ahead of the lead teal, and the third one in line (beak to butt) dropped with a nice splash- hooked me one duck hunting forever-- RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..