Well hello and good morning everyone! I trust everyone had a merry Christmas and all went well. My wife let me come stay the night at her place so I could be there with my boys when they woke up which was cool. Seeing their faces and smiles was the best! They got a bunch of stuff, new bicycles, an Ipod, an Iphone, PS games, clothes, toys and a new pup! I gave my 11 year old his first duck certificate which he said was a tie for the best Christmas present ever! He doesnt know it but I cut him out of a pic where he is holding the duck and put him on a marshy wetland background, uploaded it to a website where they add titles and subtitles and such to make it look like a hunting magazine cover, got it in a 18x24 poster that he is gonna trip out on when he sees it. Had the boys the last two nights before they went back to their moms which was really nice to be with them. Took my 11 year old back duck hunting yesterday, was really warm, hell it was 58 degrees when we left the duck hole last night, didnt see much action. My good friend took his two boys so it was 5 of us out there. A couple flew by and I told my son to take! I got him some gauge #4 nitro steel 3" heavy loads. We had shot several skeet just before we went to let him get ready which those are short light load 2 3/4" #8, they dont kick much at all. Well the two flew over and he shot and missed, I turned to watch them peel off, when I turned back my boy was shoulder deep in the water, hee had fallen back and was damn near head under, I reached in a hurry and grabbed him by the hood and lifted him out of the water. Well he didnt get soaked but did get some water in the waders, kinda scared him a little having fallen in but he hung in there and didnt let getting wet ruin his hunt. Like I said we didnt see much action, think all together we only shot about 20 times, my friends boys really werent hitting for shit so we thought we had gotten skunked on this trip, it woulda been the first time to this hole having gotten skunked when we were just about ready to go and two big mallards flew in, a couple shots fired at em, they flew right over me, I nailed the lead bird, shot and missed the second but we got one duck! Not a bad day in my book, was another big big green-head like the one I killed last year. Freaking head on him covered up the palm of my hand and weighs probably 6lbs. Woulda been the icing on the cake had he been banded but no such luck. Am gonna send him to Texas with my cuz when he comes over for a few days to hunt first of next month. He can get him mounted in a beautiful pose for $120 out there where they charge $300-400 round here. How crazy is that? It makes no sense what so ever! Anyway here is a pic of this beautiful duck!
Gonna be busy this afternoon packaging orders and getting them ready to get out first of the week. Gonna pick the boys up for church tomorrow evening and have them for a little while. They will be with their mom some next week, I cant wait to get them back, it really sucks when they leave. I love the sound of them playing and even fighting with one another in the house so much lately. It tears me up when its just me and there isnt the sound off them coming from anywhere. Am really praying yall for better days in the new year! I still have no idea where the wife and I are going, whether its together or apart but I got my head up for the most part doing the best I can. My boys are my rock and why I must keep on keeping on!
@Reflections Thanks so much for stopping by wishing us all the best! I really appreciate that and hope yours went well also! I wish you many blessings in the new year!
@Vitolo My man, my man! Its been a while, its so good to hear from you! I have missed you around here vito, I am sorry for not being in touch with you for some time. You know you mean alot to me and always have, you are a great great man and I am so happy to have you in my corner. Thanks for stopping by and I hope all is well for you and the misses!
@ChippyMalone Wow that is a fine pic you posted there! That stem is a freaking beauty bro, I had so much fun making it and was honored to do so! You are so right it sucks the camera is not able to catch just how stunning a piece it is. The curl is just amazing and striking, its truly a thing of beauty! I thank you so much for the opportunity to let me do what I do with no restrictions, that also made it so much fun. I am super glad you like it as much as you do and I do so thank you for all the kind words! I appreciate you stopping by and posting here with those words and the pic, you did a great job off showing off my work and I thank you for that! I hope all has been well for you and wish you all the best in the new year!