I found spot that I never knew existed, waterways that weren't on the topographical map, and roads that have been recently added. It would be wrong to say that this process was tedious and unproductive, but rather tedious and very productive. My focus centered on fresh water spots within a 30 mile range of my hometown. It was a great day and I'm still smiling as I finish with these words.ĭue to some inclement weather over the past month, I thought I'd at least try to find some new spots for hunting and fishing. In addition, I tricked them both into a photo op with the prize eider. Their blunder has and will become my pleasure.
Plus I now have a wonderful fire starter for any future engagements where all of us will be in a crowd. The captain of the ship took the band, it now is a treasure by committee. After a quick phone call to my wife, we moved to another spot without any success. We acheived our limit shortly thereafter and our day had been limited in roughly one hour and fifteen minutes. The only comparative element was that Sniper had taken all drakes while Littlefield had one hen in his bag.
The best part was that neither could prove who had in fact, shot the duck. To know that one band existed between these two yahoos was an internal treat to which I held my satisfaction well. That put the band in the possession of my two hunting partners. I knew for a fact that I did not get it as every duck in my quarry had been throughly inspected. As Sniper was confirming the first two limits of the morning, he exclaimed that one drake had a band. However, my boys either weren't listening or too bent on unleashing the cannons of pain and suffering. I've said many times that a banded eider is the 8 point buck of sea ducking, and getting one is always exciting.
I had kept informing both men to keep track of which birds they shot for two reasons, one obviously was to keep track of duck limits and the other was to see if any possessed the prize band that adds to essence of the hunt. But this isn't the best part of the story. When the smoke cleared, twelve eiders lay in the floor of the boat and we elected to try another spot for some scoters and old squaws. Yours truly needed a few shots and I got them, then the two machine gunners were able to finish out their limits with restraint. These quack addicts apparently needed a fix, but I needed to put them in detox. I didn't even have a chance to load my gun, get a cup of coffee, or even get the camera out. I'll be honest, the eiders looked superb but my concern was that they were fast approaching their prospective limits rather quickly. Obviously they were a little overdosed on caffeine or suffering from insomnia for they were shooting faster than Tom Knapp. But that's the least of their trials and tribulations.
I suppose they were men of priority, because there's no way I'd carouse around like they did especially when a promising hunt was is the forecast. The only thing missing was they came in a truck, not a moped. in order to get to my neck of the woods before legal shooting. First they decide to travel 12 hours all over Maine yesterday, get home at midnight and then get up at 3 a.m.
So my best man, code name Sniper, and Littlefield make the trek Downeast for some eider action and I can't help but believe these two are the next coming of Harry and Lloyd. Thus far, I'd have to give it an A+ partially for it has held my attention for three days straight and the realistic opportunities from my perspective. Below is a quick video of my cousin who found himself in Argentina pursuing Red Stag. It took time to work out the buttons, apparently my skills have diminished since 8th grade but within an hour or so the game became more natural to negotiate. Even though it isn't a fair replacement for getting into the woods, I must say that the average outdoors fanatic must try this game. I must say the game is quite impressive and has consumed my weekend pitting the Downeast Duck Hunter against all types of big game ranging from Brown Bear to Caribou to Red Stag. Here's a link that will send you straight to Cabela's to check it out- Cabela's Big Game Hunter. We've been busy with the bowling and other games, but my heart belongs to the Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2010 with the Top Shot Peripheral gun. After doing some research for a video game system since I'm not a gamer, it became apparent that the most family friendly device was the Wii by Nintendo. So Santa had some issues with me this year and I had no choice but to bust my hump to get on the nice list over these past few weeks.