During Duck Season Watch the Wind
Early season duck hunting is a joke, full of party favors and laughter all around. Late season duck hunting is a deadly serious game, complete with dead bodies for the inattentive. I could have thrown late season fishing into the above comment. I passed a bass boat on the way to the lake yesterday, windchill down in the teens according to the guy on the radio. You can kill a wet fisherman in January just as quickly as you can a wet duck hunter, it just doesn’t happen as often. Fishermen hate the wind in all seasons and will stay off the water even in July and August because of it. Duck hunters? They love the wind in their season. It makes the birds move and fall into the decoys for rest. What could be better? Maybe a backside warmed by a crackling fire, and a hot cup of spiced tea to flavor the memories of your youthful stupidity. There are old duck hunters, and there are bold duck hunters. There are no old, bold duck hunters. I cannot count for you the days on January waters tha...