Well.... the season is over. :-( To say this year has been a whirlwind for me is putting it mildly. From getting my first decoys from a UWF member in March 2013 to even my first semi-auto shotgun from another UWF member in November. Its been a wild ride. I even learned a bit about my local area Tampa Bay and shot my first redhead here. To top it all off, the wife let me upgrade my Gheenoe highsider to a classic. What a season.
I met new friends, hunted with old friends and even helped a couple folks get their firsts as well. LOTS to do for next year in prep. I can't wait. As an added bonus, my bigger Gheenoe is going to be a gator hunting menace. :-)
I spend last weekend with a fellow dad who I met though duck hunting last year. He and I took his son and my youngest nephew out for the weekend. My nephew had never shot a shotgun, never been in a marsh, never worn waders, never shot a duck and never even been in a boat in the dark. Lots of firsts for a 10 year old. He was a bit skiddish of course, but he stepped up.... BIG time.
Sat was a good hunt at Broadmoor. We stopped early for the kids but still ended up with 4 take home teal and 3 lost teal. Sun was a trip to Lake O. The birds did not seem to fly so... It was Coot shooting time! I think the kids liked that better anyway. Drive, coast to a stop... shoot and repeat.
All in all.. a great season for me AND my family. I even got the wife out in waders in Tampa bay one time. Thanks for all the support from this forum and my friends. I hope everyone else out there had a good season as well.
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Season close TM Goodwin and Lake O
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Good job, fishindad! Good pictures, good explanation and good for the young boys! Hopefully they will continue as hunters and y'all have more adventures in that Gheenoe, hunting and fishing!
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Good job! I'm turning my gheenoe classic into a duck boat myself. Cutting out the middle bench and putting a false floor in. Got a gallon of steelflex to go on it and my canoe. Gonna put a KW wrap and a blind on it. When that's done I'm putting a long tail on it so I can swap out to my 18hp when fishing.
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Glad you had a good season and this forum was a place to show it!
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Into the outdoors with family- nothing better! Nice pics
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