Hunting highlights

[Duckman48]

Got this idea from a friend on another forum. Lay out some things about life, outdoors, or hunting specific that when you think about it just makes you crack a smile.

Here is mine-------

The smell of a spent shotgun shell

Roaring sound of a Fighter aircraft taking off at day break and seeing the afterburner in the distance

Shaking hands with a military Vet and the respect felt for each other

Sounds funny but the smell of a dirt scented cover scent wafer

The closing handshake after a good day of hunting

The first couple minutes after meeting up with your hunting buddies in the morning before a days hunt

The first hug from my wife after a deployment

The look on my sons face a bird falls

The phone call to my old man during a hunt when he says "how did you do"

A good nap in a layout blind


lets hear them guys...........

[shoreboy06]

The crunch of a leaf just before that big ole buck walks out

The laughter in camp after a successful hunt....or a few misses

The stories from the old guys telling the history of your club to the newer member...(this is especially best for me, my grandfather started our club but died before i knew him, so all the stories make it seem like he was there with me)

Seeing the excitement after someone's first kill

Breakfast cooked on a pot bellied stove

The silence right before sunrise that lets you know you are part of something created for everyone to enjoy

[REDRIDER]

The first honk in the morning of first day
Both my daughters first turkeys
The smell of the woods (dead leaves the whole turnover)
My self-trained dog after a great retrieve on a crippled goose
The smell of gunpowder after the first goose volley
The first gobble of the year
My youngest daughters first goose that she called in (at age 12 )
A new litter of puppies
The smell of blood in the air after a great bow shot
The sound of ducks on a roosting pond before lift off
A good day of puppy training when she nails everything you taught her
My oldest daughter doing great in college

[Drake691]

4:30 in the morning walking to the blind hearing the Woodies fly over us.
The smell of the powder after the first shots have been fired
The smell of the beaver pond
Coming in late to a lecture still waering all my hunting gear and smelling like the marsh
Introducing 21 new people to waterfowl hunting.
Standing on the shores of Lake Ontario and Superior in December hunting divers.
Seeing that are hentubes we put up were takin over by 11 Black duck breeding pairs

[Slim]

I bowfish constantly, so this might sound weird but waking up in the morning or actually afternoon and smelling my hands and smelling fish. And the PURE silence I hear when elk hunting in colorado every year.

[Just Hunt]

The antisipation on the night before opening morning, Trying to get to sleep the night before opening day, the ride to the blind the first morning watching and listening to my lab's wyning in antisipation, watching opening morning come to life with my huntin buds, hearing the first shots in the bottoms as we double check our watch when there is still 3-5 minutes before shooting time (it happens every year) and of course the first..."Take'em" gotta luv it.....

[randy fox]

the smell of the willows blowing down the river on a northwest wind
the sound of the waves being broken by a plate boat at 40 mph before daylight
seeing the ducks on the water on the way to the blind
just barley able to see the blind in the distance as you get closer to the island
the first sound of wings before you can see the birds
the owls hooting and the turkeys gobbling just before daylight
getting in the blind after putting out the decoys and they are all perfectly in place
that first roar of a flight of canvasbacks breaking over the decoys at a blistering speed
the first bird of the season in your hand.........................................R

[SO IL fowler]

Seeing the look on some of my best friends faces when they shot thier first duck.

A tom gobbling 60 yards behind you that you didn't even know was there.

Cycling the first shell into the chamber after setting up the decoys.

Setting foot on American soil after beeing overseas for 10 months.

Not realizing untill 30 minutes after shooting my first banded duck that it was banded.

Opening a care package from many of the GREAT folks from the forum and finding a AAS SMH inside!!!

Gabe

[Goose4280]

Watching high flying migrators drop in while calling
The anticipation of a stripper taking her top off at a local watering hole
Just knowing that everytime i take a piss or while im eating a donut a duck will buzz over my head

[dirtycletus81]

Sitting in the blind and closing my eyes and just listening.
Hearing the first honks on opening morning.
Talking with buddies waiting for birds to come in.
Giving my nephews their first duck calls for christmas.
Taking my nephew hunting every thanksgiving and taking him out for breakfast after.
Heart racing as I watch birds come in to the decoys waiting to take the shot.
Birds circling over head trying to decide if they want to come in.
The smell of egg, bacon and peanut butter sandwichs being cooked in the blind. Trust me they are good.
Hearing decoys hit the water

[BUBBA DUCK]

The sound of wings over head when its still dark out in the mornin. That ole hen calling on the water when it is still dark out when new ducks just moved down. The smell of of the brushed out blind in the mornin. Both kids and labs runnin around at first light at the boat ramp in the mornin. Gun oil on a freshly cleaned shotgun. Talking to my son about the days hunting while he is deployed. Watchin my grandsons sqaullin on my old duck calls and their moms complainin about the noise. When its slow flyin and thinkin of hunting with my father and old friends that are gone now. BUBBA DUCK

[3shotmike]

Watching the moon or sun set over the marsh.
The smell of a wet lab.
The sound the decoys make when they hit the water as you throw them out.
The look the dog gives you when he realizes that you missed that fat greenhead at the end of your barrel.
The look the dog gives you when you make it up to him by sharing your nutty doughnut with him.

Seeing the smile on your kids face not because they made their first kill but because they get to be outdoors spending time with dad

[goose111]

getting up half an hour before the alarm
clearance lights on the trailer lit up (I know thats weird)
30 boats launched and waiting for first light
my kids walking around the house making goose calls with their mouth and driving mom crazy
My dad driving up and down the road watching us hunt
the first time I turned a flock that was leaving.

[Sgt14]

Meeting up with a hunting buddy of over 25 years, and KNOWING his ability....
Sitting out in the middle of a cut cornfield waiting for geese and having that first cup of coffee...
The ignominy of having to run to a woodline after the THIRD cup of coffee and the imminent "colon blow"...
Going to Braidwood Lake IL and watching many thousands of birds, and having a good portion of them come by you at shooting distance....
The anticipation of "opening morning"