anthony m coons sr
Well-known member
Here in Up State New York our seasons are over. And its cold as heck out. So I thought I would get some of you all to tell some old tails. Days gone by if you will. Stories that made you a duck hunter for life or things that happen to you while duck hunting good or bad. Many times life goes by so fast we forget to share stories with each other. When I first was around duck hunters the stories of the sky being black with ducks. Or the size of the guns that were mounted to the front of boats. The bags of ducks the old timers took off the River. I have know idea if they were true or not. But I loved to hear them from the old timers. I am sure you all have heard these stories if your up there in age. You know like how they use to walk . Up hill five miles in a snow storm bare foot to school.
Anyway! Years ago about twenty years I think. When Field and Stream was our internet. When Sears and JC Penny sold guns. I was looking in the back of the Field and Stream magazine. I saw this picture of the coolest boat I ever saw. Well to me it was. It was a Out Law Pro 18 from the State of Washington. I tore the back page out and mailed it in for a free video. Weeks went by before I got the tape. When I watched It I fell in love with the boat. At the time I was out of work with a major injury. And was feeling really bad about myself. So I asked one of my Brothers if I could get a loan from him. He said yes! when I told him I needed twenty thousand dollars for a duck boat . He said I was nuts!!!!!!!! But he still gave it to me. So I put the order in. A few months went by and here came my boat. I was so happy! until I had a doctors appointment and the doctor told me .I will not be returning to work because of my injuries. My life was turned upside down. But I had a new duck boat. My first trip that season was up North to the big lake. Me my other brother and a friend. On this trip it cost me a ton more of money and almost my life. Mill Foil ( NOT SURE i SPELLED IT RIGHT)is a weed that grows and grows to it chocks off a area. Well we were hunting in a spot where this crap was growing out of control. We found a good spot where the ducks were coming in .We set up and dropped anchors. When daylight hit there was about ten other hunters on land and in boats right in gun range. We got one teal. I was so pissed. My friend wanted to drive. So I got on the front of the boat and started pulling in the decoys. Each decoy weight about fifty pounds with all the weeds on them. My friend started the boat thinking I had all the decoys in all ready . The anchor rope got caught on my leg and started pulling me into about twenty feet or so of water. Thank God !my brother grab me or I would not be writing this. That's not all. My friend set his new shotgun on the top of the boat and knocked it into the lake. Tried to blame my lab, but I wouldn't have any part of it. My dog was up front with me at all time. He then laid my brothers brand new push pole across the boat and knocked that in the water. Gone Gone Gone, Then he thought the anchors were up and caught the anchor rope pulling the anchor up . It hit the prop and took one of the blades off. Some how he got the prop to work. But little did we know we sucked up so much of that mill foil .That we burned out my NEW 90 HP motor. All this and we had one green wing to show for it. But that's not all. You know it was a all out battle who shot the teal. When we load the boat someone forgot to take the teal off the back of the boat. As we are driving down the high way on the way home a spinning wing duck flies out of the truck in front of us almost coming threw my wind shield. All the way home we thought the teal fell of my trailer. But sure as heck when we dropped my friend off at his house the teal was still on the back of the boat. True story! And YES!!!!! I still have my outlaw and still love it. Got a different motor on it. But I enjoyed every trip I went on .And every hunt that I used it. Its a story, and a hunting trip I will never forget. That teal cost me thousands of dollars. My friend hundreds of dollars and my brother about the same. But we went right back the next year. And did a little better and only cost me a coffee pot. Story for another time. Thanks
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Anyway! Years ago about twenty years I think. When Field and Stream was our internet. When Sears and JC Penny sold guns. I was looking in the back of the Field and Stream magazine. I saw this picture of the coolest boat I ever saw. Well to me it was. It was a Out Law Pro 18 from the State of Washington. I tore the back page out and mailed it in for a free video. Weeks went by before I got the tape. When I watched It I fell in love with the boat. At the time I was out of work with a major injury. And was feeling really bad about myself. So I asked one of my Brothers if I could get a loan from him. He said yes! when I told him I needed twenty thousand dollars for a duck boat . He said I was nuts!!!!!!!! But he still gave it to me. So I put the order in. A few months went by and here came my boat. I was so happy! until I had a doctors appointment and the doctor told me .I will not be returning to work because of my injuries. My life was turned upside down. But I had a new duck boat. My first trip that season was up North to the big lake. Me my other brother and a friend. On this trip it cost me a ton more of money and almost my life. Mill Foil ( NOT SURE i SPELLED IT RIGHT)is a weed that grows and grows to it chocks off a area. Well we were hunting in a spot where this crap was growing out of control. We found a good spot where the ducks were coming in .We set up and dropped anchors. When daylight hit there was about ten other hunters on land and in boats right in gun range. We got one teal. I was so pissed. My friend wanted to drive. So I got on the front of the boat and started pulling in the decoys. Each decoy weight about fifty pounds with all the weeds on them. My friend started the boat thinking I had all the decoys in all ready . The anchor rope got caught on my leg and started pulling me into about twenty feet or so of water. Thank God !my brother grab me or I would not be writing this. That's not all. My friend set his new shotgun on the top of the boat and knocked it into the lake. Tried to blame my lab, but I wouldn't have any part of it. My dog was up front with me at all time. He then laid my brothers brand new push pole across the boat and knocked that in the water. Gone Gone Gone, Then he thought the anchors were up and caught the anchor rope pulling the anchor up . It hit the prop and took one of the blades off. Some how he got the prop to work. But little did we know we sucked up so much of that mill foil .That we burned out my NEW 90 HP motor. All this and we had one green wing to show for it. But that's not all. You know it was a all out battle who shot the teal. When we load the boat someone forgot to take the teal off the back of the boat. As we are driving down the high way on the way home a spinning wing duck flies out of the truck in front of us almost coming threw my wind shield. All the way home we thought the teal fell of my trailer. But sure as heck when we dropped my friend off at his house the teal was still on the back of the boat. True story! And YES!!!!! I still have my outlaw and still love it. Got a different motor on it. But I enjoyed every trip I went on .And every hunt that I used it. Its a story, and a hunting trip I will never forget. That teal cost me thousands of dollars. My friend hundreds of dollars and my brother about the same. But we went right back the next year. And did a little better and only cost me a coffee pot. Story for another time. Thanks
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