Sorry to be so late with these.
Pictures from my last Snipe Hunt of the Season. Friend Dave also on this hunt. Blaze was still out due to her injury. She is all healed up now BTW and will be
going on a Crow hunt tomorrow.
This hunt was on the 14th. I had to work the last day, thus why I was not out there with Brian.
Look real close in the bottom left of this picture and you can see a Snipe landing. I was limited out in like 45 minutes and before Dave, so I stayed back and played around with the camera.
I somehow caught this Snipe on a fly-by picture. On this hunt I had a Snipe fly at me to fast for me to shoot it head on. It came so close to my right ear that I had to dodge it. I was too startled to turn and take the going away shot. I regret not thinking to raise the but of my gun and bat it out of the sky.
Dave again. I am sure he is a little warm in those waders.
A couple Teal upset with our bird hunting.
I just can't decide which of these I like best, so I am going to post them both. In the first picture I left in the background an old abandoned Decoy that was on the bank. The second one is kinda neat in that it shows the gold Snipe on the bottom of my shotgun.
Then I got this Idea for the picture for something different than the usual post hunt pose with all the birds. I had Dave take one of these of me also.
Not especially happy with my camera on this day, but being in the water and mud all the time and it did get wet and muddy a couple times; I don't dare take
a better one for hunts like this.
And that's my last Snipe hunt. Short morning of shooting and back on the road by lunchtime. My shooting is never very consistent. Not sure why, but this
day, was about the best I have shot all year.
I certainly had some misses, but most of the successful shots on this hunt where long difficult ones. I was definately "in the zone" as they say. I
hope it continues for next time. Hope y'all enjoy the pictures.
John
