Ducks Ducks Ducks

We definitely have a duck theme going on in our lives.  I've always liked them, and my favorite child's book is Make Way For Ducklings.  For Easter, when I was a child, my parents would present me with live baby ducks.  They would be cute for a while, then grow into the larger white variety.
My Uncle Leo would then come over and tell us he was taking them to a farm............hmmmmm.

 

Duane loved ducks at an early age too.  He took a different approach, however, and started hunting them when he got his first shotgun.  In Wisconsin, they were plentiful, and his mother loved making a duck dinner during hunting season.

 

 

Duck hunting requires lots of equipment, including the latest in camouflage sportswear.

 

 

You also need to indoctrinate the younger generation in the fine points of shooting.

 

 

Duck hunting can be peaceful and beautiful at dawn, especially with a loyal dog at your side.

(Paul's dog Jake in lower right corner.)

 

 

Ducks are everywhere in our house, and even in our pool.

 

 

Just had to get a duck chlorinator last year.  The problem was that it attracted real ducks and they can make a real mess of your pool.

 

 

When all is said and done, it's great to have the hunter become the cook.

 

 

Then, when hunting season is over, it's back to Make Way For Ducklings!