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       Memories
       By: Bwana J Date: April 5, 2013, 8:40 pm
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       When I got out of the Navy in 74 duck hunting in Ohio was
       fantastic. Picked up a pair of chest waders, an old ski pole to
       use as a wading staff, some shells and I hit the beaver marshes.
       I did ok the first year, managed to meet a couple guys that had
       webbing between their toes and we put birds on the water belly
       up. The second year one of my friends owned 79 acres that the
       beaver had dammed up flooding the whole place, a real little
       slice of Heaven for us. We killed countless ducks there over the
       years, Mallards, Pintails, Woodies, Widgeon, Teal with a few
       Black ducks thrown in. Those were the days. I hunted with those
       guys for years with each season brought to a close with a big
       Wild duck dinner. We would do them up on a grill and served them
       up medium rare on a bed of wild rice with wine sauce and plenty
       of ice cold beer. Sure miss those days. Many of the guys I
       hunted with are no longer with us and over the years the duck
       populations have declined. We don't get together to hunt them
       anymore, getting a little long in the tooth to be wading the
       swamps like we used to. I still have all my gear and have been
       thinking that if I can find a new marsh that mabe, just mabe I
       can get a couple of the guys together for one last fling.
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