This past weekend was a busy one for me and Joey. We started on Friday with his first hunt at Yankee Slough and ended up on the Trinity that night. Now I have never hunted before and still don't have my license yet but my son has his and wanted to use it. We talked to Peter Arnold about hunting when we were up at his place. Peter is very much into hunting and was excited to get Joey out into the field. Peter graciously offered to take us to Yankee Slough with his dog Clicker.
I purchased 6 Chukkar and a shinny new hunting vest (early X-mas present). This is going to be another expensive hobby
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So we met up at Yankee Slough on Friday at 1:30 and started our hunt. We soon learned that clicker’s collar batteries were dead and we had to resort to vocal and whistle commands. Clicker is young and was excited but we had a hard time keeping him in close to us but we managed. We didn't watch where the birds were released so we had to work hard at finding them. We ended up with 4 birds which I thought was great and had fun time to boot. We owe Peter a huge amount of Thanks.
Now I need some advice here from you fellow hunters. My wife aka Joey's mom is not real keen about us hunting and taking game. She seems OK with trap and skeet but does not like us hunting. She feels that you should only take game if you need the food and have no other options. Now I can't say that I disagree with her but I think you should have your skills honed before you really need to use them. I don't have a problem with hunting as long as we use as much of the animal as possible and not let it go to waste. Joey definitely wants to go on more hunts and may be able to go on a junior duck hunt. So have any of you had a spouse that did not like hunting? Do you think she will soften up over time or will we have to sneak out and hunt secretly?
Regards,
Jet
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