My grandpa and I were sitting in the blind this morning and we somehow got onto the topic our first ducks/first hunting experiance. My first was a Greater Scaup, caught live by the dog. Thinking it was a cripple we told the dog to drop it and when she did the bird took off. In a snap I shouldered my Youth 20ga 870 and before I knew it, the bird was belly up on the water with both legs running in place. If you don't count that my next was a mallard drake. Lets hear your story!

Red Head drake

mallard drake or ringer cant really remember

Wood duck

Woodie drake

Jumped a pond at age 10, smoked a big ole greenhead

Decided to start duck hunting with two buddies about 6 years ago. We had no idea what we were doing but thought we'd enjoy it. Walked into a public spot, ended up having the wind in our face with a bunch of trees behind us. Action was real slow most of the morning, then before we knew it a flock of teal came over those trees and tried to light in the decoys. After a few shots 3 green wing teal drakes were down.

That started my addiction

Mallard drake when I was 7 or so, pond hopped it gangsta style and almost fell on my [censored] when I pulled the trigger.

BWT drake.

Woodie Drake....hunted our slough with my uncle....we killed a limit with 5 green heads....I had no clue how good of a hunt it really was!

woodie drake. A man's first duck.

Blue-winged teal during early teal season this year!

Ringer hen, doesn't get much worse than that for a first duck

Redhead drake

Gadwall hen

I center-massed a fat suzie in SE Arkansas.

Black Mallard

I don't remember my specific first duck, Wish I did though.

Greenheaded mallard, expertly dropped with 2 3/4 number 5 lead

My buddy and I used to camp on his dad's property when we were little. One time we were camping for the weekend and got hungry so we decided to go kill a rabbit. Ended up jumping 5 gaddies on a pond and knocked down 3. We had no idea what to do with them so we plucked the feathers and spit roasted them over the fire like you see in the movies. We even used packets of salt we found in the 4wheeler to season them. Ended up being one of the best camp meals I ever had! Couldn't have been much older than 13 at the time.

First Duck. Pintail 1975



First Band Mallard Hen 1980

Cinnamon Teal Drake Colorado, 1979. Wish I had a picture. Shot it off the drainage ditch behind my house with a 410 single shot.

Wood duck out of flooded cypress brake. A good day hunting then was seeing more than 15 ducks and firing the gun at least once.

A lot of people killing wood ducks!

Black Jack !