First Time Duck Hunting

[Chris M]

My brother took me duck hunting this past weekend. The spot is only 10 minutes from my house - 5 minutes from his. We got there late, and had less than an hour of shooting time, and only one gun. Since it was my first time, he let me do the shooting. I found out quickly that I'm not a very good shot. I've never even shot clay pigeons. I had about 8-9 opportunities, took about 5-6 shots before I hit one. One time I left the safety on, then I forgot to cycle the next round. Anyways, here's what I got, with only about 3 minutes of shooting time left in the day. Click to enlarge.







It was a perfect head/neck hit. No shot landed in the body.

We were borrowing a friends 12ga Benelli Nova for the hunt, as both my brother and I don't have shotguns yet.

In case anyone is interested, I used 3" 4 shot Remington Nitro Steel. It was the most suitable ammo I could find on short notice.

[Schobs]

I love that last picture, congrats on the first of what i'm sure will be many ducks! This was my first year duck hunting and i got my first duck too, i'm totally hooked and hopefully you are too!

[Crowkilla]

Heck yeah man, congratulations. It feels good doesn't it? I can't see the pictures very well because my computer sucks, but it looks like a shoveler from what I can tell. Handsome bird. Go get a shotgun and get back out there. Can't gp wrong with a Nova. I don't have one, but I hear only good things about them. Very affordabe for a Benelli also.

[buckhunter14]

Congrats! Looks fun!

[chaselton]

I am psyched to hear your enthusiasm!! I really hope you pursue it and congrats on the first duck looks like a shoveler