Well the weatherman called for rain this morning and I really did not feel like hunting for deer or pheasants in the rain. Hunting for ducks in the rain however is somehow totally acceptable. Just after first light two drake Wood Ducks cupped and started to land in our spread. I bagged mine with one shot and my buddy......well lets say he scared his real bad three times. Nothing else came into the spread that morning and I could only hunt for a few hours due to my daughter's soccer game. That was okay though because it was my first ever Wood Duck!!






So now that I have this bird in the bag how should I cut it up? Should I use my favorite blade the Anorexic Basic 4?











Somehow it seems just a little big, just not quite perfect for this task. What's that you say? Look in my shell bag? Well okay....










Well lookee there if it is not the finest, slicenest, knife that ever came out of Wauseon and the Bussekin factory. That's right the ScrapMax would be perfect for this task. Another pose just because..








And yes it worked perfectly.

That is a real pretty duck. I have never gotten a wood duck.

Scrap Max FTW!...excellent at the fine / detail work.

And I agree, that is a pretty duck.

Great job man!!! Those woodies are small and fast. And i also feel the scrapmax line is great for waterfowl

beautiful duck congrats

Nicely done! Love the duck! Trade you a duck for some venison <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Nice duck! Good work, both nailing him and prepping.

I've never been waterfowl hunting in my life.

congrats on your 1st woodie

Nice woodie indeed. Never had a chance to get one yet. Blue wing teal was my first duck. And I miss dropping the pintails, good eatin. Dont think I could pass up pheasent hunting in any weather, my favorite game to eat.

Well done Jerry! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Well the only reason I could pass up pheasants is because my daughter and I got three a couple of weeks ago.

My first duck was a pintail. Around my parts a mature one is like a monster buck! I was luuuuuucky!