Puddle Jumpers

[Russell]

I did a little duck hunting last week. As is my style, I took photos.

If you want to see a lot of the pictures in this series, check out http://www.russellgraves.com/essays/puddlejumpers/

Thanks,

RG

[f.flintstone]

that's a great series and essay! we hunted ducks like this in the Texas panhandle when i was little. we didn't have dogs or decoys. we would sneak up on tanks and jump up ducks. wading out into the tank to retrieve the ducks were always exciting, and they always fell in the middle of the tanks with the slickest bottoms (from all the duck poo) ... waders got filled with icy cold water more than once...

thanks for sharing.

[EastTxCPA]

Great series Russell. I've done the same thing many times. Thanks for taking me back to those times

[JPalmer]

the one with the fog is awesome...looks chilly

[wgrimes]

Thanks for sharing those with us. #6 is my favorite, nice action shot

[Roy]

I like the one with the fog too. Of course there is nothing wrong with the others either. The second and sixth ones look like a Benelli SBE 2. Right?

[Russell]

Originally Posted by Roy

The second and sixth ones look like a Benelli SBE 2. Right?

Dang Roy, you are good and close. Not a Benelli but the little brother Stoeger P-350 (see http://www.stoegerindustries.com/firearms/modelp350.tpl). The shotgun looks just like the Benelli though.

[dezignMedia]

These are beautiful! My father owned a gun store my whole life as I grew up and these bring back many memories. They are just gorgeous photographs.

[iCe]

Dude... how did you catch that shell ejecting???? That's a great series... The whole story right there.. Good stuff..

And yeah... "it's cool to jump shoot ducks"

Excellent essay(s).

[firebuffgal]

LOVE number 6... all are really nice....