Finally did the duck hunting shoot!

Now I do realize that almost not a single person that looks at this posting cares or knows much about duck hunting, so instead of making this a class on duck hunting I'll just let you enjoy the images for what they are. Finding a group of duck hunters that actually want to take time out of their busy hunting schedules and actually do a shoot with me was almost impossible. I can understand this because I also try to go every free minute I get. There were several hunters that seemed to just disappear during pre-production of this shoot. Every time I went out myself, I would talk to hunters and see if they would be interested in doing the shoot. Every single one of those contacts fell through. The months went by and our warm weather was slipping away. I finally met these hunters on the boat launch a couple of weeks ago and they seemed pretty interested. It seemed like it was the next morning that the lake was frozen over. That means no shoot until spring. I sat in my office depressed because so much work had gone to waste. Then the thought came to my mind that there was a place on the lake where a river flowed in, That flowing water would keep a certain area from freezing. I jumped into the truck and drove to the spot. Just as I hoped, there was open water. Filled with excitement, I called the hunters that I had previously met. Luckily, they were kind enough to do the shoot the next day. I knew that it had to be done that next day because it was very cold and any more time would allow my location to freeze up. The next morning I went out to prepare the shoot and the lake had frozen from the shore to about 200 yards out. I spent 4 hours breaking ice and moving it off the shore. My back is still sore, but the shoot went great, and the hunters were super nice and great to work with. Here's just a few of my favorite images from the shoot.