Hunting Pictures

The following photos were mostly taken over the last five years (thanks to digital cameras!), although there are a few that date prior to that (scanners are nifty devices, too!). We have always enjoyed hunting as a family, and as the photos show, no one in our family is left out. Our duck and/or goose hunting has included hunting from duck boats, duck blinds, coffin blinds, wading in the timber, wading in cattail sloughs, standing or sitting along the shoreline, hiding in rocks, laying on the ground, and even belly crawling for a sneak attack or jump shoot. We are fortunate to have enjoyed duck and/or goose hunting in Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Canada. We have hunted over almost every size and type of water imaginable and over several different landscape settings. Additionally, we have recently pheasant hunted in South Dakota. Many friends have been made along the way, as the photos below indicate. The stories that we have brought back from those hunts are priceless, and we hope to have many more in the future.

Jack Overholser and son, Jack Jr. on successful hunt with Mac. Mike Aguon and his take on Old Hickory Lake.

Just Duckin' around. Note the call type and the species of duck using each call :-)

Jack Overholser and friend, Jerry, during Jerry's first duck hunting season. Jamie with a nice Woody & Gadwall.

Chris Bedenbaugh & Clay Lambert at Lake Seminole. Cory Hill, Mac, and Clint on Old Hickory (Black Duck).

Jack Overholser, Blind 93, Old Hickory Lake. Jamie with take from Old Hickory Lake (Gadwalls and Woodys).

Jim Horton, Blind 93, Old Hickory Lake. Matt Huffaker and Gadwall on Old Hickory Lake.

Jack Overholser, Mac, Russ Peck, Clint, & ducks taken on Old Hickory. Cory Hill and Shooter before dove hunt.

Count 'em! 44 Canadas, opening weekend. Russ Peck, Jack Overholser, Cory Hill, Gunner & Mike Horsely, Chris Bedenbaugh, Mike Aguon, (kneeling) Jim Horton & Chris Johnson. Photo on right, Russ Peck, Clint, and Jack O.

Jamie. Pheasant Hunt on Echo Valley Ranch in Wessington Springs, S.D., 2005, Clint on left.

Pheasant hunt, S.D., guide Mike in center, Clint on right. Mandarin duck killed on lease in Dyersburg, TN., Bob Snuck holding duck. We thought it was a wood duck as it was flying in.

Last Day photo of our hunting group and dogs at Echo Valley Ranch, South Dakota.

The following are from a Snow Goose hunt in Arkansas rice fields on March 3 & 4, 2006. Nine of us hunted over four dogs. We ran some blind contests with the dogs between the hunts which were won by Kim Smith's yellow lab, Liz. We stayed at Kim's cabin, and were shown great hospitality by Kim and Fred Gates, the landowner and farmer, who cooked us chili and cheese dip in the afternoon and evening, eggs and bacon for breakfast, and snow geese for a Saturday night shindig. A LARGE time was had by all!

Bill and Sally Young's Molly (June 2, 1999 - February 17, 2006, Jamie x Windy) after some cold morning hunt's 2003 and 2004 seasons.