Coolest thing I’ve ever seen…

My Dad was a really good shot with a shotgun. I was watching as a dove came flying by Dad one Sep. Dad fired one shot, and the dove fell from the sky towards Dad. He nonchalantly caught the dove as it fell in his right hand, and slipped it into his bird vest. Looked up and smiled, like “Yea, I know I’m cool”. That was pretty Awesome, I’ll admit.

Fast forward a few years, Dad and I were duck hunting. We were walking in to the hunting area. I saw a duck flying over, but it wasn’t close enough to to even try hiding. I said, there’s a duck, and Dad raised his shotgun and fired a shot. The duck folded, stone dead. Again the duck was falling towards Dad. He quickly handed he his shotgun, and tried to catch that falling duck. Apparently, the physics are a little different between a falling dove, and a Mallard duck at terminal velocity. When that duck hit Dad in the chest, it knocked him straight down into the mud! Dad held onto the Duck for the reception. Yea, that was also pretty awesome’er

Good memories. Thanks for sharing. That is pretty awesome

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I can imagine a duck at terminal velocity packs quite the punch. Great story

Very cool, but more of a hunting story than fishing. I can move it if you want.

make it a fishing . I caught a crappie that was about 12 or so in long when i goy hem by the boat he came off the hook . he lay like he was dead . he didn`t know he was un hooked i reach down and picked hem up and put hem in the boat .anothe fisherman saw it and said he would no have believed it if he ahden1t seen it.

You can move it if you want. I was just telling a funny story.

Just figured the hunter's would love it. Very good story.

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Originally Posted by Flyfisher66048

My Dad was a really good shot with a shotgun. I was watching as a dove came flying by Dad one Sep. Dad fired one shot, and the dove fell from the sky towards Dad. He nonchalantly caught the dove as it fell in his right hand, and slipped it into his bird vest. Looked up and smiled, like “Yea, I know I’m cool”. That was pretty Awesome, I’ll admit.

Fast forward a few years, Dad and I were duck hunting. We were walking in to the hunting area. I saw a duck flying over, but it wasn’t close enough to to even try hiding. I said, there’s a duck, and Dad raised his shotgun and fired a shot. The duck folded, stone dead. Again the duck was falling towards Dad. He quickly handed he his shotgun, and tried to catch that falling duck. Apparently, the physics are a little different between a falling dove, and a Mallard duck at terminal velocity. When that duck hit Dad in the chest, it knocked him straight down into the mud! Dad held onto the Duck for the reception. Yea, that was also pretty awesome’er

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:Rofl

Some of the things we remember.