Narrative Essay On Duck Hunting

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Duck Hunting

On a warm October day my Uncle and I got up at 4:16 AM and we got ready to hunt in the honey hole. When we got up we had to get the dog and get our equipment and then we drove for about 15 minutes. Then we met up with four of my uncle’s friend's and one was named Brian and when we got there he hopped in the back of the truck and we drove to my uncle’s friend’s house. When we jumped in the boats in the water we went to the honey hole. The honey hole is full of weeds so we had to jump out of the boat and pull it. After that we were finally there we set out the decoys and we put about 10 decoys and then we sat in the boat until 7:14 AM which was shooting hours. We loaded the guns, then at first light my uncles, friends shot 2 ducks after that a flock came into our set of decoys so nice that we were able to
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We heard beads to the left of us and I said next time they shoot I would put my head down so I wouldn't get hit.Then Brian said that it wouldn't hurt it would just bounce off my face and I said ok then they shot again and I heard them to the right of us. We had a single drake mallard come in and Brian did not shoot so me and my uncle were the only ones shooting and we shot at the same time and took him down. Then about 8:40 a single black duck flew over and they sky busted it when my uncle seen the picture that it was a black duck he was jealous. After that they sent the dog on it and if found it after a while and then it went back out and retrieved another one, but this time it was a wood duck and it was banded! When he heard about it being bandied he was even more jealous. Then my uncle got annoyed by the squirrels and then I said can I shoot them and he said yes because they are getting really annoying. After that I stood up and turned around and I shot one, then about 5 minutes after that another one came and I shot that and there was no ducks coming so it turned into a squirrel hunt for me. I shot a total of 4 and then we packed up