As par, a great post. Brings back some memories for me as well....

Emptying my BPS with my cousin doing the same on a lone drake that cupped up and pitched in perfectly. We just scared him real bad.

Watching the son of a friend of mine not miss with his 20-bore single shot.

Emptying the sky of 3 wigeon crossing left-to-right with one shot and getting a complimentary "F-you" from my good buddy sitting in the blind next to me and my Chesapeake.

A nice ending to the chapter. Thanks for sharing the pixels and prose.....