TWO SQUIRRELS AND A WOOD DUCK

Last Saturday morning the dogs and I found the covey of birds in the thicket by the wetlands. There were about 15 birds in it- Janey made the point. I only had a pistol and didn't shoot a bird - Janey didn't like it.
I caught a possum in the box trap that I set with the grand kids. I used the pheasant heads for bait. Caught a skunk first - then the possum.
In the afternoon went across the road and sat by the stream to wait for the wood ducks.
I sat by a big oak tree with lots of acorns on the ground. I was thinking they would fly in but one came swimming up to the tree. Janey got it up and I shot it. It fell out in the stream and Janey made a nice retrieve. Then the squirrels started working in the beech tree next to me. The first one was a long shot for my 20 with steel #4. I knocked him out to the ground and the dogs were able to catch him. That was exciting! Janey brought me that one. The next squirrel came out closer and he was dead when he hit the ground. Dakota retrieved him.
I cooked both squirrels in the crock pot with rice and gravy - very good meal.
Fried the the wood duck on the wood stove.