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Nice shoot Maxxed. Gordie, what did that lower unit set you back? What kind of motor HP is it?

Haven't fixed it yet I'm guessing around 400.00 and its a 50hp it still works so I maybe able to transfer the guts from that lower unit to a different case.

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Here are a few from our 2012 opening weekend hunt... full-44119-28983-dsc_0002.jpg

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The Last one was a cripple that came in while we were picking up decoys after we were limited on geese... This is the only way I could legally shoot it, with the camera. cry

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I managed to witness a bizarre occurrence: trumpeter swans fighting! You want to talk about what happens when a whole lot of bird meets another whole lot of bird and the two get to fisticuffs. Wowza! This was at Crow Hassen park on one of the smaller lakes. I was doing marked retrieve training with Remy, and water intro stuff with Blitz. Out of nowhere, a giant swan comes barreling in over the treetops, zeros in on one of a half dozen other swans on the water, and slams right into it! The two started going at it pretty hard before they chased eachother off the water. This happened at least 5-6 times. Crazy, crazy stuff.

Speaking of crazy, those swans on the water were super curious. They started way on the opposite end of the pond, and after about 10 minutes of the dogs jumping in the water, the entire flock swam to within 10 yards of us. They were calling softly the entire time. That's when the big mean swan came in and ruined the party. But still, very neat experience.

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Either mates or territory. I honestly have no idea. They aren't polygamists, are they? I felt like some of the swans may have been younger birds. I wish a more knowledgable person would have been around. It's tough to explain.

What was really weird was after the aggressing swan chased off his foe, he sat on the water really low, with his wings splayed out. I'm assuming this was some sort of posturing, but I can't be certain.

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Glad you're having luck, but uffda those are tiny! You shooting residents or cacklers???

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Look at the dark black on most of them. Only a few were smaller but they still flew into the dekes. There was no difference than a sept 1 hunt really. The only difference was there was no wheat down so i had to set up in a pasture. grin
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