Hunting Reports 2008
Read More1/29/2009
Tim Smith and I had the great pleasure of attending the annual Ducks Unlimited Dinner and Auction at the New York Racquet Club.
It was a great evening in an incredible setting. The Racquet Club is a most beautiful place and the whole atmosphere was one of togetherness for a cause and fun with the purpose of raising monies for the Ducks Unlimited organization for conservation and habitat improvement for migratory birds.
Hunters are the most generous supporters of wildlife conservation in terms of real contributions and support with organizations like Ducks Unlimited.
This is not a very good photograph but will give you some idea of the magnificance of the Racquet Club.Here is Tim Smith with one of the attendees inspecting our display. I donated a full day of striped bass fishing to Ducks Unlimited and it was auctioned later in the evening and was bid and sold for $5000.00, all of which goes to Ducks Unlimited. I sure hope that the fishing is incredible when I take the group out fishing. I will do my absolute best to make it a successful day.
1/24-25/2009
The last weekend and end of the duck season for 2009 and it was a great one.
Pete Johnston, his son PJ and his dog "Scout", Jim Conte and I spent two days on an Island in the Great South Bay.
We had a great time and a great shoot.
Here are Pete and PJ setting decoys out of the new double ender punt boat that Pete built. What a great boat!1/5/2009
I had the pleasure again to be able to hunt with Dick Orlandi and his son Jimmy.
Dick and Jim belong to a small club out east on the Island and they invite me occasionally to hunt with them.
It is mostly a workout for their great dog "Coal" to keep him in shape and ready to hunt but it is also an excellent upland hunt.
Dick is checking out the results of the first half of the hunt. We bagged 13 out of 15 birds put into the field with about half and half pheasant and chukar partridge.12/15/2008
I hunted today with Jim Hahn and his good buddy Phil. Jimmy is the manager of the "Riverview" restaurant and also runs the "Riverview Striped Bass Tournament" in addition to being an avid fisherman and hunter.
We had a good shoot on West Island.
The wind was blowing hard and some ducks were flying.
Jimmy bagged a pair of big mallards and Phil got a huge black duck. I was very lucky to bag a redhead drake which I think I will have mounted.
It was a memorable hunt with two great guys sharing some great stories and some excellent hunting.
Another great day on the water.
The next photo is a link to some video I shot at the end of out hunt, give it a look and please don't mind the wind noise, it was blowing about 30 today.
Captain Al Lorenzetti12/14/2008
Jim Conte and I hunted today on an exploratory mission. We tried out his big water kayak and used it to work the rig and pick up birds.
We went out without expecting much but had a good shoot in spite of our lack of committment.
We bagged two mallards and two black duck and could have many more shots at black duck but had our limit of two.
I missed a pair of mallards but on a long shot.
Jimmy dropped a pair of mallards but lost the drake in the thick fragmites. It was impossible to see more than five feet and we never did find the bird.
The ocean Kayak worked great for retireving the birds and tending the rig.
Another excellent day on the water.
Captain Al Lorenzetti