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Two little cuties in the snow - see ya next year when you're grown up! Maybe then you'll bring Granddad with you. (January 2022) |
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Launching for a late-season duck hunt in January - gonna go bust some ice on the Rancocas Creek. (January 2022) |
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A view from the blind - late-season deer hunting in the January snow. (2022) |
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After a successful hunt, Roger and Cara III follow a trawler out to Delaware Bay. (December 2021) |
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A cold December morning on the tidal marsh, but worth wearing every piece of extra clothing that we brought along! (2021) |
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Ed with our trophy of the day at Oyster Creek - oh well, it was a nice paddle. (December
2021) |
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Roger and Quinn after her retrieve of a long fall. (2021) |
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Quinn and Nancy, Oyster Creek. ( November 2021) |
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A very proud Della with the ducks she retrieved for us in some nasty cover, including a black duck banded 9 years prior in Vermont. (October 2021) |
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Taking out on the Maurice River with Della, and chatting with some fisherman. (October 2021) |
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Come on, let's get to the ducks! Nancy bundled up against the cold, Della just waiting to go for a swim. (October 2021) |
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Jump shooting the early duck season in blue-bird weather with Della. (2021) |
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A cold, rainy dawn wood duck hunting with Della. (2021) |
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Mad Horse Creek with Della. This 1970 Grumman Sport Canoe was Roger's first new boat. Fifty-one years later and still duck hunting with it! (2021) |
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Altmoor generations - Della V, age 19 mos, on Nancy's right, and Della's mother Cara III, age 9, on her left. (2021) |
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Hot day at Game Creek - there's a chuckar in here Mom! Della at a year and half after passing VGP the month before. (2021) |
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Macie IV adores Roger on a duck hunt while Ed does the work. (2021) |
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Roger's winter buck. (January 2021) |
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An afternoon at Bent Creek with Bob Budin: Della V at 10 months living up to her stellar HZP in September. (November 2020) |
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Della V relaxing on the Oswego while learning to kayak. (June 2020) |
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There it is - no dog needed for this one! ( January 2020) |
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Took out the feeder on the run - didn't get far, and left the bottom third of his heart behind, courtesy of a Valmet O/U and Brenneke slug. (January 2020) |
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Yum - Black Ducks like mussels, too. (2020) |
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The speck in the center is Macie returning with a Black Duck at Thompson's Beach, Delaware Bay. (January 2020) |
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C'mon Dad, we have mor ice to break - Macie waiting for launch. (Salem County, January 2020) |
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Macie waiting for Roger in his Melges Duck Skiff - which he drove to Wisconsin to buy in 1988. (January 2020) |
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Tess pinning a running pheasant for Nancy. (2019) |
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NJ Wood Ducks. (2019) |
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NJ Pheasant with Mady IV and Macie IV. (2019) |
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Back at the truck with Quinta IV and Cara III. (Maine 2019) |
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Maine Grouse. (2019) |
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Rainy grouse hunt. (Maine - 2019) |
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Tessa IV and Nancy - Maine grouse. (2019) |
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Roger's Alpha - tracking Nancy and the dogs in Maine. (2019) |
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Roger keeping track of everyone on his Garmin Fenix. (Maine - 2019) |
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Mady IV and Nancy - Maine woodcock. (2019) |
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Macie IV and Roger - Maine grouse. (2019) |
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Macie IV retrieving a long fall following a 63 yd Hail Mary shot by Roger. (Maine grouse - 2019) |
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Have dogs, will travel. We left the kitchen sink home. (2019) |
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The Maine woods will never look the same! (2019) |
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Look Mom, somebody's following us. (Tessa IV - 2018) |
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Is this what you meant by camo up, Dad? (Tessa IV 2018) |
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Roger on a kayak jump shoot (2018) |
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Quinta IV retrieving crippled Canada. (Christmas Day 2018) |
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Quinta IV with 21 lbs. of Christmas goose. (2018) |
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Tessa IV lounging in the kayak with Nancy. (2018) |
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Roger with Cara IV (age 5 1/2) and Ottavia III (age 12). (2018) |
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Tessa IV getting the express ride up. (2018) |
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Thanksgiving weekend hunt with Ottavia III and Cara IV. (2018) |
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Nancy and Tessa IV loading up. (2018) |
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Jumping woodies. (2018) |
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Roger with Quinta IV on a late season kayak hunt. (2018) |
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Roger in tree stand. (2018) |
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Nancy and Tessa IV loading up. (2018) |
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Photo Shoot - Nancy with Quinta IV and Tessa IV. (2018) |
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Nancy and Tessa IV on an early season jump shoot. (2018) |
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Quinta IV supervising Roger. (2018) |
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Quinta IV with Roger's drake mallard. (2018) |
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Scouting Delaware Bay in the Sport Canoe with Quinta IV. (2018) |
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Nancy and Tessa IV at NJ HZP. (2018) |
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Harbor seal in Great Bay. (May 2018) |
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February quail with Tessa IV.(2018) |
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Delaware Bay tidal creek black duck hunt with Quinta IV. (2018) |
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Tessa IV at 8 months with her first pheasant - tracked, pointed, retrieved. (2017) |
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Nancy and Tessa IV - Tess's first pheasant hunt with Nancy's and Roger's limit. (2017) |
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Kayak jump shoot in South Jersey the week after Michigan grouse hunt - Nancy with Mady IV. (2017) |
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Nancy with Quinta IV and Nancy and Roger's pheasants. (2017) |
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End of hunt - Nancy with Wendy III. (2017) |
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Michigan woodcock - Nancy and Wendy III. (2017) |
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Tessa IV (6 mos. old) playing in Lake Michigan. (2017) |
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Macie IV in the Michigan grouse woods. (2017) |
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Sight-seeing - en route to Crisp Point on Lake Superior. (2017) |
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Sunset at Crisp Point Lighthouse on Lake Superior. (2017) |
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Roger with Wendy III and her daughter Tessa IV in Michigan. (2017) |
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Yippee! there's dad - Talei III. (2017) |
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Nancy with Ottavia III (age 11) and her granddaughter Tessa IV (6 mos.) in Michigan. (2017) |
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Ottawa National Forest. (2017) |
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On the road again - Nancy with Talei at pit stop on the way to Michigan. (2017) |
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Nancy with Mady IV and Talie III - Michigan grouse hunt. (2017) |
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Beaver trapping. (February 2017) |
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Nancy with bluefish in Great Bay (April 2017) |
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Swans on ice, mallards springing in background - West Jersey Bogs, February. (2017) |
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Cara III retrieving Wood Duck. (2016) |
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Roger with bluefish caught on the troll in Little Egg Inlet. (2016) |
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Nancy and Roger with sisters Mady IV and Macie IV at the 2016 International Armbruster. |
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Nancy with Mady IV at the 2016 International Armbruster in Des Plaines. |
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Roger with bluefish, Little Egg Inlet. (2016) |
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Nancy with Mady IV at 2016 International Armbruster. |
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Mady IV with Nancy after successful drag track at the Armbruster (2016) |
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Cara III with snow goose. (2016) |
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Macie IV with Roger after a successful track and retireve. (2016) |
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Wendy III with Nancy and Roger at hunt club ring shoot. (2016) |
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Sisters Mady IV and Macie IV rabbit hunting with friend Mark in preparation for VJP. (2016) |
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Permit shotgun doe. (December 2016) |
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Nancy with Mady IV during rabbit drive at NJ VJP. (2016) |
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Tavi duck hunting with her friend at West Jersey Bogs. (2016) |
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Feeding deer. (2016) |
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Local NJ wildlife - grey tree frog. (2015) |
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Roger with friend Don (both far right) with the proceeds of a canyon fishing trip. (2015) |
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Ingrid with Roger at VJP. (2015) |
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Nancy officiating at HZP - Colliers Mills NJ. (2015) |
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Talei with Montana shed. (2015) |
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Taking a rest in Montana - Cara and Roger. (2015) |
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Nancy with Mady's first bird at 6 1/2 months - Montana Hun. (2015) |
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Nancy and Mady in Montana . (2015) |
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Mady at 6 1/2 months with her pheasant and Nancy in Montana. (2015) |
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Cara on Huns in Montana. (2015) |
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Tavi (Ottavia III) comes through for Nancy on the last day of a Montana hunt. (2015) |
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Ingrid making a marshy retrieve of a drake mallard in the early duck season. (2015) |
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Macie at 9 months with Roger and pheasant - Manahawkin NJ. (2015) |
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Cara waiting for the action to start on a late season kayak jump shoot. (2015) |
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Delaware Bay Otter. (2014) |
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Look what I found! (Cara 2014) |
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What are you looking at? Deer at Roger's feeder. (2014) |
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The day before Christmas Eve, Delaware Bay - Cara retrieiving black duck. (2014) |
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Taking out after a Mullica River jump shoot - Talei and Mallard. (2014) |
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Roger's view from his deer blind. (2014) |
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Scene from a kayak jump shoot - American Mink on the bank. (2014) |
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One of Roger's deer. (2014) |
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Cara with her fox - South Jersey kayak duck hunt. (2014) |
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Cara's Wood Duck drake after a long fall and track during a kayak jump shoot. (2014) |
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Nancy and Roger - Michigan grouse hunt. (2014) |
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Nancy and Wendy with woodcock. (2014) |
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Michigan grouse hunt - Nancy and Wendy. (2014) |
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Pixie with Nancy - Michigan grouse. (2014) |
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Nancy pointing out the covers she had finished. Michigan grouse hunt. (2014) |
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Wendy with Nancy and grouse - Michigan. (2014) |
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Don planning our attack while Cara waits on the tailgate. Michigan. (2014) |
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Nancy and Wendy trekking uphill during Michigan grouse trip.(2014) |
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Hunting the edges in Michigan. (2014) |
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Nancy and Roger at Sleeping Bear Dunes. (2014) |
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Don and Max (Tavi's son) with their grouse - Michigan grouse trip. (2014) |
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Nancy and Tavi take the hilltop. Michigan grouse hunt. (2014) |
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Don with Tavi's son Max. (2014) |
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Ingrid with her cottontail and Roger. Michigan. (2014) |
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Cara's patented side-eye - with Roger on a South Jersey duck hunt. (2014) |
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Roger, Cara, Nancy, and Tavi - Michigan grouse hunt. (2014) |
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Cara retrieving Wood Duck. (2014) |
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Successful kayak duck hunt - Roger. (2014) |
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Cara (rear) and Wendy (front) with Nancy and Wendy's Snowshoe hare. (2014) |
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End of the hunt - feeding and grooming near Tug Hill NY. (2014) |
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Wendy enjoying her Nancy time for grooming after the hunt. (2014) |
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Cara (back) and Wendy (front) break time during a grouse hunt in NY. (2014) |
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Pixie (left) and Talei (right) with Roger and grouse in NY. (2014) |
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Nancy and Wendy with Woodcock. (2014) |
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Great Bay NJ - the blues are running. (2014) |
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Nancy's new crossbow did the job. (2014) |
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Cara on point. (2014) |
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Cara surfing in April, Brigantine NJ. And no, she couldn't find the stripers and blues. (2014) |
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Nancy and Wendy on a late season duck hunt in a tidal creek of Delaware Bay. (2014) |
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Pixie and kayak loaded into the Xterra. (2014) |
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Taking out after a Mullica River jump shoot - Cara and black duck. (2014) |
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Cara with a pair of Buffleheads - tidal creek jump shoot. (2014) |
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Cara gettng muddy retrieving Brant at low tide on Absecon Bay. (2014) |
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View from Roger's deer stand. (2013) |
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Cara with Roger at Armbruster Demopolis Alabama. (2013)
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Roger on kayak jump shoot. (2013) |
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Nancy and Tavi kayaking in a tidal creek off Delaware Bay. (2013) |
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Launch point - kayak jump shoot - Delaware Bay tidal creek. (2013) |
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Transition - drop off fishing boat for winter service and kayak jump shoot on the way home. (2013) |
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Cara in Roger's kayak - looking for ducks. (2013) |
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Reload and Retrieve - Nancy and Tavi. (2013) |
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Nancy and Tavi showing off a Wood Duck. (2013) |
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Roger and Talei. (2013) |
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Crossing a beaver dam on a kayak jump shoot - Tavi getting ready to hitch a ride. (2013) |
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Cara retrieving a live Wood Duck after a light hit and a several hundred yard track through the marsh. (2013) |
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Cara's first kayak jump shoot. (2013) |
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Uninvited visitor - Cara III checking out a beaver lodge. (2013) |
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Roger's 65th birthday bucket list bear. Blood track by Uschi III vom Altmoor. (2012) |
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Talei III's first rabbit, at 9 months of age. (2010) |
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Preparing Talei III (9 mos.) and Uschi III "Greta" (8 mos.) for VJP. (2010) |
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A fur and feather VJP prep day for Talei III ( 9 mos.). (2010) |
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Ten-month old Talei III with the birds the other dogs missed. (2010) |
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Talei's first brant retrieve, on a cold December day near Absecon NJ, at the age of 8 months. (2009) |
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Nancy with Jack Bergin and 8 month old Talei, 3 year old Tavi, and 9 year old Cassie. (2009) |
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Eight-month old Talei III after kayaking for a black and brant limit. (2009) |
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Nancy and Tavi with Ed and 8 mo. Talei II after a fun session at Powderbourne. (2009) |
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Tavi with deer after a successful 16-hour old blood track . (2009) |
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Roger and Talei (age 8 months) on her first kayak jump shoot. (Tidal creek off Delaware Bay - 2009) |
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Roger with Pixie at VJP - straight 11's for a total score of 77 points. (2008) |
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Nancy and Tavi at VJP - straight 11's for a total of 77 points. (2008) |
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Angie waits patiently for Roger to unload the kayak after a January jump shoot in the tidal creeks near Leed's Point, NJ. (2008) |
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An afternoon at Game Creek Farms helps get Tavi and Pixie ready for VJP. (2008) |
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Nancy and Angie with first grouse of the trip. (2007) |
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Nancy - on the left - and Tavi ready for a grouse. (2007) |
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Roger and Nancy with Angie and Tavi, Watertown NY. (2007) |
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Nancy takes a break with yearling Tavi after a rough couple of days in grouse cover. (2007) |
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All I get is a cracker after all this work?! (2007) |
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Tavi is still friend's with Roger even though he can only hit woodcock. (2007) |
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Nancy can actually hit grouse from time to time. (2007) |
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A nice afternoon. (2007) |
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Andrea and Joe Norton show us the Catskill grouse covers, with Gunnar, Suzy and Angie. (2007) |
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Suzy breaks ice out and back at age 10 1/2 for three December Canadas. (2007) |
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George and Ed at our club after a little help from Suzy. (2007) |
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Mira thinks this was an okay morning with Roger. (2007) |
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Would you just take the picture already? If Roger's not shooting, he's making us all pose for pictures. (Mira - 2007)
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Pixie, Roger and Tavi at the parents' for dinner after a rough day on a WMA. (2007) |
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Would you quit looking at the camera and take this from me? (Mira and Roger - 2007) |
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Nike and Nancy start picking up decoys after a decent morning at the club. (2007) |
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Nike supervises Roger picking up decoys. Maybe we should teach her to do it since she's so nosy. (2007) |
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How many woodcock do you see in this photo? Port Republic NJ. (2007) |
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A chopper blue ready for the smoker. Taken off Long Beach Island NJ. (2006) |
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Mira, will you PLEASE stay in the kayak?! (2006) |
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One of our hidden spots at the duck club. |
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Off Beach Haven NJ - a day off for some striper fishing. (2006) |
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Roger and Suzy had a good morning at our duck club while Nancy was at work. (2006) |
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Jack Bergin and Suzy hiding behind an island while Roger goes out in the second kayak to stir up some brant near Reed's Bay and the Absecon Islands. (2006) |
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Birko bringing a brant back while Roger waits in the kayak. Tide's going out and it's rough going through the muck. (2006) |
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Nancy lets Birko and Angie take a break to warm up on the sunny bank behind Beach Haven Inlet during a January hunt. (2006) |
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Angie, Roger and Birko enjoying a January bluebird day on the salt marsh near Tuckerton NJ. (2006) |
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Roger and Suzy admiring their Oldsquaw taken in Great Bay NJ (2006) |
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Roger getting Mira some rabbit exposure before VJP. (2006) |
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Nancy and Suzy wait for the bite to start on a chilly spring day. (2006) |
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Nancy and baby Mira, launching on the Tuckahoe River. (Summer 2005) |
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Roger returns to the latest mothership by kayak. Early duck season in a tidal creek off Delaware Bay. (2005) |
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Angie waits as Nancy goes from kayak to duck boat. (2005) |
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Nancy and Angie watch for Roger. Angie isn't ready to quit and sits hopefully in the kayak. (2005) |
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Roger and Suzy with gun and rod - striper and duck on the menu today. (2005) |
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Nancy and Angie with gun and rod. (2005) |
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Gave up on the shooting today - trying for stripers. Angie's disgusted with the lack of results in either department. (2005) |
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Nancy and Angie on a cold weather jump shoot during the late season. (2005) |
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Nancy takes the boat back to the ramp at the end of the day. (2005) |
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Altmoor version of cast and blast. On a tidal creek off Delaware Bay. (2004) |
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The ducks weren't flying, but the stripers were biting. (2004) |
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Suzy back with a black duck during a jump shoot in the Sport Canoe. (2004) |
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Nancy and Angie with a nice afternoon's take. (2004) |
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Roger and Suzy return from a little jump shoot off the Mullica River. (2004) |
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Roger returns to the Skeeter. Tide's going out. (2004) |
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It's a consensus - Nancy, Angie and Suzy all agree - "Too High." (2003) |
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Nancy, Angie and Suzy, taking out at Bivalve on the Maurice River. (2003) |
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Nancy still thinks the brant will fly. Angie's bored and looking for crabs. (2002) |
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Nancy and Angie in a blind at our duck club. (2002) |
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