SOLD
9 x 12
Oil on Wood Panel
Will be On display and for sale at T Gallery, Raleigh on March 6
The last day of the Youth Season - a day of celebration for any dad who has been crawling out of bed at five in the morning and trekking through swamp bottoms since before Thanksgiving. This year my son and I capped it off with a hunt in Currituck Sound with Aydlett, NC taxidermist Mark Marshall and his black Lab, Jet. This was a great opportunity for my son, Nixon, to hunt such a classic place and fortunately be able to limit out as well.
As we arrived at the dock before sun-up, Jet was acting like any other male meathead dog - barking at other dogs, marking his territory along dock posts and clumsily getting in everyone's way as we were trying to load up the boat. Later at the blind after the decoys were set, Nixon began to load his gun. As soon as Jet heard the "click" of the shell entering the chamber, he was all business and the horseplay was over - ears up and eyes to the sky.
Jet with a live fetch
Currituck Sound
With precision professionalism, Jet retrieved Nixon's two drake pintails, a drake mallard, three drake gadwall and one goose. A great morning for a young teenager eaten up with the thrill of duck hunting, and a great morning for 'ol Dad knowing he could finally sleep in the next weekend.
Back at the dock, Jet was off the clock and back at it rolling in the grass, sniffing trash cans and picking fights with the other dogs.
Jet, Me and Nixon
Currituck Sound 2015
