TEXAS WATERFOWL ADVENTURE: Four, two day guided waterfowl hunts for the winner and three guests,
including meals and lodging. 1st hunt is a goose hunt provided by  Bay Prairie Outfitters, in Midfield, Texas. 2nd hunt is a
duck hunt again with Bay Prairie Outfitters out in the gulf. 3rd hunt was for ducks provided by  The BigWoods, Tennessee
Colony, Texas. And the final hunt was for Western Zone geese with  Texas Best Outfitters, Krooked River Lodge, Haskell,
Texas
1st Hunt - Coastal
Geese
(left)
Running through the
decoys, the guide's
dog retrieves a snow
goose harvested on
the second day of
hunt.
Pictured below, left to
right: Scott Stone,
Hirsel Maxwell (the
Hunt winner), Sandy
Maxwell and I.
Not too bad of a
morning... eleven
geese... a blue, some
lesser Canadians and
snows
2nd Hunt - Duck hunting in the Bay
Pictured above, left to right: Hirsel
Maxwell, Scott Stone, Jim Schaefer and
Omar Cotter.
1st day we harvested 14 ducks... green wing
teals, pintails, redheads and a widgeon
2nd day hunting in the Bay on an island.
Pictured above,left to right: Jim Schaefer, Omar
Cotter and Scott Stone.

On right: 2nd day we harvested 16 ducks... green
wing teals, pintails, redheads and a pair of
buffelheads.
Three birds not pictured went to the taxidermist.
3rd Hunt - flooded timber & field ducks
On right: 2nd day harvest with the guide, his dog
and yours truly. Not shown are another hunter and
his son who helped bring down these beautiful
birds. Mallards, green wing teal, widgeon and a
golden eye.
Shown at left: "Big Mac sitting at the table with
all the ducks harvested the second day of the
hunt. Standing behind him are myself, Hirshell,
Sandy and Scott.
4th Hunt - Plowed crop fields for dark geese in
Haskel County
On right: 1st day harvest, we limited out on
Canadians by 9:30 am and even took a few light
geese. They were coming in, flight after flight, the
dog hardly had time to retrieve them all between
shots. We stayed at the Krooked River Ranch,
accommodations were comfortable and the food was
great.
On left: 2nd day harvest was good but not as
good the day before. Although we did get the
opportunity to hunt with one of the Pro
Hunters, Jerry Martin from BassPro Outdoors,
his guest and their camera man (shown below)
All in all, the money that Hirsell spent on the Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. "raffel"
hunts was well worth it.
Photo Album
North Texas Hunting Academy