Here's a picture of the first time my brother and I killed ducks together - January 1974. We had discovered a small flock of wood ducks in that was feeding in a large cornfield field first thing in the morning, and hid ourselves in a large ditch in the general area hoping they'd swing by close enough for a shot. I was shooting a Belgium made Browning Light 20 Auto 5 with a 28" full choke barrel and 1 oz of Winchester lead 4s. He was shooting an older Belgian made Browning 12 ga with a 26" improved cylinder - but don't recall the ammo. They passed by close enough....

Then here was our last hunt together, nearly 45 years later - October 2018. It was our first time in about 40 years getting back together in our old wood duck stomping grounds, in a swamp about a mile away from where we killed those ducks in 1974. This time I was shooting 7/8 oz of TSS 8-1/2s out of a Franchi 48AL 28 ga with 26" barrel and light skeet choke, while he was shooting a Remington 870 20 ga with 26" barrel and cylinder choke with 7/8 oz of TSS 8-1/2s.

Funny how things change a lot but the essence remains the same...