(machine whirs)
>> WHERE'S THIS ONE COMING FROM?
>> IT'S NUMBER ONE, IT'S GOING
TO GO OUT STRAIGHT AWAY.
>> THIS IS ZACK...
(machine whirs)
AND HIS COUSIN SHAUN.
>> CALL IT LIKE YOU
ARE GONNA SHOOT IT.
>> PULL!
>> BE PATIENT NOW!
BOOM, RIGHT!
LET HER RIP!
(Machine whirs)
>> BOTH ARE TAKING PART...
>> NICE!
>> AND TAKING AIM IN
A WEEKEND DUCK HUNT.
>> PULL!
(Machine whirs)
>> PERFECT!
>> IT TESTED LIKE EVERYTHING
LIKE IF YOU KNEW HOW TO LEAD
AND IF YOU KNEW WHERE IT
WAS COMING FROM AND FOLLOW
THROUGH WITH IT.
>> WHILE SKEET SHOOTING
PROVIDES A WARM-UP...
(Ducks take off)
THE KATY PRAIRIE OUTSIDE OF
HOUSTON IS THE BACKDROP FOR
THIS COMPLETELY OUTFITTED
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE...
>> WHAT WE DO IS WE OFFER A
PROGRAM AND ONCE THEY'VE GOT
THEIR HUNTER EDUCATION AND THEY
HAVE THEIR HUNTING LICENSE WE
CAN TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE
WE CAN FURNISH THE FIREARMS,
WE FURNISH THE AMMUNITION,
WE FURNISH THE PLACE TO HUNT,
ALL THEY HAVE TO BRING WITH
THEM IS A DESIRE TO GO HUNTING
AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.
>> SO THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT SPECIES, YA KNOW
IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE
ONE CERTAIN DUCK ON THE POND.
(Green-winged teal calls)
OUR PRIMARY BIRDS ARE GOING
TO BE TEAL,
PINTAIL,
SHOVELERS WHICH WE CALL EM
SPOONBILLS, YOU ALL KNOW WHY
WE CALL EM SPOONBILLS RIGHT?
YOU SEE THAT BIG NOTICEABLE
SPATULA, IT'S A BIG OL
SPOON ON THEIR BILL.
SPOONIES THEY'LL ANSWER
TO YOUR MALLARD DRAKE
OR YOUR MALLARD HEN.
THE HEN REALLY DOES ALL THE
TALKING SHE'S OUT THERE GOING...
(Mallard calls)
THIS IS WHAT WERE GOING TO
MAINLY BE CALLING TOMORROW.
(Mallard calls)
(Wind blows)
>> GENTLEMEN YOU ALL GET IN
LINE, GET YOU SOMETHING TO EAT.
WE'VE GOT FRITOS IF YOU'D
RATHER HAVE LIKE A FRITO PIE!
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY,
AND ALL CHOW DOWN BEFORE
THE BIG HUNT IN THE MORNING.
>> WHAT TIME ARE WE GETTING UP?
>> WE'RE GETTING UP
AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
LIKE NORMAL TIMES...
>> FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING,
(laughs)
THIS ISN'T FOR TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE
EVER BEEN HUNTING EVER,
IT'S EXCITING, IT IS, I'M MORE
EXCITED THAN HE IS I THINK!
>> YOU GUYS ALL SET
I CAN ARRANGE REVEILLE...
(Kids laughing)
THE THRILL OF THE HUNT!
(Wind)
ABOUT TIME TO RISE AND SHINE,
HOGS NEED FEEDIN', COWS NEED
MILKIN', YOU ALL GOT BIRDS
WAITING ON YA!
>> DID YOU ALL GET ANY SLEEP?
>> AH NO, I THINK IT WAS BETWEEN
ME SNORING, AND HIM SNORING,
AND THAT GUY SNORING,
WE ALL TOOK TURNS SNORING!
>> DID YOU GET ANY SLEEP?
>> A LITTLE BIT, BUT AROUND
MID-NIGHT MY EARPLUGS FELL OUT
AND I COULDN'T FIND EM.
(Music)
>> I GUESS WERE DOING WADERS
AND GOING INTO A POND
OR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE, HE, HE!
SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT WERE DOING.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE DEEP AT
FIRST, BUT IT'LL END UP BEING
ABOUT THIS DEEP WHEN WE GET
TO WALKING SO JUST STAY IN
SINGLE FILE, TAKE YOUR TIME,
WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME OK!
>> REMEMBER GUYS IF YOU
SEE A LOG RUN...
(Laughing)
ZIG-ZAG PATTERN NO STRAIGHT!
(splashing)
>> YOU ALL RIGHT MOM?
>> UH, YEAH!
>> OK LET ME HAVE YOUR HAND
I'LL HELP YOU OUT, THERE YA GO!
(Decoys hit the water)
>> THE PLAN IN THIS PARTICULAR
SITUATION IS TO GET THEM TO
COME INTO THE HOLE THAT WE'VE
CREATED IN THE DECOYS.
THEY ARE NATURALLY ATTRACTED TO
THAT VOID IN THE DECOY SPREAD.
(Duck calls)
>> YEAH HE LANDED WAY OUT THERE.
>> WHAT WE SEE OUT IN FRONT OF
US WHERE WERE ACTUALLY HUNTING
IS SOME BROKEN MARSH AREA WHERE
YOU CAN SEE SOME GRASSES,
AND OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PLANTS COMING UP THAT ARE
ATTRACTIVE TO THE DUCKS.
>> THESE WETLANDS AND THE
SURROUNDING PRISTINE COASTAL
PRAIRIE HABITAT HAVE
BEEN WIPED OUT.
(Nail gun)
REPLACED WITH SUBURBS
AND SUBDIVISIONS.
(Bird sings)
>> THE KATIE PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY
AND ITS PRESERVE IS ONE OF THE
FEW PLACES LEFT THAT OFFERS UP
HUNTING THIS CLOSE TO HOUSTON.
>> EVERYBODY SITUATED?
(Duck calls)
>> THE DUCKS ARE COMING FROM THE
RIGHT AND LEFT AND SOME OF THEM
ARE EVEN COMING FROM THAT WAY.
(duck calls)
>> SHOOT EM!
STRAIGHT UP SHOOT EM!
(Shotgun blasts)
START AT HIS BUTT, COME THROUGH
AND RIGHT AS YOUR GUN
CLEARS HIS HEAD, SLAP IT.
BUT KEEP SWINGING, IF YOU
STOP SWINGING HE'S GOING
TO FLY PAST YOUR PATTERN.
I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
KIDS TO COME OUT AND SEE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THE KATY
PRAIRIE HAS TO OFFER IN SUCH
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE OF THE
LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
>> ARE YOU EXCITED?
>> YEAH!
>> THE BENEFITS THAT A PLACE
LIKE THIS OFFERS KIDS
AND THEIR PARENTS TO BE ABLE
TO BOND IS JUST TREMENDOUS.
(Ducks calling)
>> I'M KINDA NERVOUS AND EXCITED
THAT IT'S MY FIRST HUNT
AND WE'VE BEEN PRACTICING
OUT IN THE RANGE.
(Ducks calling)
>> STRAIGHT UP SHOOT THAT DUCK,
STRAIGHT UP!
(Shot gun blasts)
>> OH!
I HAD A BEAD ON THAT ONE!
>> THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.
(Duck calls)
>> OUT FRONT!
(Shotgun blasts)
GOOD SHOT!
SEND THE DOGS!
>> IT'S KIND OF AN
ADRENALINE RUSH!
IT'S LIKE WOW, IT SURPRISES YAH!
(Dog splashes in water)
>> YOU JUST SHOW UP, THEY HAVE
DECOYS, THEY HAVE DOGS,
THEY HAVE CALLS.
YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE
DUCK HUNTING EQUIPMENT
THEN YOU CAN GO AND SEE IF
DUCK HUNTING IS YOUR THING!
(Duck calls)
>> STRAIGHT UP SHOOT THAT DUCK
STRAIGHT UP!
(Shotgun blasts)
WHO SHOT SECOND, WHEW,
THAT WAS A GOOD SHOT!
>> THAT ONE CAME FROM, IT KINDA
CAME FROM THE MIDDLE AND TURNED
UP AND WENT TO THE LEFT AND A
BUNCH OF US WERE SHOOTING AT EM.
(Duck calls)
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS IN
THE WATER, YOU KNOW THAT WE
WERE GOING TO BE IN THE
WATER THE WHOLE TIME.
YEAH JUST TURN THE HEAT UP
A LITTLE BIT.
(laughs)
(Duck calls)
IT'S SOMETHING THAT
HE WANTS TO DO,
YA KNOW IT'S SOMETHING
THAT HE CAN DO FOREVER.
>> TAKE EM, GET EM!
(Shotgun blasts)
>> THEY'VE STARTED OUT WITH THE
GUN SAFETY AND HAVE TAUGHT HIM
ALL THE WAY FROM BEGINNING
TO THE END.
>> ALL RIGHT STAY LOW ON THE
LEFT, GET READY, GET READY,
SHOOT EM, SHOOT EM!
(Shotgun blasts)
>> GOOD JOB GUYS!
>> IT'S BEEN GREAT WE
GOT A DUCK, ONE!
(Laughing)
>> IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT
THEY PUT ON OUT HERE, WHO ELSE
DOESN'T WANT TO GO HUNTING
WITH THEIR SON YOU KNOW.
LAYING IN THE WATER HAVING FUN!
>> ALL RIGHT!
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY FUN!
>> IT WAS, IT WASN'T NEARLY
AS BAD AS I WAS THINKING
IT WAS GOING TO BE!
(Music)
>> HE WANTED TO GO HUNTING
AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS
PROGRAM YA KNOW I COULD HAVE
NEVER EXPOSED HIM TO THAT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
CAN DO TOGETHER AND HE STILL
WANTS ME AROUND FOR IT.
HA, HA, HA!
>> I THINK THE GREATEST THING
ABOUT BRINGING THE KIDS OUT
AND SEEING EM SMILE, IS KNOWING
THAT YOU ARE GIVING THEM
SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL
LITERALLY REMEMBER THE
REST OF THEIR LIVES!
>> I MADE IT!
>> IT WAS FUN, UM WE BONDED A
LOT TODAY AND WERE GONNA BOND,
I GUESS BOND SOME MORE
THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND!
(music)
I HAD PLENTY OF FUN!