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From the field

A look at recent duck and goose hunts across the valley.

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From the Field

Real hunts, real water — no stock photography. Tap any video to play.

Guide calling geese with retriever at his side, decoy spread around

Calling geese with the retriever staged in the spread

Hunter carrying a brace of mallards across a harvested field

A brace of mallards, harvested field

Hunter walking through a field at golden sunset with harvested goose

Walking out at golden hour

Retriever alert in the field with harvested geese blurred behind

On alert, geese down behind

Mallards hung on a branch over a pond, Treasure Valley

End-of-hunt strap, Treasure Valley water

Hunter setting decoys at dusk, pink and blue sky

Setting the spread before first light

Full limit of mallards laid out in a harvested cornfield

A full morning's limit

Retriever alert in golden CRP grass

Working the CRP grass

Hunter picking up decoys at dusk after a hunt

Picking up after a good morning

Massive flock of waterfowl passing overhead against blue sky, view from the blind

The view straight up from the blind

Flock of waterfowl passing overhead on an overcast morning

An overcast push of birds

Low-angle view of Canada geese working a stubble field under a moody sky

Geese working a stubble field

Flock of geese flying over a foggy field with decoys

Fog rolling through the field hunt

Goose landing among decoys with a dust devil in the background

Finishing, with a dust devil behind

Geese finishing into the decoy spread on a foggy morning

Locked up over the decoys

Two Canada geese in flight against a plain sky

A pair committing to the spread

Two retrievers with a goose spread on a hazy morning

The dogs, staged in the spread

Guide calling geese with retriever and decoys

Working the call with the dog close

Hunter setting decoys under a deep blue dusk sky

Last light, decoys going out

Retrievers alongside a decoy line on a cloudy day

The dogs holding the line

Close portrait of a hard-working retriever after a hunt

A dog that earned the rest

Video — geese finishing into the spread

Video — approaching through morning fog

Video — low over a harvested field

Video — gearing up before first light

Video — a wide flock passing over

Video — crossing a hazy morning sky

Video — cupped and dropping in

Video — circling before finishing

Field & arena

Phoenix's Photos

Phoenix crouched in golden grass at sunset with a hunting partner behind him — Last light in the marsh

Mallard drakes laid out along a muddy shoreline — A morning strap of mallards

Yellow lab lying beside a line of mallards — Retriever guarding the strap

Phoenix holding a goose by the feet, calls hanging from his neck — Goose in hand

A line of geese laid out on snow — Geese on fresh snow

A long line of snow geese laid out in stubble — Snow geese, end of the hunt

Yellow lab sitting on a log above a strap of ducks in the snow — Snow day, full strap

Phoenix wading through a river with a bag of decoys — Into the river with the spread

Close view of a row of mallard drakes — Greenheads up close

Hunters seated behind a long line of Canada geese — A full line, and a full crew

Phoenix roping a calf in a cloud of dust — Working a calf in the dust

A flock of geese flying under an overcast sky — Geese working under gray sky

Phoenix in camouflage working from a grass blind — In the blind

Phoenix mounted with a rope in front of a rodeo crowd — In the arena

Mallards laid out along a grassy bank — Mallards along the bank

A dog retrieving a goose among decoys — Retriever on the mark

Phoenix carrying a goose with decoys behind him — Walking a bird back to the spread

Phoenix swinging a rope from horseback at sunset — Sunset loop

Mallards laid out on a bed of straw — Limit of mallards on the straw

Three hunters kneeling behind a line of Canada geese — Three hunters, a line of honkers

Phoenix team roping from a brown horse — Team roping Photo: Kent Soule

Two teenage rodeo competitors standing at a stadium — Rodeo grounds, teenage years

Young Phoenix roping a calf from horseback — Young roper

Phoenix as a young rider chasing down a calf — Chasing one down

Young Phoenix on horseback in a black-and-white portrait — Where it started

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