Tony C. Zappia       Focus on the Outdoors

A young Adirondac Hocus Pocus, "Pokey"

Pokey waiting to retrieve

Jim Lyon

Charlie Durant and Adirondac Rusty Jason CD, MH, WCX, CCA, VC

Adirondac Rusty Jason CD, MH, WCX, CCA, VC

Jim Lyon and Adirondac Tea for Two, WC **, after a successful swamp hunt

Me and Tea

Adirondac Rusty Jason after a long morning hunting birds on the St. Lawrence River

Rusty and Charlie Durant

Charlie Durant, Issac and Rusty

Ben Nightengale with a ice-covered whistler decoy

Charlie Durant, Rusty, Issac and Ben Nightengale after a hunt on the St. Lawrence River

Hunting partners

Master Hunter, Adirondac Rusty Jason

Issac, a handsome chocolate lab owned by Charlie Durant

Nature's Pillow - Rusty taking advantage of a well-placed tree limb while hunting in mid-December, sub-zero temperatures on the St. Lawrence River

Preparing for the final day of the 2010 waterfowling season toast

Dead mallards and breaded walleye fillets. Ben Nightengale performing on-site chef duties on the last day of the 2010 upstate NY waterfowling season. It doesn't get ANY better than this!

Charlie Durant's Rusty taking advantage of comfortable seating. Charlie Durant and my golden girl, Squirt, looks on.

Is there any other meal you would want on the last day of duck season?

My 10 year old golden girl, Emme (AKA - Squirt, The Dude and Square Pants) during the last day of waterfowling 2010. She's got more spunk than hunting retrievers half her age!

Fried walleye and dead mallards

Ten year old Squirt retrieving a crippled mallard during the last day of waterfowling season in upstate NY on the St. Lawrence River, December 11, 2010.

Ben Nightengale and Charlie Durant preparing to chow down on fried walleye

Charlie Durant and Adirondac Rusty Jason after the final day of waterfowling on the St. Lawrence River in upstate NY, December 11, 2010. 18 birds - 5 species (mallard, black, widgeon, goldeneye, and bufflehead.

Ben Nightengale following the final day hunt on the St. Lawrence River

Me and Squirt