HISTORIC DUCK HUNTING STORIES THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUCK HUNTING

With the end of War World II, Olin leased

John Olin was the president of the Olin Company and Winchester-Western small arms and ammunition company, while his brother Spencer was vice president.

Having no clubhouse, Olin rented two floors

Olin often brought along Walter Siegmund,

Having no clubhouse, Olin rented two floors

It was at the Greenbriar Club where Olin's Lab, King Buck, retrieved his first duck and his last duck over a five-year period.

King

His royal name was given its due, when, in

In 1955, Olin built a one-room clubhouse with

Three thousand duck

Dressed in their

Contestant number

Hopefully, someone can

Many gave him the sobriquet the “Rocket Man,” the one who developed the

Werhner von Braun and three others flew from Huntsville, Alabama to

Monday morning at the clubhouse, von Braun said with so much

Beneath a clear blue sky with a morning temperature of 39 degrees, Claypool’s

At the clubhouse, he remarked earnestly, “I had more fun shooting

Mud

In the olden days, there were comparatively few goose

Today, not one single pit will be dug on any sandbar

 With the

The weather

A TIME TO REFLECT

When the shadows from the hills have gown longer, caused by

Sometime, somewhere, in that undiscovered paradise high in the

“If a man could be born

 And gradually grow young,

 The wisdom he’d gain and the lore he’d attain

 Are not easily said or sung.”

There lived in Chicago an Italian about 40 years

In 1890,

He had

It is

With this podcast, it surely looks like that big guns were being used for waterfowling as early as 1734 in the

Hearkening

The

Once

In 1855, in the springtime, John B. Drake came

What better way to harness the local resources and build his reputation

The first game dinner at the Tremont House, September 5, 1855, drew less

But what started as a relatively modest affair grew quickly in both

In