Willow Oaks duck hunt

A legislative delegation consisting of S.C. democratic state senators and their friends and family gathered together for a duck hunt at the S.C. Waterfowl Association in Rimini. Mild temperatures and heavy fog are not ideal duck hunting conditions but several hunters were able to make a good showing despite the continued evidence that few migratory ducks have made it to South Carolina thus far. Senator Vincent Sheheen stumped for his gubernatorial campaign and the SCWA staff provided hospitality in the form of an oyster roast and fried chicken supper the night before the hunt. Some of the youth involved in this hunt ended up in duck blind that was besieged by ring necks and other ducks and their exuberance for waterfowling was self-evident after the quality hunt at Willow Oaks duck club.

PhotosByJeffDennis: Austin Sheheen and Dwight Cauthen are two lucky sons who accompanied their father's into the duck blind and the ducks found them to be able shooters; heavy fog was draped across the blinds and the water at Willow Oaks, S.C. state senator John Land and SCWA director David Wielecki greet the hunters with a report on Camp Woodie - located in Clarendon County