I Am Conservation

Ben Price and his dad, Randy Price, enjoy an opening-day teal hunt at Fountain Grove Conservation Area in Linn County. ”Dad and I have been hunting ducks together for several years now,” said Ben Price. “Some of my earliest childhood memories are of tromping through the woods together early in the morning to get to the blind. As the years have gone by, I’ve learned to appreciate spending time with my dad in the duck blind, and teal hunting gives us a great opportunity to get out there early in the season and practice before the larger birds head south later in the fall. The fast-moving targets provide a challenging aspect to waterfowl hunting and oftentimes they leave my dad and I laughing at how fast they zoom by without us even getting a shot off.”

—Photo by David Stonner