Tony C. Zappia       Focus on the Outdoors

Charlie Durant during a St. Lawrence River waterfowl hunt. November 9, 2008.

This kind of hunting separates the men from the boys. Braving 30- to 40mph November winds, Jim Lyon (L) and Charlie Durant (R) end a day of gunning the St. Lawrence with a mixed bag of mallards, goldeneyes and bufflehead. November 16, 2008

Nick McNamara and Whiskey during a Thanksgiving day hunt on the St. Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, NY 2008.

A long-tailed drake in a Federal Black Cloud shot string from Charlie Durant's Benelli SBE II

You can see the spray of Black Cloud shot flying at this Scoter

Cloud of Long-tailed ducks and white-winged scoter off the Niagara River