A sales manager, an engineer, an accountant, a ski coach, a pastor and a biologist paddle their canoes in the dark. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s actually just a scene from a recent hunting trip with Old Town.

In December of 2016, ten Maine sportsmen embarked on a multi-day duck hunting trip in Old Town canoes and kayaks covering Maine’s two distinct, and very different, regions - an interior lake in Penobscot County and the rocky islands of Casco Bay.

Conversations among Maine sportsmen are usually dominated by moose, deer, pike, salmon, and other popular game – but there is one Maine tradition that tends to fly under the radar in Vacationland: waterfowl hunting.

“The action of waterfowl hunting is so much better than any other type of hunting I’ve ever experienced,” said Sean Molloy, pastor and avid hunter. “To have birds come in and decoy around you – it’s thrilling and exciting, and a lot of fun.”