rain, warm, rain, snow....

Monday Sean and I went to one of my water spots because it's been sooo warm and rainy, the fields around here are just mud. We had a couple geese play the game and 3 of them paid the price. I only shot one and Sean got 2 which doesn't really sound that good but it was a good time.

this kid can't keep his eye's open

forgot to get a hero pic so just got a pic at home....











Tuesday promised the same wind and cooler temps with the chance of sun. Well the chance came through for about half an hour total through the day. The good news was I filled my 3 bird limit at 9am. The bad new was I still stayed until noon. Here's why... when I was out getting my third goose I looked up at a four pack that was passing by and saw something out of the ordinary for around here. There was a snow goose right in the middle of the formation. So since it was early I thought I would give hang out for a while and see if I could add to my limit.

Yeah there's only three there so in hindsight I should've just gone home. Oh well, it was a pretty nice day and I did see alot of geese even though all I could do was call and watch.

I'm baaaack

After the last couple weeks of taking care of stuff and not being able to get out. I was able to get back to life as I know it.... which means HUNTING. I did my scouting Tues. morning for a hunt Wed. morning, my buddy Tom's field showed the most promise.
So time to make the phone calls to see who wants to shoot some geese. Keep in mind the friends I was calling have been off the geese as long as I have. So it was pretty easy to convince them to get ready for a quick easy shoot.
5am rolled around too early but it was time for Sean and I to pack up and get to the field. We were going to pick up Mike on the way, but he turned out to be a no show.
We got to Tom's and started to get the gear and decoys set out.
The geese I saw in the field were in early on Tues. so I was expecting the same. However as it usually happens to any "quick and easy" shoot the geese didn't want to be were we where. They were all going 3/4's of a mile away, since they weren't flying over we didn't even have any passing shots.
So we hung tough and maybe slept a little 😴, doing a little hunting with our ears 😄.
I'm not sure what time it was when the first flock came in silent, but once Sean said, (in a low voice) "geese" they were in the spread an needing to be shot. I called the shot and 2 geese fell, one for each of us. We went out got our geese, shagged our shells and got ready for the next volley. The honk came from behind us, I told Sean if they come over us we'll take 'em. They came over and we unloaded on the flock, 2 more geese fell. So with one of us having limit and the other still needing 2 geese we drew it out to the last minute, with nary another shot fired.

Oh well there's always next week.

Just a quick note

Last Thursday I got out for a quick hunt. The only geese I saw swam up from behind me. Since I did get out in the Oh my god it's cold temps and break some ice, I didn't want to go home empty handed. I could've taken my limit but held off hoping for some flying geese. I did pop one of the geese as it swam by. When I went out to get him he flew away and landed on the shore nearby.

Since I had to be home around noonish this is the only goose I got.

FORGOT THIS NEWSFLASH

 These Turkeys have been hanging out in my edition.

The end of the beginning

Since my last post I have been able to get out for ducks 3 more times with the help of my car and Mike.
The first hunt was at the field he shot limit on when I should've been paid for the guiding service. Well he returned the favor on Wed. evening, we went there with the anticipation of the ducks swarming us like they did on the guide hunt. That however did not happen, what did happen was I shot 2 geese and got some intel on the next days hunt.

not bad for a quick pass shooting hunt

 So this was the total for Wednesday it was just a quick afternoon pass shooting hunt. After the hunt Mike found out from Hunter that the ducks were filing in to George's Pond all evening.
We had a freeze come through and lock up the pond, so Mike left early to open it. I was waiting on his call to know for sure that we were going. Once he called it was game on, getting everything together and packed into the car was pretty much the only challenge. Once I got there and we got the hole open and decoys set, it just started to happen like it was suppose to.

I had my limit with 4 drakes, Hunter had 1 left, and Mike had 2 left

Since I had to work Friday morning I had to get out of there at noonthirty. Mike and Hunter stayed and finished their limits.
Now while we were hunting here, we watched the rest of the ducks and geese in this hemisphere drop into a field that was across the road from us. After I left and they finished up Mike went and found out who owned the property and secured permission to hunt it. 
Well that hunt was to take place Sunday morning the bad news was I was working and wouldn't call in. However I was able to get off a little early and get to the field as quick as I could to give 'er one more try. We hunted until dark, Mike brought 2 drakes and a hen down and I bought home a drake and a goose.

last day duck selfie

We had alot ducks over us most of the night but they were just picking us out. So they stayed pretty high and just acted kinda skiddish and wouldn't finish.
Still a pretty good day.
 With the beginning of the New Year brings the end of the 2016 duck season.