Thursday, January 15, 2026

I think I was lazy.....

 Not sure why I didn't put out a post last week, but here it is. 
I've been staying on the same field last week and this week and looks like next week too. That being said I didn't get limit because the wind was horrible I had to keep picking up decoys, and you can only do that sooo long before you throw in the towel.
Yesterday myself and Jake went out in 40 degree weather and after he left at 11am the polar votex reared it's snowy head. The wind blew, temperature dropped and the snow showed up. All but the wind was not a factor, it was steady at 10-15... which wasn't bad. The gusts though... holy cow, it would go from nice hunting weather to straight white out, not being able to see more than 5'.
That was taken right before it hit.
It seems like all the geese showed up in the worst of the storm. I couldn't even see them land on the other side of the field, which is where they seemed to want to be anyway.
I did have a flock come over me and even though they wanted to be with the others on the other side of the field, 1 of them did it absolutely perfect.... sorry to say he didn't make it. 1 shot 1 kill.
It was a good time and a beautiful day, I started breaking the spread down around 3 only because I hadn't seen or heard a goose in a while. Of course par for the day, as soon as I got halfway between the spread and the wheeler a flock came out of nowhere and made a B line for the spread, circled once and flew off. 😡
Oh well, I got everything loaded and headed North, which is where the storm was coming from. I just took my time, no rush, no hurry.
Really good day.