The Day Before the Last Day

Went out this morning and had all my decoys set for a WNW wind and I felt the wind change. Yep, the dreaded waterfowlers curse, just when you get your decoy's set the wind switches. So after a couple half spread changes to accommodate the ever changing wind I managed to nail down 2 geese. Mostly singles and doubles today, I only saw one flock of 4. Tomorrow is the last day of season and I just got the invite to my buddy Weeds' cow pond he has permission to hunt. So keep your fingers crossed for me, you can be a hero or a zero at this spot and I hope I get to be a hero.

The day before the day before the last day

I got out this morning and was treated to a fairly strong SW wind. I got set up and got out my radio, to listen to the Bob and Tom show. As I was cranking it (it doesn't use batteries) the crank mechanism gave way, so after a little ingenious maneuvering I figured out how to get it to work, major catastrophe avoided right there.
Well I had 2 geese drop in across the water, I tried to get them to come over but they had no intentions of flying or swimming towards me.
After what seemed like forever I had a goose crossing across the water from me, so I started calling just to let him know I was there. He must of liked what he heard cause he cranked his head hard to see where the calling was coming from. He turned and glided in towards my decoys and just seconds before he landed, I dropped him with one shot. I think I'm getting the hang of my new choke tube.

A break in the action

OK so I finally have some time to sit down and update my blog. I just got off work on time for a change so I thought I would catch you up on the happenings. I have been out hunting 4 days since the first. It would have been more but apparently geese and doves dying don't count as a death in the family. So I was expected to be at work all the normal days and usually over my scheduled work day.
Anyway enough of the boring stuff lets get to the fun stuff.
I got out on the first and didn't see or even hear a goose. I decided to try and get a dove hunt in later the same day and managed to bring home 3.

Huntington's fields didn't fill out this year

I went out again on Labor day and got 2. It should've been a couple more but I got a new choke tube this year and it's taking me a little time to get use to it.(everyone needs an excuse)

The next day I got out was on Wed. (the holiday kinda screwed up my week) I didn't see as many geese on Wed but did get one. I had another land right in my decoys and when I finally had to jump him up he was pretty far out and flying away. (more excuses)
Anyway I didn't get pics or video because it was rainy all day.
On Thursday I went up to Mongo, IN to hunt some doves on their sunflower fields. Now I don't know if it was the weather which was misty, cold, and windy all day. Or if it was because of their sunflowers came in nicely but I saw over a hundred birds flying around. I actually only got 7 and shot better than the national dove average which is 5 shots per bird. I only averaged out 4 shots per bird, but this is the first year I had to shoot steel at doves and that's a whole other ball game. (I gots all kinds of excuses)
That's OK though cause I finally have enough doves to make a meal.

I'm not throwing gang signs, just giving a dove count

 So right now all my gear is drying and my guns have been cleaned and oiled. I'm just waiting for Tues so I can start all over again. I only have 3 more days of early goose season left, and I really would like to get limit one of the days.

Almost here

Months,weeks,days and now less than 24 hours before the 2011 hunting season kicks off.
I have yet to put away my boat I'm still hoping to get out to the big lake at least 1 more time this year.
However I am very excited to get this year rolling. My deke's are all cleaned and ready to be deployed. I have been watching my fields constantly, and it looks like my geese have boycotted all but one. That sounds pretty good doesn't it? Well not really, in the morning a guy will be clearing a ditch right next to the only field that the geese are still going to. So it looks like we'll be hunting the water which is perfect for a SSW wind, so wish me luck.
A hunting we will go , a hunting we will go , hi ho the dairy-o..............

July's here with a heat wave

Sorry about not updating this like I should be, but there really hasn't been anything to write about. I have been getting out fishing but haven't really caught huge numbers or massive fish.
That has been the trend the last couple weeks.
Today however was different, I thought I should start with some night fishing considering it was supposed to get to 100 plus. So I went up to Crooked Lake, to try to catch some walleye and/or pike. I caught neither, all I caught was 1 smallmouth. So after staying until an hour or so after sunrise I decided to change lakes.
I went to Silver Lake to hopefully improve my luck and catch some bass and maybe a pike. I did catch some bass but the closest thing I came to a pike was a bowfin (dogfish). This beast put up the best fight I have had this year. When I was bringing him in I couldn't believe how he fought, and it's a roughfish!!  I'm guessing he weighed around 3 or 4 pounds, he even straightened 2 of my hooks.

Well I stayed until the sun popped out and bumped the temp up 10 degrees or so. After getting beat up all night and struggling until I got to Silver, when it heated up I was ready to throw in the towel. So I did just that, I packed up the boat and pointed the truck south for home.

P.S.- Hunting season is just around the corner..... I can't wait.