!Been pretty bruised up and missed the early goose season ...
Well yesterday was my first time out for some decent scouting ...looking for long necks ..
The trophy shed at one of my favorite farms has the grass growing up around it .
Thats the shed I hoist my turkeys for pictures ... looks alot different in the spring ..
Still many cool wild flowers around .
Also bumped into many young turkeys ..
Yesterday I focused my scouting on two farms ... I was going to set up on one particular one today , but the farmer at another said the birds had been over pretty regular , so I set up there this morning ..
Watched the same sunrise as Doemaster , but from a different angle .
The sun lit up the East side of the farm ..
Unfortunately ... we watched in the distance as approx 150 birds flew over to the other farm
We packed up and headed for breakfast without even firing a shot ... later CH headed for a creek walk with his 8 year old son and picked up a nice teal .
I headed home and into a rainy afternoon .. Closer to home I found a decent flight of birds but couldn't locate the landowner for permission ... best I got was the next property to it , so I settled into a fence line to try my luck at pass shooting the flocks going into the other property .
Just a quick set up with one alert and a few feeders ... it was very hazy and wet out .
My wife gave me a tree stand umbrella for my birthday years ago , so I figured I would try it out today ...
Brought my young GSP along for some field exposure ...
He's a real rookie , but I'm working with him ... He was usefull when it came to spoting flights of birds coming in from behind , he would look skyward and whine ...
I won't lie to ya ... he's no natural retriever !
I have him fetching at home but he hasn't got the game birds sorted out yet ... 1st dog I have ever owned with this shortcomimg .. ? I have my work cut out for me if he's going to be ready for Pelee Island in 3 weeks ~ !He was also usefull in pointing the downed birds in cover ... I managed to cartwheel , one duck and one goose that flew just within range of my Hatsun Escort ...
Basically we got soaked and had fun downing the only two birds that gave us a shot oportunity ... my shoulder held up , although a little sore tonight ... I hope to be back at it Monday ...
Hung all the gear in the garage to dry , and took a picture with Axle and the first waterfowl shot over him ...
Then of course came the gun cleaning , and bird cleaning followed , while I was getting washed up , my wife flashed up some beauty brased ducks strips in onions for me , and I cut up the the goose breasts into stuing chunks that she put in with a pot of speggetti for work tomorrow ...
A fun day overall ! ...
Page break , Monday Sept 28th ...
My wife wanted to drive my Tachoma today , so I packed up the 95 Cherokee and headed into the foul weather this morning ... arrived at the field by 6:30 am and was going to set up in the rain until the thunder and lighting rolled in !
I ended up sitting in the truck till the storm passed ... unfortunately I had to watch flight after flight of ducks and geese fly bye ... they didn't seem to mind the wind and rain ....
Then there was a break in the clouds ...
And the sky lightend up a bit ...
I did a quick set up with 10 dekes and was lucky enough to cartwheel one duck and one goose before the rain started up again ...
Quickly loaded up and got out relatively dry ... Two beauty birds for the dinner table ... ( that's about all the hammering my shoulder will take right now anyway
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Now that I've got the waterfowl itch scratched ... will spend the next few days preping for the Whitetail opener on October 1st ! Good Luck to all !
