Anyone getting excited about the goose hunt on Thursday opener. I leave tomorrow to go north for my annual 3 day opener. Already getting things in order to leave.
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Anyone getting excited about the goose hunt on Thursday opener. I leave tomorrow to go north for my annual 3 day opener. Already getting things in order to leave.
Trying too however 30'C and thunder storms its getting very hard.
they have updated weather forecast for my area, 24C the highest, but still rain and chance of storms. Geese will come, but I hate laying in a field when it raining, they come in no matter rain or shine not like ducks. So now I'm taking quad up so if we have to get things back to the back fields we can use quads and trailer, we have done this before. And dog will get muddy and hates having a bath to come in the house.
I'll be driving tomorrow for a local scout. Goose season hasn't even crossed my mind yet but since you mentioned it, maybe I can find some nearby.
didnt know it opened thursday, going to sight the deer guns in on sunday and scout a little. also put some cameras up, maybe ill bring the duck gun and have it on stand by LOL
Ya, seems way too hunt for it.... Good luck everyone
golly, its like y'all have no jobs!
... i hope to get out friday...
I myself would sooner see them tack that time on to the end of the season to coincide with the end of duck season. You are out there anyways, there's still lots of them around and the cold temps mean no worries about meat spoiling ? Plus the cornfields are empty and the ground should be hard.
I wish they would deem the early, local geese "pests", like the spring snow geese, then the early season could be considered a nuisance season and not considered in the 107 days and the fall goose season could end with the duck season ... I agree, I would rather shoot those last two week geese than the early geese, they are well plumed and fat ... and, lets face it, the late December and January geese are all locals left anyway, so the same nuisance geese are being shot in the late season.Quote:
Originally Posted by longpointer
Lol I took the week off to Bear Hunt/work around the house but the heat left me just working around the house anyway!Quote:
Originally Posted by punkrockerpj
Well I disagree about putting it at the end, as a lot of the geese are gone then, yes there are still geese around but not as many as now. Most if not all the fields are worked up so no where to find a field. But each to their own.
Anyway we had a good 3 day hunt now the best and not the worst. We got a 2 man limit on thursday, 4 on Friday and 9 on saturday. We hunted different fields each day. We'd have gone back to the first field but the farmer had already turned half of it over by 930 Friday morning. My girl Samantha did a great job retrieving the birds and did it better each day, this is her 2nd year of actual hunting as she was gun shy for the first to seasons, now just loves it. So I really don't care how many geese we get, I just love watching her do what she loves to do. So here a picture of the last day, and Sam working.
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Nice looking pup
nice job!Quote:
Originally Posted by sabmgb
i agree with you, i love both the early and late goose season for their own reasons. i love early season because its still nice and warm for fair weather hunters and easy to get kids out. no getting stuck in the snow. going for a swim isnt as big of a deal, although i had 50 birds pile into a river bend where i could have easily jumped them and thought, i really dont feel like going for a swim to opted to ride home on the farmer's tractor bucket instead.
late season is a great way to beat those winter blahs. its starting to get lighter, the sun feels like its a bit brighter on those clear days and its an unofficial kick off to spring being right around the corner for us. nothing better than blasting a goose that spins like a windmill and then lands with its butt out of the snow.
to each their own.