Early season

[NuffDaddy]

This morning turned out a lot better. Wind was straight out of the north about 10mph and it was about 50* this morning with a good overcast.
We got to the field at about 6am and brushed in our 3 layout blinds, put out a dozed full bodies in front and hunkered down.
This field had over 100 birds in it for the past several mornings so we had high hopes. Legal time rolls around at 630 without a single honk from molt migrators which seamed wrong to me. By 7:30 still not a bird, but we heard one volly of gunshots about 1 mile away. Then at 7:40 we had a couple flocks work and one small flock snuck right into the hole and surprised us. We popped up and they cut to my side and I dumped 2. Then all hell broke loose about 10 min later. We had about 10 different flocks come over the field all from different directions. Easy 100 birds in the air above us. We had a few single and doubles land and one went over my layout about 5 feet over my head and laded right behind me. Then one decent flock worked in and we killed 4. Didn't have time to grab birds so we got back down and within minutes had another flock work in that we dumped 5 out of. Still without time to grab birds we got back down and had another flock come in and we killed 4.
We knew we were close to our 15 bird limit so we decided to go find birds while hundreds still were circling overhead. After counting up we were one shy at 14 birds. While my buddy was on his way back from grabbing one that sailed about 50 yards a pair came in about 10 yards over his head and he put the last bird on the ground. Looked at the time and it was 8:05. 3 man limit of 15 birds in 25min.
That was the most fun I've had goose hunting to date. Makes all the hard work worth it when it comes together.

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[NuffDaddy]

Gopro video to come

[DComeaux]

Nice job!! Sounds like y'all had a good time.

[Flightstopper]

Nice

[Woody]

Went out and bought some goose mojos... that's what happened here.

[Rick]

I'm thinking hunting where the "deer" corn was may have helped.

[NuffDaddy]

Went out and bought some goose mojos... that's what happened here.

For sure. Those fuckers are sweet.

[NuffDaddy]

I'm thinking hunting where the "deer" corn was may have helped.

I'm going to go with it was all the wheat in the field. But your idea may be plausible.

[Rick]

Have to admit it wasn't really my idea. Snitched it from Flightstopper's dove field.

[Flightstopper]

Funds have kept me near home and haven't see the result of my gold field since season opened. Do know two weeks after it be all gone. Deer love that corn....

[Rick]

And coons and squirrels and possums and...

[NuffDaddy]

Corn is about the worst deer feed around here. If the deer it 1/4 of it it's a lot. Birds and squirrels eat the majority.

[NuffDaddy]

Last day of early season today and I dragged my dad out at 5am after he just got back from a 30 hour car ride from Colorado elk hunting at 4pm the day before.
Was a cool, partly cloudy morning with a light SW wind. Had 150 birds using the field so expectations were high. We got set up and it wasn't long before the geese showed up. We had a single come over the trees followed by a flock of 20, then 4 flocks that made up the rest of the 150 birds right behind them. One flock committed and we dropped a couple and the rest all split. Kinda sucked having them all come at once. We had a few more small flocks and pairs work and we ended with 6. Shoulda had more, but it seemed the geese were made of steel today. We hit 3 geese at 20 yards that fell 10 feet, opened wings, and flew off into the sun and never came down.
Had some fun with the pigeons and killed 8 of them. Turned out to be not too bad of a early season closer.

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And I killed a double "banded" pigeon too.

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[Rick]

And I killed a double "banded" pigeon too.

You killed Ernie.

[Flightstopper]

And I killed a double "banded" pigeon too.

You killed Ernie.

Ha!

[NuffDaddy]

And I killed a double "banded" pigeon too.

You killed Ernie.

Yup. Haha. We killed another one that had a single white ziptie on it too.

[Rick]

I mark my young homers with colored coded z-ties for a number of reasons. Never heard of anyone here shooting pigeons while goose (or duck) hunting, but do limit their free time during dove season - just in case...

[Duckdog]

I use zip ties on my pigeons too...

[NuffDaddy]

I mark my young homers with colored coded z-ties for a number of reasons. Never heard of anyone here shooting pigeons while goose (or duck) hunting, but do limit their free time during dove season - just in case...

They are open season here all the time, and when the geese aren't flying we kill the pigeons.

[Rick]

They're fair game here year around, too, just never heard of anyone shooting them. Though I suppose more might if they knew how tasty they are.

[3200 Man]

As I shoot a lot of pigeons each year I'm wondering what's your recipe for fixing them , Rick ?

The best morning shoot my friend and I had was 428 pigeons by noon !

I average around 3500 a year , here in the Dairyland , they are city birds .

[NuffDaddy]

As I shoot a lot of pigeons each year I'm wondering what's your recipe for fixing them , Rick ?

The best morning shoot my friend and I had was 428 pigeons by noon !

I average around 3500 a year , here in the Dairyland , they are city birds .

Fried in butter, or grilled for me. Tried both with the 2 I shot and were both delicious. Gonna grill the 8 we shot yesterday.

[Rick]

Most of my shot training birds are filleted and sauteed in butter with just a dash of Lawry's and eaten while still pink in the middle, but I'll occasionally go twist necks for pot roasting:

[quackhead]

Somebody's poor homers lost their lives for you

[NuffDaddy]

Somebody's poor homers lost their lives for you

They tasted soooo good

[quackhead]

I'm sure they did
Nice hunt

[NuffDaddy]

I'm sure they did
Nice hunt

Thanks.
We're going to try and set up a pigeon shoot with a bunch of guys before goose opens up next year. Found a couple fields while goose scouting that had several hundred pigeons feeding in them. Would be a hell of a good time out there.

[firstflight]

I'm sure they did
Nice hunt

Thanks.
We're going to try and set up a pigeon shoot with a bunch of guys before goose opens up next year. Found a couple fields while goose scouting that had several hundred pigeons feeding in them. Would be a hell of a good time out there.

Shoot them in the split .

[NuffDaddy]

I'm sure they did
Nice hunt

Thanks.
We're going to try and set up a pigeon shoot with a bunch of guys before goose opens up next year. Found a couple fields while goose scouting that had several hundred pigeons feeding in them. Would be a hell of a good time out there.

Shoot them in the split .

Didn't have any time. Had 4 days off and a lot to do.

[firstflight]

Put 3 or 4 spinners out doves and pigeon eat them up .here's my best one yet .

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