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Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:29 pm
by 3geese4me
So as many of you know, last night my hunting partner bailed on me while I was on my way to go scouting. Already irritated, I went out anyways hoping to find some birds to at least piece together a hunt. Turns out I did find a pretty good feed of snows, mallards and a handful of canada geese. Land was posted, luckily I have built a decent relationship with this farmer and after a quick phone call permission was granted. The only stipulation was that I do not drive into the field, well that's not the best news but it is certainly not the worst either. After much deliberation and knowing snow geese habits I decided to cut them off and hunt 1 field closer to the roost. My reasoning for this was that there were enough geese using that field that I thought maybe they would eat the field out and move on to other food sources. Earlier in the year I had seen canadas using this field and opted to just use my canada goose decoys, and I could drive into this field which is always a plus for me. Well my predictions were wrong, horribly wrong.

So morning comes and I pull into the field. Off in the distance I see white specks flying like mosquitos and soon realize that those specks were in fact geese. Little did I know that the geese were using the sheet water in this field as a roost. Awesome, just awesome I thought to myself. Well it can't get much worse so I decide to set up anyways and hope for the best. In a little under an hour I set up 8 doz bigfoot fullbody decoys and the hunt started soon after that.

Shooting time came and the mallards just started pouring into this field. I had my limit of 5 in a little under 15 minutes, I then spent the rest of the hunt chasing decoys across the prairie. The winds today were 15-30 with gusts to 45, not ideal situations for using fullbody decoys in a flat field. Well now the geese get off a distant roost and head to the field they were in last night. With snow geese you need to practice patience. I knew it would only be a matter of time before they fed that field out and would be on the hunt for more food. So I held tight and waited, and waited, and waited until finally off in the distance I see a flock of snows locked up and committed to my decoys. After a barrage of sounds from my goose call I convinced them to give me a look. I took 2 geese out of that flock and not too afterwards, more and more birds started coming. I got 2 canada geese to come over and I landed both of them in the decoys and managed to shoot one of them. Lastly, a trio of snows comes over and I pull up and shoot all 3 of them. I looked at my days take of 3 snows, 1 ross, 1 blue, 1 canada and 5 mallards and decided that was enough.
The days bag
snow1.jpg


This is my decoy trailer. I can fit 8 doz bigfoots, 4 FA Sport Utility Blinds, rakes, shovels and flags in there comfortably
snow2.jpg


Spread pictures
snow4.jpg

snow5.jpg


I seen this after I was in the truck and kind of chuckled. Looked like I committed a mass murder.
snow3.jpg

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:33 pm
by rebelp74
Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:33 pm
by Feelin' Fowl
Not too shabby for the situation, or any situation for that matter! :thumbsup:

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:34 pm
by The Duck Hammer
Nice work, sounds like it was a major PITA to get them but at least it paid off.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:36 pm
by 3geese4me
rebelp74 wrote:Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!


I can carry 5 at a time and that's only 19 trips back and forth to the trailer. Not that I've ever counted before or anything.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:37 pm
by rebelp74
3geese4me wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!


I can carry 5 at a time and that's only 19 trips back and forth to the trailer. Not that I've ever counted before or anything.

You had to be running

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:40 pm
by Feelin' Fowl
3geese4me wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!


I can carry 5 at a time and that's only 19 trips back and forth to the trailer. Not that I've ever counted before or anything.

:lol:

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:43 pm
by 3geese4me
rebelp74 wrote:
3geese4me wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!


I can carry 5 at a time and that's only 19 trips back and forth to the trailer. Not that I've ever counted before or anything.

You had to be running


Not running, but I'm moving a pretty quick pace.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:27 pm
by RonE
What a fantastic one man hunt! Too bad your partner didn't go.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:34 pm
by Goldfish
Pretty easy to get all those decoys out when you flip the trailer over?

sent from a phancy fone

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:45 pm
by Redbeard
Nice job 3geese!


#tazincali

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:00 am
by Rick
rebelp74 wrote:Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!


Dunno, looks like he just flipped the truck and dumped 'em out.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:32 am
by 3geese4me
Rick wrote:
rebelp74 wrote:Nice! 8 doz in an hour is a feat!


Dunno, looks like he just flipped the truck and dumped 'em out.

Work smarter not harder! Haha

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:47 am
by DeadEye_Dan
Nicely done.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:11 am
by jarbo03
Nice hunt. Feels good when a little hard work pays off. What kind of tires on your truck and trailer, I need some of those. :thumbsup:

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:39 am
by 3geese4me
jarbo03 wrote:Nice hunt. Feels good when a little hard work pays off. What kind of tires on your truck and trailer, I need some of those. :thumbsup:


Truck tires are Nitto Dura Grapplers, 265/75R17 is the size I believe. And the trailer tires are nothing fancy, I just went to a hardware store and bought the landscaping tires they had. I think they were $100 for the rim and tire, I'm on my second set in 5 years.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:46 am
by assateague
I think he was talking about them being able to grip so well they defeat gravity.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:07 am
by 3geese4me
assateague wrote:I think he was talking about them being able to grip so well they defeat gravity.

Ugh, I fail again at catching a smart ass question. Thats usually my forte.

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:16 pm
by jarbo03
3geese4me wrote:
assateague wrote:I think he was talking about them being able to grip so well they defeat gravity.

Ugh, I fail again at catching a smart ass question. Thats usually my forte.


Haha. You killin birds is nothing new, but a truck that drives upside down, that's awesome!

#tazincali2014itsgonnahappen

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:19 pm
by 3geese4me
jarbo03 wrote:
3geese4me wrote:
assateague wrote:I think he was talking about them being able to grip so well they defeat gravity.

Ugh, I fail again at catching a smart ass question. Thats usually my forte.


Haha. You killin birds is nothing new, but a truck that drives upside down, that's awesome!

#tazincali2014itsgonnahappen

Driving a truck upside down is a dealer installed option

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:36 pm
by Goldfish
3geese4me wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:
3geese4me wrote:
assateague wrote:I think he was talking about them being able to grip so well they defeat gravity.

Ugh, I fail again at catching a smart ass question. Thats usually my forte.


Haha. You killin birds is nothing new, but a truck that drives upside down, that's awesome!

#tazincali2014itsgonnahappen

Driving a truck upside down is a dealer installed option
is that what happens when you follow on star's directions?

sent from a phancy fone

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:38 pm
by 3geese4me
Bahaha

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:41 pm
by jarbo03
3geese4me wrote:
jarbo03 wrote:
3geese4me wrote:
assateague wrote:I think he was talking about them being able to grip so well they defeat gravity.

Ugh, I fail again at catching a smart ass question. Thats usually my forte.


Haha. You killin birds is nothing new, but a truck that drives upside down, that's awesome!

#tazincali2014itsgonnahappen

Driving a truck upside down is a dealer installed option


I got my parts for drivin upside down at the liquor store. Way cheaper, unless you get caught.

#tazincali2014itsgonnahappen

Re: Fiasco

PostPosted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:48 pm
by flight control
Nice way to salvage the hunt you had planed. Sounds like there weren't enough geese for your buddy anyways.