SpinnerMan 2017-18 Log
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:15 pm
September 1 (Opening day of early goose season)
Got out opening morning of early goose. Early goose season here is a little quirky, never really expect much until I start seeing geese fly around my home or where I work which I have not been. However, I have been seeing a lot more lounging around the parks and even a recently mowed sweet corn field just jam packed with geese not far from where I hunt, which I never see this time of year. So I was a little more optimistic than typical for opening day which is mostly to shake the rust of and just nice to get out and do some bird watching.
Kind of an odd color of sunrise.
Saw quite a few wood ducks. Not the best picture, but I did get to listen to them on the water which hopefully will help me this fall.
I did see quite a few more geese than expected. However, they all seemed to be flocks led by geese well acquainted with the location of our blinds.
I saw 3 coming straight toward me fairly low. Decided I'll just let them come and shoot them when they fly over. About point they can see the decoy spread, they hang a left and flow down the channel that has no blind on it.
Shortly there after another flock of 5 or 6, decided to flag them and a little calling. Same exact pattern.
A little while later, another bigger flock of maybe 10 or so, tried being more aggressive with the calling. Zero interest and took the exact same flight pattern being sure to steer wide of all blind locations in the area.
Saw a few other birds off in the distance, but absolutely no birds showed any interest. I didn't hear any shots in the area either. I know there were at least a few other guys out. It was a beautiful day. A little cool and windy for this time of year, but it was nice to be out without sweating.
And as far as knocking the rust off. Looked at the weather. East wind. Set up the spread thinking the geese will be coming in to land from the east I finished and was taking my gear to the blind when I realized I had everything assbackwards. Doesn't really make any difference in this blind, so I didn't have to go rearrange the decoys.
Got out opening morning of early goose. Early goose season here is a little quirky, never really expect much until I start seeing geese fly around my home or where I work which I have not been. However, I have been seeing a lot more lounging around the parks and even a recently mowed sweet corn field just jam packed with geese not far from where I hunt, which I never see this time of year. So I was a little more optimistic than typical for opening day which is mostly to shake the rust of and just nice to get out and do some bird watching.
Kind of an odd color of sunrise.
Saw quite a few wood ducks. Not the best picture, but I did get to listen to them on the water which hopefully will help me this fall.
I did see quite a few more geese than expected. However, they all seemed to be flocks led by geese well acquainted with the location of our blinds.
I saw 3 coming straight toward me fairly low. Decided I'll just let them come and shoot them when they fly over. About point they can see the decoy spread, they hang a left and flow down the channel that has no blind on it.
Shortly there after another flock of 5 or 6, decided to flag them and a little calling. Same exact pattern.
A little while later, another bigger flock of maybe 10 or so, tried being more aggressive with the calling. Zero interest and took the exact same flight pattern being sure to steer wide of all blind locations in the area.
Saw a few other birds off in the distance, but absolutely no birds showed any interest. I didn't hear any shots in the area either. I know there were at least a few other guys out. It was a beautiful day. A little cool and windy for this time of year, but it was nice to be out without sweating.
And as far as knocking the rust off. Looked at the weather. East wind. Set up the spread thinking the geese will be coming in to land from the east I finished and was taking my gear to the blind when I realized I had everything assbackwards. Doesn't really make any difference in this blind, so I didn't have to go rearrange the decoys.