When: 1-1-24 and 1-4-24
TOD: 06:00
Weather: 1-1 35 degrees, overcast light N wind, 1-4 28 degrees, N wind 7 mph (approx) light dusting of snow
Place: Tracyhill and Porky Rd, Albion Pa. (almost to Ohio line), Huge corn field
Equipment: same as always 2.5 dzn. sillys, 2.5 dzn. 32" shells, 1/2 dozen deadly Decoy wind socks, 1 dzn Outlaw Mallards, jet sled, Goose Chair, black flag, 870 with Federal #1
Calls: Big River long honker flute, Tim Grounds Hen Talk, Snow goose call ( just in case)
Got there and had 2 rough drags to get into the field and two drags out both days. Had decent weather and some wind but never saw a goose. We can hunt geese well into February but unless something radically changes this will probably do it for me for the year. It's been a terrible season with too warm weather and the wrong wind most of the time. You can hunt Presque Isle until 1-13, the latest ever allowed, but it won't make much difference. Either the birds migrated through earlier or they are staying put up north somewhere.
There are 2 huge ponds not far from my house. The gravel pit pond usually has anywhere from 500 to maybe 2 thousand birds at one time depending on the date and weather. I looked yesterday, once in the a.m. and once just before dark and there wasn't a bird to be seen. Same thing with the other pond.
So far we have now had 6.8" of snow for the year. Unheard of as we typically get 30" or more in Dec alone. The weather for the next 10 days shows virtually nothing for snow.
Happy New Year fellas and I hope you all did better than me.