Billy and Gator waiting on Birds
Last Thursday evening I was heading across the state for a weekend of hunting when I hit some road debris destroying one of the tires on my F250. After some great assistance by the good folks at Tire Kingdom I was back on the road. I rolled into Avery Creek Retrievers and my buddy Billy’s house a little bit latter then I had plan but that’s alright.
It’d been a while since we hunted together so we caught up on stuff and then he told me about the plans for the morning. We were going to be hunting a cut cornfield in South Carolina he’d been watching it for a few days. That morning there had been 100+ geese in it so we were confident the next day would dawn and we be on the X.
4 am came early but there was no drag on our part as we got ready to head out to the field. We were set up in layout blinds with time to spare. I had the new Remington Hypersonic Steel that I loaded into my gun as daylight started cracking. I was anxious to see how it performed in hunting conditions. As it got lighter I started noticing lots of sign that geese had been using the field.
Shortly after 7 we heard the geese off in the distance but it was soon apparent they were headed our way. They broke the tree line at the far end of the field and it had to be 60 of them in the flock. You could just about feel the anticipation among us hunters most of us on our first goose hunt of the season. The flock past off to the back of us but we were confident the flock would make the swing and pitch into the decoys in front of us.
We were still thinking that after they cleared the tree line and continued on to where ever it was they planned to go that morning. It was pretty apparent that the X had been moved and no one told us. We stayed a couple more hours and not another goose was seen.
Checking the surrounding area showed us that there was virtually an unlimited supply of cut fields for the geese to choose to feed in. We couldn’t find them but that is very typical of the early season and food supplies for them are plentiful they can be very hard to pattern.
Saturday we arrived at a small pond we had permission to hunt to find another hunting party already there. To small for both groups to hunt so we backed out. This also a common occurrence especially if you know a farmer that hates these feathered goats. He wants them gone and often will give multiple groups permission to hunt.
The weekend was a bust as far as the hunting goes. Longtime since I got completely skunked on a goose hunt weekend like this. But I did get to catch up with some old friends so it wasn’t a complete bust.
I promise at some point things will come together and I’ll get to test the Remington Hypersonic Steel in hunting conditions. If you got some geese give me a call Pleeeease!!!!
