Moose & Rick with a great haul of geese
The alarm went off at 3:15 am and as I walked down the hallway to the bathroom I began thinking I had to be crazy, we hadn’t had a decent goose hunt in a few years. A number of years ago residential goose season was pretty good for us with many days coming close to limiting out and a few we did limit out. The last few years more hunting pressure and a residential goose population that has gotten smart as to where and where not to hang out. Last year’s hunt was a bust so this year we hadn’t really made any plans to hunt them. Pre Season scouting confirmed they weren’t using the areas we had seen them before and we had permission to hunt. So when we got a tip on a place they were using and we could hunt we were pretty excited but I was having doubts this was going to pan out.
Laying in the pasture with our decoys out watching the sun break the horizon I realized what a beautiful day it was going to be no matter if the geese showed or not. There is something about the sunrise that is special to me and during hunting season I’m blessed with getting to see a lot of them.
We didn’t have to wait long for the first two geese to come on into our decoy spread and we dropped them. Then like a hunt scripted for a tv show small flock after flock came over. They responded to our calls I even broke out my flag on flocks that tried to scoot by us and they turned and returned. It was a textbook hunt and a bunch of fun. I was using the new ammo Blind Side (look for a review in near future) and my Cabela’s layout blind. Had we been better shots we’d of gotten a few more. I had 10 geese to clean which is plenty and now I have some to Apple Hickory BBQ Goose.
This was truly a hunt to remember and a great way to start of the 2011 season .
