Waterfowl, let’s see them!

[NDGuy]

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Wish blue wings molted up here before moving on

 

[OntarioHunter]

Morning shift

Afternoon shift

 

[Bc1992]

That squirrel come in on a string to your hail calls?

He lit about 50 yards out and swam straight into the decoys. We water swatted him on the “3 count”

 

[corndog1]

 

[shrapnel]

 

[Keep on]

 

[OntarioHunter]

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I don't remember loaning you my shotgun.

 

[Keep on]

I don't remember loaning you my shotgun.

They made more than a couple of those over the years. I think John Browning was on to something.

 

[smw110136]

Finally bought a 20ga M2 that I have wanted for a while. Gets a 10/10 on the first hunt.

 

[Sask hunter]

 

[Sask hunter]

Super tankers From This morning

 

[MN_Bowhunter4]

Been a tough last few hunts. Just a couple solo green wings to show for my efforts.

 

[cflong]

 

[Treeshark]

That blind is way nicer than anyplace I live from ages 18-23. Dang nice brace there too!

 

[Bc1992]

Last day of season a few years ago.

 

[jt13]

 

[MN_Bowhunter4]

Seems like we got some new birds around here. Finally shot something that wasn’t a teal!

 

[glass eye]

Dusky taken on Kodiak today.

 

[cking13]

Past few days

 

[OntarioHunter]

About an hour hunting this morning. Nine shots for five honkers. Had to shoot two of them again as they were falling. Wounded geese can disappear fast in standing corn. I was with the dogs in there looking for the last bird and bumped into a big black bear less than twenty yards away. He was a 300 pounder for sure. Ordinarily when in tall corn or adjacent wooded swamp I have a slug in the chamber, mostly to protect the dogs. Both slugs were zipped into my chest pocket today. That bear knows I'm around. I heard it walking through the corn behind me yesterday when I was watching the geese landing where my deeks were set up today. Bears hang out in there and won't leave till the last row is being cut. I have seen as many as three baling out just ahead of the combine on final cut. Damage to the field was very minimal so I think this bear is a new arrival. They are very destructive in corn.

Didn't have time to get the decoys staked up. Geese were already trying to land.

I have a dozen old G&H Henryetta shells (left) my dad gave me Christmas 1974, and a dozen new model G&H (right) I bought about ten years ago. The old ones are MUCH better.

The hunting was shitty ... literally. Dairy farmer spread cow manure soup on the stubble two days ago. Mostly dried today but still smelled awful. The geese like it. I think they pick up a lot of half digested grain and corn. Also, the honey wagon has huge fat tires that smash the corn stubble, providing handy landing strips for the honkers. Puppy loves it too. She had to go swimming in the lake before we went home!

All packed up and ready for the 3/4 mile hike back to the Jimmy. I estimate the bag weighs about 70 lbs .