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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 12:15:58 GMT -5
Today was my last chance to get after the geese for this season and it was a great ending.
I decided I would just pitch a couple decoys off the bank in front of the blind that I could retrieve with an extended gaff pole.
The wind was wrong for my blind but I had no other choice.
I had a group of Tundra Swans that took an interest in my dog so I had some great confidence decoys.
10 mins after I got in the blind a single tried sneaking in from behind but I saw my dog turn and look up it gave me a perfect 12:OO shot and with one load I was on the board.
A few mins later two geese came directly at me from out front and once again with one shot we had another one down.
The morning flight ended I stayed another hour and called it a season.
2 shots, 2 dead geese, 1 happy dog and one happy hunter.
Photos attached:
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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 12:19:43 GMT -5
My confidence decoys 9 Tundra Swans.  |
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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 12:20:57 GMT -5
A muddy and bloodied happy dog.  |
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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 12:24:35 GMT -5
The goose on the left was the toughest goose I have ever cleaned, it had an old lead buckshot pellet embedded in its leg.  |
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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 12:26:32 GMT -5
The start of a couple of great goose dinners.  |
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Post by esshup on Feb 11, 2022 12:56:42 GMT -5
Good shooting!!!
There was a flock of maybe 500 geese in the NW field just West of 8 and 23 the other evening, not 75 feet from 8.
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Post by marshallco on Feb 11, 2022 13:06:31 GMT -5
Well Done! That's a lot of open water for LaPorte Co. this time of year.
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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 13:18:37 GMT -5
Well Done! That's a lot of open water for LaPorte Co. this time of year. I am blessed to own pond that has open water almost all winter, I built it this way so I can enjoy open water all year long. Makes for great late season waterfowling when there are birds here to hunt. |
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Post by BOBinIN on Feb 11, 2022 14:31:08 GMT -5
Good for you.. happy for you!
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Post by outdoorsman527 on Feb 11, 2022 16:42:58 GMT -5
Great job! What a way to end the season! Lot of memories being made today plus anytime you spend with your dog is a plus!
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Post by titanium700 on Feb 11, 2022 18:06:13 GMT -5
My fat lady is warming up.
Tomorrow will be my last day
ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜©
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Post by featherduster on Feb 11, 2022 19:21:41 GMT -5
My fat lady is warming up. Tomorrow will be my last day ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜© Win or lose POST YOUR RESULTS. GOOD LUCK! |
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Post by duff on Feb 12, 2022 9:18:00 GMT -5
Good job. Those successful hunts when you were just expecting to be out are good ones that keep you coming back.
The blanks when you expect limits hurt.
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Post by HighCotton on Feb 12, 2022 9:24:15 GMT -5
That’s awesome duster!
Love the pics, too!
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Post by titanium700 on Feb 12, 2022 11:43:27 GMT -5
Well…..lol. My son got 2 my best friend got 1 and I got……….to take their pictures. Haha. I missed my birds. Oh well. We ended well though. Can’t complain because those 2 are coming to my house.  |
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Post by esshup on Feb 12, 2022 14:45:45 GMT -5
The goose on the left was the toughest goose I have ever cleaned, it had an old lead buckshot pellet embedded in its leg. I wonder just how old it was? I heard they will live up to 24 years old. Since they migrate, is it still legal in Canada to use lead shot for waterfowl? |
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Post by duff on Feb 12, 2022 17:56:12 GMT -5
The goose on the left was the toughest goose I have ever cleaned, it had an old lead buckshot pellet embedded in its leg. I wonder just how old it was? I heard they will live up to 24 years old. Since they migrate, is it still legal in Canada to use lead shot for waterfowl? Per Google lead shot has been illegal for 20+ years |
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Post by esshup on Feb 12, 2022 18:58:58 GMT -5
I wonder just how old it was? I heard they will live up to 24 years old. Since they migrate, is it still legal in Canada to use lead shot for waterfowl? Per Google lead shot has been illegal for 20+ years Yep, I looked, and it looks like it was outlawed there in 1999. |
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Post by hornzilla on Feb 14, 2022 13:10:52 GMT -5
Ended up feeling well enough (fought pneumonia for close to a month) to get out Saturday with my father and my son.
Three generations in the blind. Ended the season with 7 geese from the river.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Feb 14, 2022 13:20:18 GMT -5
Geese and ducks are everywhere along the river right now.
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