Thats some fine lookin greenheads you got there! Startin to see some more around here now, I gotta go out next few nights and find some permission for this weekend!
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Thats some fine lookin greenheads you got there! Startin to see some more around here now, I gotta go out next few nights and find some permission for this weekend!
With snow and cold temperatures, I have been seeing large flocks of geese heading south, flying a mile high. Once this cold spell is over I'll be out looking for a big feed. I would like to get in two more good shoots prior to big game hunting.
Shooter_01
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the spank
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I had a great couple more solo hunts this past week. I just love this time of year and this year has been exceptional. Tons of birds from start to present, no outfitters or freelancing yankees to contend with, very few local hunters out and did I mention tons of birds around still? I decided yesterday though to pull the pin and take a week to start setting out and checking cameras for the upcoming Nov rifle deer season. The past two weeks have been awesome though hunting solo. I've sat and watched thousands of birds light into my spread without firing a shot or picking out a particular bird I decided on. I finished my season saturday morning with a limit of lesser canadas and 3 mallards. I could easily have stayed and finished my limit of mallards but I had to get home to take delivery of a new shed we had built. I don't regret leaving early and calling it a season for one second. It has been an amazing season. The older I get the more I enjoy hunting alone or with my girlfriend and really appreciate mother natures annual fall show. I like to watch the birds and wonder what lays ahead for them? I marvel at how they carve out an existence and the journey they undergo in the name of survival. I looked at the birds coming into my decoys on my last hunt, landing around me with my truck parked between the blind and decoys as I packed up and after watching them come and go as I walked around picking up decoys I bid them farewell and wished them well on the rest of their journey and I hope I'll be around or in good enough health to greet them on their return to the breeding grounds and also to once again do it all over the following season.
1963beretta
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Well done Spank. Looks like you had one hell of a season!
the spank
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It was a gooder! Lol
1963beretta
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Im very jealous of the volume of birds you guys get to see out west. Its a bird hunting paradise out there. My season started off pretty slow during early goose, but it picked up quite well. My last hunt was about as good as it could get in southern Ontario. If my season did in fact end prematurely on the 17th, at least it ended on a high note. Fingers crossed I can get out for at least one more hunt in mid November
Been itching to hunt this field for 3 days now. Was driving home one day and seen 500+ geese in this corn field. Pulled in the next farm laneway and asked the farmer for permission. Couldn't have been a nicer guy, I must have shot the sh#t with him for 45minutes.
Finally the perfect wind came tonight and we hunted dit. 6 guys, 15doz decoys we had 30 geese in 40minutes then we had to quit. Didnt see any ducks but we were so happy we packed up and called it a night.
Finally the perfect wind came tonight and we hunted dit. 6 guys, 15doz decoys we had 30 geese in 40minutes then we had to quit. Didnt see any ducks but we were so happy we packed up and called it a night.
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My son ,our neighbour, and I got out for geese this morning, but the geese didn't read the playbook. We had watched the field for a couple of days and they were still in the field last night but this morning nothing came from the direction that they had gone to roost last night and the other flocks were all high and not interested.
Oh well, the ducks wanted to play. With just goose decoys out and one mojo, we had 22 mallards, one pintail and one widgeon in less than two hours.
A very good morning.
Oh well, the ducks wanted to play. With just goose decoys out and one mojo, we had 22 mallards, one pintail and one widgeon in less than two hours.
A very good morning.
This morning when I was out, the geese were quite wary. I really used the call to persuade them, however they just kept circling, which was fun of course. I then decided to keep my lips off the call, and it worked. I believe that they are a bit gun-shy from being shot at for the past two months. Nevertheless, I had a hell-of-a-good-time; except when I had a very painful cramp in my left hamstring................five laps around the blind, in the tune of the two-step dance loosened things up.
Hello sir,
My name is Georges Ainmelk and I live in Gatineau.
I know you don't know me so let me introduce myself.
I live in Gatineau, and I've starting hunting this year. I got my first perdrix - partridge two weeks ago in the Papineau Sepaq.
I was wondering if you knew anyone in the Outaouais region or in your region that could accommodate me about two days per duck/geese season.
I am a very tidy and careful hunter. I got bitten by the 'hunting microbe' and am looking for suitable farm land for duck hunting.
Please let me know via PM if you know someone.
Thank you and I apologize for the intrusion.
Georges
My name is Georges Ainmelk and I live in Gatineau.
I know you don't know me so let me introduce myself.
I live in Gatineau, and I've starting hunting this year. I got my first perdrix - partridge two weeks ago in the Papineau Sepaq.
I was wondering if you knew anyone in the Outaouais region or in your region that could accommodate me about two days per duck/geese season.
I am a very tidy and careful hunter. I got bitten by the 'hunting microbe' and am looking for suitable farm land for duck hunting.
Please let me know via PM if you know someone.
Thank you and I apologize for the intrusion.
Georges
1963beretta
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I was fortunate enough to get out for one last duck hunt this morning and I'm real glad I did. The amount of birds I saw today was phenomenal. I must have seen 9 or 10 different species of ducks which is always great. I got a limit of ducks, but thats not saying much as a blind man could have done the same. I had a Barrows Goldeneye land in my dekes about 10 ft away and it was the first time I've seen a Barrows. On hunts like today, if you dont take your time and spend most of the day bird watching and enjoying being in the outdoors, the hunt would end faster then the time you spend on the toilet. What a great day to be out getting some fresh air.
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the spank
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I'd love to see or get a Barrows! Thats pretty cool. It's always a great day in the blind but made even better when you have one of those days that you just can't fathom where all the birds came from all of a sudden?! Thanks for sharing.
1963beretta
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When the Barrows came in, I had already hit my limit, but I don’t think I would have shot it either way. Whats really unfortunate is that I dropped my phone somewhere in the water and I was looking for it when the bird landed. It would have been great to get some footage of it. It spend about 5 mins farting around in my dekes before it took off
Had the chance to get a buddy and his kid down for a Bay of Quinte diver shoot.
They've never hunted open water just ponds and fields so this was a whole new experience for them, first time seeing Blue Bills, Buffle Heads and Goldeyes.
Aside for the 40kmh winds Friday it turned out to be a great day.
They've never hunted open water just ponds and fields so this was a whole new experience for them, first time seeing Blue Bills, Buffle Heads and Goldeyes.
Aside for the 40kmh winds Friday it turned out to be a great day.
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No hunting here for a couple weeks. No open water and lots of snow. Winter is here. Had a very enjoyable fall with lots of ducks and a good number of geese. Most of the guys I hunt with prefer ducks so we run a Mo-Jo, the geese seem to flare from it. Miss having the group of friends from US this year. Good hunting and good friends is about as good as it gets. Had one morning where we limited out and just stayed in the layouts and watched them land in our spread. Thanks
