- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
I got out this morning for the first morning hunt of the season.
5 C and a light breeze. Set up a half dozen decoys, and had agood morning, but only average as far as the birds were concerned.
There were no flocks of mallards buzzing about, no constant honking of geese, just the few locals that I stirred up.
I did however have one encounter with aproximately 27 geese.
I was in the cattails, and gave my call a few honks. Well somehow, from somewhere, i saw a flock coming straight for me. I put away the call, and got ready. I was not seen first nor last and chose when I would reveal myself.
I was picking out two geese to hammer, and was as excited as hell. Straight ahead 25 yrds high, about to fly over me like jumbo jets. At the last second I jump up, BANG ! pit pit pit pit pitp pitpt, I hear and see the pellets tear at the goose, but he keeps comimg. Bang ! pit pit pitpitpitpiit[[t I hear and see thge feathers ruffle, still nothing. My last shot is now leaning backwards at full stretch, and BANG! pitpit pita pita pit pit pit, right in the belly.
I watched him fly on with the rest , climbing high for about a kilometer.
The shells I used were the cheap 3 inch winchesters. I had used them before, and thought they were OK for early season. Never again.
I shot a teal with one just earlier, and after 3 shots, he was still going as well.
I loaded in some kent, and a soon had my limit.
I know those winchester's are OK and i have used them before, but I don't know what it is with this gun, but they perform the ####s. I went and patterned with Kent and Federal, and couldn't believe the difference over the winchesters.
Any how, here a few pics, and a vid on the floatin' jigger someone else was interested in.
This floatin' jigger is not a great one, well it works, but I have had better. My pop gave me a real good one that i lost. I kept it in a tobacco can in my back pack so it wouldn't catch on stuff.
Oh yeah, I got caught up to my knees in mud taking in decoys with no gun, when 5 mallards dive bombed me. !!!!! Some will say i should have had my gun with me, ...
I'v efallen in too many times with rubber boots stuck in the mud to risk it!
5 C and a light breeze. Set up a half dozen decoys, and had agood morning, but only average as far as the birds were concerned.
There were no flocks of mallards buzzing about, no constant honking of geese, just the few locals that I stirred up.
I did however have one encounter with aproximately 27 geese.
I was in the cattails, and gave my call a few honks. Well somehow, from somewhere, i saw a flock coming straight for me. I put away the call, and got ready. I was not seen first nor last and chose when I would reveal myself.
I was picking out two geese to hammer, and was as excited as hell. Straight ahead 25 yrds high, about to fly over me like jumbo jets. At the last second I jump up, BANG ! pit pit pit pit pitp pitpt, I hear and see the pellets tear at the goose, but he keeps comimg. Bang ! pit pit pitpitpitpiit[[t I hear and see thge feathers ruffle, still nothing. My last shot is now leaning backwards at full stretch, and BANG! pitpit pita pita pit pit pit, right in the belly.
I watched him fly on with the rest , climbing high for about a kilometer.
The shells I used were the cheap 3 inch winchesters. I had used them before, and thought they were OK for early season. Never again.
I shot a teal with one just earlier, and after 3 shots, he was still going as well.
I loaded in some kent, and a soon had my limit.
I know those winchester's are OK and i have used them before, but I don't know what it is with this gun, but they perform the ####s. I went and patterned with Kent and Federal, and couldn't believe the difference over the winchesters.
Any how, here a few pics, and a vid on the floatin' jigger someone else was interested in.
This floatin' jigger is not a great one, well it works, but I have had better. My pop gave me a real good one that i lost. I kept it in a tobacco can in my back pack so it wouldn't catch on stuff.
Oh yeah, I got caught up to my knees in mud taking in decoys with no gun, when 5 mallards dive bombed me. !!!!! Some will say i should have had my gun with me, ...
I'v efallen in too many times with rubber boots stuck in the mud to risk it!
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