Work was slow today so instead of rotting in the office all afternoon I decided to take off a couple hours early and head to a field. None of my big cornfields have been holding birds this week, so my only choice was to hunt a sileage field that's within a couple hundred yards of the roost pond. I figured setting up near traffic was as good a shot as any at this point.
All set up with about four dozen Real Geese silos... The sileage is out front of me, and at the back of my blind the field transitions to winter wheat. Here's a pic from out front...
Sometime close to 5 o'clock, the big flocks started flying in from the fields. I had one group of about 30-40 birds come right over top and give me a hard look, but they wouldn't commit. Several other flights came through but they only wanted to get in to the roost pond. I figured this would happen... Birds coming back to the roost have a belly full of food already, so landing in my spread to feed some more was really asking for a lot.
With about ten minutes to go, a hear a honk to the south and I see two geese flying low right toward me. Oh yea... These are the ones I'm looking for. :smiley_bril: I gave 'em a few clucks and moans and they cupped wings. As they glided in from my right, I sprung out of the blind and let 'em have it. Two shots, two geese on the ground. Oh happy day.
The one on the left was a hoss... Probably one of the biggest geese I've shot in a while. He weighed in at 12.09 lbs on the luggage scale. No bling bling, though... The curse continues. lol
All set up with about four dozen Real Geese silos... The sileage is out front of me, and at the back of my blind the field transitions to winter wheat. Here's a pic from out front...
Sometime close to 5 o'clock, the big flocks started flying in from the fields. I had one group of about 30-40 birds come right over top and give me a hard look, but they wouldn't commit. Several other flights came through but they only wanted to get in to the roost pond. I figured this would happen... Birds coming back to the roost have a belly full of food already, so landing in my spread to feed some more was really asking for a lot.
With about ten minutes to go, a hear a honk to the south and I see two geese flying low right toward me. Oh yea... These are the ones I'm looking for. :smiley_bril: I gave 'em a few clucks and moans and they cupped wings. As they glided in from my right, I sprung out of the blind and let 'em have it. Two shots, two geese on the ground. Oh happy day.
The one on the left was a hoss... Probably one of the biggest geese I've shot in a while. He weighed in at 12.09 lbs on the luggage scale. No bling bling, though... The curse continues. lol