BilletHead Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I was really wanting for this to happen to me someday and today was that day. After taking off a couple of mornings, cold ones at that. Yesterday early we had fifteen here and ice on most ponds. Warm afternoon and warmer night so it was time to go again. Setting up I had a bunch of roosting birds and they left. I hate to mess up roosts but you never know where they might be for the night. Well as it got light a single speckelbelly came back and dropped in, one down! My very first speck. Then ducks started showing up and three went down. I hear another speck? For real? Yep two more specks and a canada start circling. Here they come and I got my second speck and his friend the canada. the other speck came back three times looking for his buddy. Seen a few more ducks and while working them a trio of canada's came silently and set there wings. I took the lead two and decided to call it a morning. The specks were young and not too white on the belly but none the less a beautiful bird in hand, Marty "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Stupid question... What is a speck and why are they special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Watcher Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Stupid question... What is a speck and why are they special? White-fronted goose. Commonly referred to as specklebelly or "specks". They usually blow through this part of the country the last week of October on their way to AR, LA, and TX so we don't get much of a chance to hunt them around here. This year's warm weather has a few more hanging North. Way to go Marty. Congratulations! Those are my favorite eating goose by far. The thoughts of a pot of speck gumbo get my stomach rumbling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks Chris, Yes mic just what Bird Watcher said and kind of special to me as they are my first ones. Just cool birds too, Marty "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feathers and Fins Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Way to go Marty, My favorite eating Goose for sure... Bonus to be getting them in this area for sure. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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