Another Local Hunt

[Bird Watcher]

This kind of falls in line with what you were saying in your "ozarks" post, F&F. With the mediocre bird numbers around, we've been hunting around the house more than I can ever remember. There are always a few birds around the house, but it always seems like there are so many more an hour or two away that it's hard to stay local. This year, there are a few around the house and a few an hour away, so we have just been saying the heck with it and hunting down the road more than ever. We went out Saturday afternoon and didn't see any movement until 5:00 pm and we weren't on a roost, so the few we did see just flew on past in the distance heading back to a big roost lake.

Sunday, we decided to try it early and see if we could have a little better luck. It was a pretty good hunt. We were off a little on our set up with the big S-SE wind, but I guess it was good enough. Newton County. 5 minutes from Dad's house.

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[JohnP]

Congrats, way to pile em up.

This kind of falls in line with what you were saying in your "ozarks" post, F&F. With the mediocre bird numbers around, we've been hunting around the house more than I can ever remember. There are always a few birds around the house, but it always seems like there are so many more an hour or two away that it's hard to stay local. This year, there are a few around the house and a few an hour away, so we have just been saying the heck with it and hunting down the road more than ever. We went out Saturday afternoon and didn't see any movement until 5:00 pm and we weren't on a roost, so the few we did see just flew on past in the distance heading back to a big roost lake.

Sunday, we decided to try it early and see if we could have a little better luck. It was a pretty good hunt. We were off a little on our set up with the big S-SE wind, but I guess it was good enough. Newton County. 5 minutes from Dad's house.

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[duckydoty]

Nice haul! Now that's a stack of birds

[Bird Watcher]

Thanks fellas. Yeah, I'm not usually a fan of the tailgate pile photos, but sometimes you just have to do it to see what it would like like if you put them all in one pile.

[Matt Madura]

Wow, nice pile up.

[duckydoty]

Looks like cord wood

[BilletHead]

Good Grief!

I love this place. I have been keeping track of you all hunting. I was froze up big time here. Friday morning we had 11 on the house themometer. On Pat's way to work she seen 8 on her vehicle. Got out yesterday afternoon for some recon. Had a couple of places half thawed but I knew this morning all would be good to go. Hunted a new place for the first time. We seen some mallards there before. A nice big pond on a low place in a big prarie. First thing getting there busted some roost geese. So windy and noisy couldn't tell if there was any ducks in the mix. Got set up with a mix of duck and goose decoys. Early had three ringnecks bomb in. Did not shoot, I know some of you like them but I think they are just a tad strong especally just searing them. They started diving and doing what they do. Another one soon joined them. About nine out of nowhere five mallards scared the crap out of me and I missed. So, so windy and you couldn't hear a thing. Whitecaps and a couple of my geese floaters actually flipped on there sides. Nine-thirty here came the geese. They circled down wind high and then did there happy di dos on there way down! What a hoot when they do this. Took them forever fighting the wind to drop in. I picked the lead two and shot. They both went down, picked another and he went down too. They were just hovering in the strong wind. it was like shooting a strutting turkey in the air. That was that, picked up and went to the house. Time for slicing Keep up the posts friends,

Marty

[duckydoty]

Marty.....you are the goose king!

[Bird Watcher]

Good Grief!

I love this place. I have been keeping track of you all hunting. I was froze up big time here. Friday morning we had 11 on the house themometer. On Pat's way to work she seen 8 on her vehicle. Got out yesterday afternoon for some recon. Had a couple of places half thawed but I knew this morning all would be good to go. Hunted a new place for the first time. We seen some mallards there before. A nice big pond on a low place in a big prarie. First thing getting there busted some roost geese. So windy and noisy couldn't tell if there was any ducks in the mix. Got set up with a mix of duck and goose decoys. Early had three ringnecks bomb in. Did not shoot, I know some of you like them but I think they are just a tad strong especally just searing them. They started diving and doing what they do. Another one soon joined them. About nine out of nowhere five mallards scared the crap out of me and I missed. So, so windy and you couldn't hear a thing. Whitecaps and a couple of my geese floaters actually flipped on there sides. Nine-thirty here came the geese. They circled down wind high and then did there happy di dos on there way down! What a hoot when they do this. Took them forever fighting the wind to drop in. I picked the lead two and shot. They both went down, picked another and he went down too. They were just hovering in the strong wind. it was like shooting a strutting turkey in the air. That was that, picked up and went to the house. Time for slicing Keep up the posts friends,

Marty

Good deal Marty! That's some BIG wind out there Today. Do you use a circle meat slicer on your jerky or do you slice it with a knife?

[BilletHead]

Bird Watcher,

I made a jerky board. Down towards the bottom of this post I put a couple of photos. http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/index.php?showtopic=31467 With a sharp fillet knife it works real well.