Bird Watcher Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Waterfowl gear is put away, I told the family I'm done for the year. Marty calls and says "I've got a field that's covered up. I'm having withdrawls." What do I say? "I'll be there in 2 hrs". Coupla darn bird junkies I tell ya. Report to follow.
BilletHead Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 What can I say? I just thought we were done.. Choking down a peanut butter sandwich . Everything is loaded. I hope there is something to report "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
mhowerton Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Good Luck. I am already looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning.
BilletHead Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Story and photos to come. BirdWatcher is on his way home. Please have good thoughts for his drive. We had ice on the decoys, on our gun barrels, truck wipers were froze down too. Mrs. BilletHead said cars had slid off the road on her way home. BilletHead "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
JohnP Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 prayers to BW for safe travels. looking forward to the story and pics.
BilletHead Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Well here is why we went again after we said we were done. Mrs. BilletHead on her way home from work was seeing lots of birds. So she got off early yesterday and we did an evening drive. Three photos from yesterday. First one Canada geese, second are specklebellies, Third bunch of ducks. These birds and there was bunches were working three different fields. Got my fever up again, So this morning I went over to visit with my mom and I checked the fields on the way home. Kind of cloudy, windy with a drizzle. So I see all three fields being worked by birds. I start getting giddy and call BirdWatcher leaving him a message saying I am having withdrawals and told him I was seeing birds, a lot of birds. Soon the cell buzzed. What are you seeing he says. Massive flocks , many massive flocks I replied. He says are you going? I said don't really want to go by myself. Quickly he reply's I'll go. Of course if you come up we will go! I'll be right there. I loaded up and waited. When he got here we scoped out the fields. Geese and ducks all over flying and already in the fields. We had three options on where to set up. Ended up where we had seen the most birds just about a half mile from the roost pond. I don't know how many we had to scare off to set up but there was a bunch for sure. The rest of the afternoon we spent flapping our jaws, laughing and watching birds. We seen mallards, pintail, widgeon, snow geese, specklebellies and canadas. Big canadas, lesser, and tiny cacklers. Ducks worked us almost non stop. We even happened to shoot some goose between laughing, Ice coated all our gear as the temp dropped with the drizzle. What a way to finish season. Good times with a good friend. We are both sorry we told everyone we were done for the season NOT ! Chime in here BirdWatcher, BilletHead "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
JohnP Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 Awesome and that would definitely get the waterfolwin' blood flowing again. Congrats.
Feathers and Fins Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 awesome hunt sounds like https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
Bird Watcher Posted February 1, 2014 Author Posted February 1, 2014 Awesome time Marty. Like I said, it was so much sweeter because I wasn't even planning on going again and it was a kind of a surprise hunt. Couldn't have asked for better company to close it out. I know you were very impressed with my insulated rubber boot 40 yd dash time too. On the last evening of the season, nothing better than laying on your back in a muddy field in a freezing drizzle with a good friend. Watching the bird show, having some chuckles, and actually getting to shoot a few times as a bonus. I think there will be goose gumbo with goose fat base for the roux for the superbowl at our casa. You've got me convinced that I need a jar of rendered goose fat. How long is it until next season?
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