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One last goose hunt.


BilletHead

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      Last day of the 2022 -2023 goose season. I don't do the snow goose damage control hunting. Had two spots to choose from. Decided the small pond where I got the banded geese. I was in no hurry to get there so took my time. Set six floaters and a few full bodies on the bank. Grassed the lay out blind and parked the truck in a tree row.  By the time I got back to the pond mallards were dumping in. Scared them off and watched more in and out. Windy and this made the floaters look alive.  To the east I could hear the roost pond getting noisy. The geese there were getting antsy to fly out wherever they were wanting to go.  I was long necking it out the top of the blind watching the daylight starting to appear. Out of the corner of my vision I caught sight of four canadas low bee lining it to the pond, correction that would be goose lining it towards me. They were silent not a squawk as they set wings and glided into me and bang, bang two down. For the next 45 minutes flights of geese left roost heading north. Not my way. An hour to the minute from the first two a highflyer single making lots of noise veered my way. I called and it cupped from on high and like an elevator dropped at ten yards in front of me almost crashing into a decoy. It long necked looking around and like a turkey I shot it in the head.  Teh last day is always bittersweet for me. Missed hunting with friends this season. Just never got good enough for that here. Did not get Pat out as much as either one of us would have liked.  Next year maybe. 

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"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"

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26 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

Canadians do alot of damage too.  Need to keep them down.  Good job.

             One of the farmers that we hunt on told me I wasn't doing my job shooting enough. Said he was going to fire me and find someone who would. 🤣. Seriously he really did. Called me a slaker. 

"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

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10 hours ago, BilletHead said:

             Said he was going to fire me and find someone who would. 🤣. Seriously he really did. Called me a slaker. 
Dang! First time for everything I guess. I can’t imagine someone who knows you calling you a slacker. 

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2 minutes ago, Ham said:
10 hours ago, BilletHead said:

             Said he was going to fire me and find someone who would. 🤣. Seriously he really did. Called me a slaker. 
Dang! First time for everything I guess. I can’t imagine someone who knows you calling you a slacker. 

             Hate to admit it but this winter for some reason the gumption train left without me. I'm getting with it now. Looking forward to Spring. The idol mind is the devil's workshop. Gotta keep busy. 

"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

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8 hours ago, Ketchup said:

Man, you are the Chuck Norris of multi-game species this year. Another great hunt. 

            Thank you, man.  I try to do a little of everything. Guess I should specialize and get good at one thing 😃

"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

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