It was a real slow start for my crew in SE PA. Everything looked perfect leading up to opening day, but the geese had other plans. Sat. morning was warm with no wind. The geese didn't move much at all. The ones who did knew right where they were going. We finally go a single to decoy in and our youngest shooter (Conner Moran) was able to make quick work ot him! That was the only bird for the opening day. We went back Monday morning with hopes of making up for lost time, but this time we left empty handed. Not a total lost though. I got to spent time with a couple of good friends drinking coffee thinking of what might have been.
I spent the next two days trying to figure out why the geese stayed away. I checked the pond on my lunch hour the follow two days and found out that the geese were back, but I wasn't sure at what time. I desided to hunt Thursday morning. It was just me and my dog (Koda) this time. It started just like the other days. At 7:30 Am a single bird answered the call of my canada hammer and he went down. Finally I broke the ice! At 9:30 Am two nice flocks of about 15 each started my way. It didn' take much calling to convince these birds this was the place to be.
I let the first flock land and waited for the second. Just as the second bunch started to touch down I unload my benelli supernova on them. 3 fell hard. I had enough time to reload before the first flock could figure out what was happening. The benelli found its mark again and 3 more splashed down.
After Koda made the retreives we packed up and headed home one bird short of the 8 bird limit. The moral of the story.............Don't give up! Keep scouting. It will pay off in the end!
I spent the next two days trying to figure out why the geese stayed away. I checked the pond on my lunch hour the follow two days and found out that the geese were back, but I wasn't sure at what time. I desided to hunt Thursday morning. It was just me and my dog (Koda) this time. It started just like the other days. At 7:30 Am a single bird answered the call of my canada hammer and he went down. Finally I broke the ice! At 9:30 Am two nice flocks of about 15 each started my way. It didn' take much calling to convince these birds this was the place to be.
I let the first flock land and waited for the second. Just as the second bunch started to touch down I unload my benelli supernova on them. 3 fell hard. I had enough time to reload before the first flock could figure out what was happening. The benelli found its mark again and 3 more splashed down.
After Koda made the retreives we packed up and headed home one bird short of the 8 bird limit. The moral of the story.............Don't give up! Keep scouting. It will pay off in the end!
Tom Hindman Jr
Diver Destroyers
1 comment:
Awesome hunt Tom! My Early Canada season is killing me right now. These birds know how to stay away from a hunter. I think I'm done for this early season...once the next early canada season opens in october I may give it a shot.
-Alex
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