Snow goose hunt.

[leech~~]

So I guess we don't warrant a snow goose hunt report from Wanderer, on this side of the fence? 

[smurfy]

23 hours ago, leech~~ said:

So I guess we don't warrant a snow goose hunt report from Wanderer, on this side of the fence? 

Are you banned from crossing said fence,,

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, smurfy said:

Are you banned from crossing said fence,,

Nope, I can see.  Self banned.  Don't need to argue political and religion all day on a Outdoor forum.  

[smurfy]

Ya don't gotta join in silly town. 

[leech~~]

2 hours ago, smurfy said:

Ya don't gotta join in silly town. 

Well leave out sillytown and Random Daily Pics.  Done!  

[Wanderer]

Barely had time and data to post a few random daily pics!  

 

Iffen you’re self banned, how’d ya know?

 

Sunday - Tuesday hunt near Yankton, SD.  We found ourselves there between two of the big pushes north.  Adults first, pushing the ice line north, slipped through a couple days before we got there and the second juvie push held up by the storm that went through the night we traveled.  Our best day was Monday.  Sunny and warm with a nice south wind.  Day 3 was cool with a stiff northeast wind bringing in another storm.  
 

A select few groups did well with birds coming off Lewis and Clark lake but we weren’t in their path.  We packed up early and hit the road.  We headed north and found them between Brookings and Watertown.  Saw 100’s of thousands at the ice line.

 

Edited March 20 by Wanderer

[leech~~]

There now looks like a great hunt, hope posting didn't bruise as much as your shoulder was after that weekend!    

 

I can still peek, without signing in next door!  

[Kettle]

Never hunted conservation season. Actually get birds feet down or longer shots? I've been running battery operated flappers but does the rotary machine really help?

[Wanderer]

I think it all helps to create motion and confusion to keep their attention away from the blinds.  The hurricanes seemed pretty important though.  6 of them per spread and moved around dependent on wind direction.  Some tall silo socks mixed in with them too.  Kill hole in the middle with a few decoys clustered over the e call.  That was about 25 yards from the blinds.  7-8 batteries to run everything.  2000 decoys per spread.

 

I wasn’t the shot caller.  We were taking them at about 40 yards on average but I believe we could’ve gotten a lot of them feet down.  We all remember the single Ross’ that broke off from a group of snows hovering at 100+ yards and took the elevator all the way down to its demise.  The shot was called just before it lit but we were all sure if it was left alone, the audience above would’ve joined.  It was mesmerizing to watch to watch how much they work a spread without flapping their wings much.

 

These pics were waiting for them to come down closer.  They did.

Edited March 21 by Wanderer

[leech~~]

14 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I think it all helps to create motion and confusion to keep their attention away from the blinds.  The hurricanes seemed pretty important though.  6 of them per spread and moved around dependent on wind direction.  Some tall silo socks mixed in with them too.  Kill hole in the middle with a few decoys clustered over the e call.  That was about 25 yards from the blinds.  7-8 batteries to run everything.  2000 decoys per spread.

 

I wasn’t the shot caller.  We were taking them at about 40 yards on average but I believe we could’ve gotten a lot of them feet down.  We all remember the single Ross’ that broke off from a group of snows hovering at 100+ yards and took the elevator all the way down to its demise.  The shot was called just before it lit but we were all sure if it was left alone, the audience above would’ve joined.  It was mesmerizing to watch to watch how much they work a spread without flapping their wings much.

 

These pics were waiting for them to come down closer.  They did.

 

 

How many shells did you bring? How many did you come home with?  

[Wanderer]

I took about 1.5 cases and came back with about 1 case.  I wanted to burn up some cheap shells I bought for a North Dakota trip several years ago.  After the first day of ripping through as many of those as I could, I switched over to my good stuff, shot less, and got more birds.

 

So I still have 6-7 boxes of shells I don’t even want to have around anymore.  I don’t think I even got through a second box of good shells.

 

The cheap shells are Estate BB; the good ones for me are Black Cloud 2’s for geese.  BC 4s for ducks.

[leech~~]

3 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I took about 1.5 cases and came back with about 1 case.  I wanted to burn up some cheap shells I bought for a North Dakota trip several years ago.  After the first day of ripping through as many of those as I could, I switched over to my good stuff, shot less, and got more birds.

 

So I still have 6-7 boxes of shells I don’t even want to have around anymore.  I don’t think I even got through a second box of good shells.

 

The cheap shells are Estate BB; the good ones for me are Black Cloud 2’s for geese.  BC 4s for ducks.

I hear yea, I've got way to much shot shells laying around. I've been known to shoot some old lead duck loads at grouse! 

 

To bad there's no good old Sportsman swaps like Twig use to have. Great place to unload sporting goods "overstock"