Goose hunting 11/12/11

[mjh]

Going to try and kill some geese in the morning. We have about 600 decoys to put out and.I am not sure I want any part of,that. Oh well.we will.still have fun.

[Curmudgeon]

Take 'em down!

[mjh]

We didn't kill any geese but we did kill a duck and I really don't know what it is. The guys who killed it called it a female blue bill. I don't really know. Has anyone ever heard of a blue bill? I don't have a picture of it.

[WestEndAngler]

Yeah I shot a blue bill today.

[mjh]

I just didn't know how common they were.

[mjh]

The one we shot was a female. I found a picture of one.

[Shortystillsurfs]

Did ya'll shoot that out of a goose spread?
I see mostly lessers locally.
Here is a pic of a greater I shot on a diver hunt up north last year.

greater scaup on the left ringneck on the right

[mjh]

Yes we had a goose spread set up. We don't have any water but the ducks were still flying around. We won't kill a limit of ducks but will kill some. They shot a wood duck and a teal earlier in the week.

[mjh]

Ok hunted yesterday but no geese but 1 duck. Today no ducks and 1 speckabelly goose. Goose hunting has been tough this weekend. Our rice was not cut until yesterday. Anyway the geese were very high and not decoying in. The one speck we shot was the only goose that came into range today. None were in range yesterday. I wished i had more to report.

[Shortystillsurfs]

I will trade you all the ducks I shot today for that one speck, thats may favorite to eat, right next to a lesser canada.

[mjh]

I already got him marinating!

[Shortystillsurfs]

Goose hunting down here is tough.
The only time i have beend successful is to setup where they were the day before, the way they were the day before and hide hide hide then when you think you are hidden enough hide some more. Even then about 12 other factors have to be in your favor.

Then there is the whole thing about jumping the shot and being able to hit em.

I hunt way up north in the winter and the goose hunting there is not much different than dove hunting.

Just pull up a chair next to their preffered watering hole and that's about it.

[mjh]

Yea I know its tough here. But when you can call them down into the spread its almost like shooting a big ole buck! I am a deer hunter at heart but I picked up goose hunting a couple of years ago and I don't do as much deer hunting now. anymore.

[Gulfcoast13]

Cool report fellas. We shoot a lot of blue bill down in POC. Pain in the arse to clean..

[WestEndAngler]

Cool report fellas. We shoot a lot of blue bill down in POC. Pain in the arse to clean..

I breasted the one I shot on Saturday was fairly easy but did have a tough layer to get through