Ready set When do we get to go

[Grif]

How can one not wonder thousands in front feeding on a field tens of thousands up in the air and thousands more behind View attachment 381794 View attachment 381795

Damn bird watchers.

 

[wtrfwlr43]

How can one not wonder thousands in front feeding on a field tens of thousands up in the air and thousands more behind

salthunter I get it!
Last spring I took out to new guys, neither had ever hunted Snows. One was 69 the other 15. At one point we had thousands on top and around us. Group after group after group. They just kept coming. The guys were amazed at the sights and sounds. The older guy said that was worth the time and effort to put out the spread, just to SEE THAT. He said even if we hadn't pulled a trigger it would have been worth that. They we both like little kids at Christmas.
The Older guy was a good buddy of mine, he passed away this year. We served in the military together back in the 80s. He had killed a lot of ducks and geese in his life but had never snow goose hunted.
salthunter, enjoy your hunts and time in camp.
Thanks for posting.

 

[bill cooksey]

I tend to agree with you on most things, Cooksey, but I’m afraid your coming off as rather hypocritical on this one. In one post you’re telling us that you gave up hunting snows and in the very next post you’re telling Salt he can’t sit back and enjoy his trip because it’s his duty “as a sportsman & conservationist” to kill them all. So where’s your higher obligation in all this??

All of us should enjoy and appreciate every opportunity we take to be in the field. I hunted them for years over decoys, and once the C.O. began I participated in making many serious piles because knocking the numbers down was the whole reason for the season and decoys don’t get it done at that level. Sure, you can have a great time over decoys with some 150-300 bird days, but only a small percentage of hunters ever have those days, and they aren’t the majority of days even for the best snow goose hunters.

A lot of the silly things some of us have said were in jest. That said, I’m not a big fan of the C.O. It hasn’t accomplished what it was passed to do. Either make it a hunting season or make it a population control season.

 

[bill cooksey]

Oh my .
A bunch southern boys complaining about goose noise. Mallards ain't going that far anymore so embrace the geese or hunt squirrels, your choice.
Might be the only constant in your waterfowling.
Heard squirrels are really fun and great fare on the table. Personally I wouldn't skin one .

I squirrel hunt quite a bit and enjoy the hell out of it. I’ll still kill every snow that happens to fly by in range when I have a shotgun in my hand, but after killing the hell out of them for years that’s the extent of my interest.

 

[bill cooksey]

Wonder what kind of decoy rig these boys were running. Social media has obviously made hunting all about the tailgate shot.

 

[da fowl slayer]

Man forget about the piles
Check out the mustache on the dude on the left

 

[bill cooksey]

Had a lot of fun with snows in AR back before the C.O. Just hasn’t felt the same since.

 

[da fowl slayer]

All I gotta know is where I can kill "a couple thousand " ducks in a season !!??

Well Kansas of course!!!!!
You welcome grif!

Thats an avg number over last 20yrs
Some yrs we have killed way north of that. would do a free lance trip to Sask , or go with a guide in Ontario (lost my good friend and hunting buddy in Ontario this past yr) or Alberta. Sometimes twice. I had a place in North Dakota . Usually hit Kansas or South Dakota if we drew. I use to hunt Kansas the entire month of November. Oklahoma was fun as was Mississippi.
Had a club in Arkansas we killed 10-12 limits everyday with 410 or 28ga.in the pin oaks for a 7-8 yr stretch . We lost that. Been fortunate to own 5 really sweet spots in Kansas, Arkansas , and Tennessee that I built with my own hand and 4 of the places had never had a duck on it, Been to Argentina and Mexico.
It’s been my life passion I have shared with my family. It’s what we did and still do when they can. Shared it all with my my wife and oldest two boys and a lot of great friends. I work hard at it year round. Not lip service. I love it. I breath it, I dream it , and I live it 365.
I have outfitted just to afford farms, and I have sold memberships. Thru the yrs I have invested every red cent and a lot more I got from the bank at times to pursue my passion.

Been a wonderful blessed life to spend that time with the ones I love.
If I never kill another one I am whole!
Thank you Lord for your blessings and my family. Most importantly thank you for your Grace.

 

[bill cooksey]

Well Kansas of course!!!!!
You welcome grif!

Thats an avg number over last 20yrs
Some yrs we have killed way north of that. would do a free lance trip to Sask , or go with a guide in Ontario (lost my good friend and hunting buddy in Ontario this past yr) or Alberta. Sometimes twice. I had a place in North Dakota . Usually hit Kansas or South Dakota if we drew. I use to hunt Kansas the entire month of November. Oklahoma was fun as was Mississippi.
Had a club in Arkansas we killed 10-12 limits everyday with 410 or 28ga.in the pin oaks for a 7-8 yr stretch . We lost that. Been fortunate to own 5 really sweet spots in Kansas, Arkansas , and Tennessee . Been to Argentina and Mexico.
It’s been my life passion I have shared with my family. It’s what we did and still do when they can. Shared it all with my my wife and oldest two boys and a lot of great friends. I work hard at it year round. Not lip service. I love it. I breath it, I dream it , and I live it 365.
I have outfitted just to afford farms, and I have sold memberships. Thru the yrs I have invested every red cent and a lot more I got from the bank at times to pursue my passion.

Been a wonderful blessed life to spend that time with the ones I love.
If I never kill another one I am whole!
Thank you Lord for your blessings and my family. Most importantly thank you for your Grace.

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And did it all while managing to serve a great breakfast.

 

[Northhunter]

Cooksey's just misunderstood. He did it before it was cool... now a little washed up and bitter with pile pics of no one wearing aviators

Early teal, early goose, late goose, never ending 6/60 seasons.. "Big Duck" is real and the conservation season is here to stay.

Besides. Killin' them white geese ain't that hard. Anyone who can't kill 100/day needs to sit down and have a serious talk with themselves.. or learn how to run traffic on the X. It's all over Youtube