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Post by duckbuster on Feb 7, 2007 11:51:22 GMT -5
the deer hunter and i are going on a trip to the eastern shore for a chance at some swnow geese there will be four of us that are going . the guide a buddy of mine has been talking to said they are taking out groups of three an four people an getting there limit. ill say it sounds good when i see it for myself . and maybe get some pictures.
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Post by BIG FOX on Feb 7, 2007 12:50:11 GMT -5
just so you know, i hate you both. and i want to go...
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Feb 7, 2007 16:03:36 GMT -5
Good luck! Today I saw about 200 bufflehead, 500 canvas backs, and 1000 canadian geese. All while driving over or near the potomac river.
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Post by treehugger on Feb 7, 2007 17:47:04 GMT -5
I did a snow hunt on the last Sat of January and we only killed 1 so the guide offered for us to come back again for half price. Well he called on Sunday and wanted us to come back down on Monday cuz he had a group that killed 42 on Sat and had fields with 5000+ geese in them. Well thanks to my appendix surgury last Thurs I'm not sure if I'll get back out this season or not. Good luck to you and let us know how it turns out.
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Post by osprey on Feb 13, 2007 15:06:33 GMT -5
So how'd you do?? I've got a bunch, maybe 4,000-5,000 about 2 miles from my place, but they never seem to work down to me unless they're trading over very high. Did get some pics of them today by the road...   |
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Feb 13, 2007 16:04:18 GMT -5
Ended up with 28. A great day as far as I am concerned. I haven't gotten the pics loaded on my computer yet, but will post some as soon as I do. We had about 900 decoys out & I cannot even begin to explain the excitement of having thousands of birds come down to land in your decoys. A lot of fun and something I would do again - just not too often as I had to pay a guide.
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Post by BIG FOX on Feb 14, 2007 6:47:28 GMT -5
Osprey you take some of the best pics, i just wish i could get out there in the feild sometime...
I am going with the same outfit the the Deer Hunter and the duck Buster went with, i am heading out for a hunt monday if the weather cooperates. hopefully get into a few myself. something i have always wanted to do and never have so needless to say i am extremely excited. if anyone is interested in joining me we have room for the monday hunt.
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Post by duckbuster on Feb 16, 2007 20:21:59 GMT -5
well the hunt did pay off as the deerhunter said it was a blast really. but when those birds were over us that was all you could hear was birds it was probably a 1000 plus over head an like 300 in the decoys at a blink of an eye . that happened twice an the rest of the day was singles sneaking in an doubles and triples but great fun . an good luck big fox
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Feb 19, 2007 9:16:13 GMT -5
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Post by BIG FOX on Feb 20, 2007 6:15:45 GMT -5
Our trip sucked donkey balls. all day hunt for 2 birds. i guess that is why it is called hunting and not killing. the wind was horrible all day. i think that had a lot to do with the birds not coming in. oh well, i wouold still do it again
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Post by cootshooter on Feb 20, 2007 21:49:15 GMT -5
Damn Big Fox,
Bummer, Were they not flying or just didn't like the spread due to conditions?
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Post by BIG FOX on Feb 21, 2007 10:51:55 GMT -5
we seen probably 10000 geese but they were just acting funny all day. the group would come in like they wanted to light and then flare off, i think it was the wind it seemed like everytime we had some coming in the wind would pick up and launch a decoy across the feild. so that killed us. about lunch time we had to nail the decoys down in the ground because the wind was so bad. it is still a sight to see a couple thousand geese flying into your spread. i just wish the wind and everything else would have came together. we had no singles or doubles come by. all the groups we seen were groups of a couple thousand..
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Feb 21, 2007 11:50:33 GMT -5
Thats too bad, but I guess that's why its called hunting.
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Post by nybuckstalker on Feb 22, 2007 20:22:03 GMT -5
I was on my way into work this morning and observed a huge flock coming into a set of decoys right along Rt 50, east of Salisbury. I was so excited for the two guys that I could see out there, I about wrecked my car. I would guess there were 2,000 birds in the sky. I hope they had good luck!
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