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Wow, what a weekend.
We started off hunting the exact same field we hunted the previous Sunday, as it wasn't burnt out. We ended up a few shy of our limit, and decoyed a ton of small flocks.
Sunday was the real story though. We had a field we'd been watching the past few weeks, and was our backup spot the previous 3 outings...well we finally got to it. These birds HAD NOT seen any pressure, I'm sure of that. We scouted over 500 on a roost, and was watching a lot of migrant flocks drop from the statosphere into the slough. The next morning, they came in LOW and dropped right in. Most of the shots were within 20 yards. 4 of us were done in around 50 minutes.
Than it got funny. Jason and Mike went to go get the vehicles, while my buddy Kiedro and I stayed in the spread. I figured it would be a good chance to get some photos. Sure enough, birds were dropping in the spread. I was sitting up clearly visible, with the camera lense pointed towards the sun...didn't matter. I got a ton of photos and movies....here's a peak.
Than it went from funny to just plain insane. After laughing about having birds walk around us in the spread for 15 minutes...my buddies pull in the field with the trailer. It didn't matter, geese were still trying to land. We had 3 that let me film them at a distance of 20 yards...and I was standing up in the spread...but they wanted in. They swung over our vehicle and passed around for another landing attempt.
Truly an unforgetable morning.
We started off hunting the exact same field we hunted the previous Sunday, as it wasn't burnt out. We ended up a few shy of our limit, and decoyed a ton of small flocks.

Sunday was the real story though. We had a field we'd been watching the past few weeks, and was our backup spot the previous 3 outings...well we finally got to it. These birds HAD NOT seen any pressure, I'm sure of that. We scouted over 500 on a roost, and was watching a lot of migrant flocks drop from the statosphere into the slough. The next morning, they came in LOW and dropped right in. Most of the shots were within 20 yards. 4 of us were done in around 50 minutes.

Than it got funny. Jason and Mike went to go get the vehicles, while my buddy Kiedro and I stayed in the spread. I figured it would be a good chance to get some photos. Sure enough, birds were dropping in the spread. I was sitting up clearly visible, with the camera lense pointed towards the sun...didn't matter. I got a ton of photos and movies....here's a peak.

Than it went from funny to just plain insane. After laughing about having birds walk around us in the spread for 15 minutes...my buddies pull in the field with the trailer. It didn't matter, geese were still trying to land. We had 3 that let me film them at a distance of 20 yards...and I was standing up in the spread...but they wanted in. They swung over our vehicle and passed around for another landing attempt.
Truly an unforgetable morning.
