16 degrees and 12 of these

duckboy · 02-18-2006, 12:31 PM

Had the pleasure of going on a hunt with Quackhead (Chris) and his father (Qh's paw) or is it Qh'spa? (Mike) and their chocolate lab Cody today.

I am lucky, becasue Chris has really done the homework on the places to go.

There are geese to hunt in lots of fields in the Permit Zone, and to get limits of geese there is not as unusual as setting up and hunting and getting the drop on A dozen Bruiser Westerns in Floater dekes on the River!

Chris knew where to go, how to set up, and was definitely in the goose loop today!

Mike brought Cody and he did a great job... A better behaved dog I have never seen, and not even a 2 year old yet.

Some whiffed shots by yours truly and one boater came by and netted one of our downed birds that sailed and died off to the side.

Always good to get help from the locals on the net.

Chris, I owe you and your dad for one heck of a great hunt today.

Thanks again for showin me how its done.

Photos forthcoming

thehunt · 02-18-2006, 01:48 PM

OH THE HEAVY'S!!!! I have been whackin' steady but man am I jealous of the honkers. It just ain't a real goose unless it's a honker. We whacked limits this morning of valley big birds but again, nothing like honkers, and over water. That must have been one hell of a fun hunt. Congrats to your buddy on doing his homework and putting together a GREAT hunt.

DukAddict · 02-18-2006, 02:42 PM

Nice work, looks like you had fun.

Brett Neffendorf

Drakeblake · 02-18-2006, 02:47 PM

Looks like somebody got a goose egg for the day.

-blake

duckboy · 02-18-2006, 02:51 PM

i was wondering if anyone would see that.

Quackhead · 02-18-2006, 03:43 PM

As always, it was a pleasure to hunt with you Todd.

To anyone that gets a chance to hunt with todd, you won't be disappointed. He is a great guy and very positive person.

And, of course, it was awesome to shoot our 12 birds by 10.

Still have a few more days of the season left and I am definitley going to try to get one more day like that in.

I got a couple places in mind

FeatherBusterOSU · 02-18-2006, 04:28 PM

Cool pics! Thats awesome to be able to shoot honkers like that!

Keep it up!
-Jimmy

dcgrav · 02-18-2006, 04:32 PM

Nice shoot guys!

BrotherWolf · 02-18-2006, 04:40 PM

I see you had a great day also...Im still trying to thaw out my hands
No eggs out of these honkers...LOL

FeatherBusterOSU · 02-18-2006, 04:45 PM

WOW. That's A TON of birds! Nice Job!

-Jimmy

duckboy · 02-18-2006, 04:56 PM

oh, such a slayfest!

BrotherWolf · 02-18-2006, 05:04 PM

with 10 guys they didnt stand a chance! :grin: it only took three waves of geese and we were done!

waterfowlin101 · 02-18-2006, 08:26 PM

WOW...looks like all you guys had a great day. It sure is fun hunting in this cold weather. :grin:

We had a fair day but the birds didn't move very long. We got our cracks in early and made out alright!!

Where are all the cacks?? :grin:

Jon

Quackhead · 02-19-2006, 03:08 PM

Don't know where the cacks are, but I'm alright with the honkers instead. :grin:

waterfowlin101 · 02-19-2006, 03:12 PM

So Chris...what's the story behind the egg?

Did it come from one of the geese or did you stumble upon a nest?

and....how did it eat? :grin:

Jon

Quackhead · 02-19-2006, 03:16 PM

Actually, that egg is from last season (I believe). Because it was in that spot about a month and a half ago. I am surprised that it is still there and nothing has ate it. Plus I would have thought it would have washed away when all the flooding was happening. We just threw it in to show that getting a goose egg is not always a bad thing.

I don't know how it ate cause I decided that it was probably best for something else to eat it because I would like to make it to next duck season

thehunt · 02-19-2006, 03:58 PM

Brother, is that a sep. hunt or did someone find the feb. dream hunt in Oregon?

waterfowlin101 · 02-19-2006, 04:10 PM

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Brother, is that a sep. hunt or did someone find the feb. dream hunt in Oregon?

Yeah Lonnie, I sent you a pm asking the same Q.

....no answer.

If you guys seriously killed those birds yesterday

....that's just sick!!

But since I know what a jokester you are :tongue:...I had to have second thoughts. Don't leave me in the dark buddy.....do tell... :grin:

Jon

thehunt · 02-19-2006, 05:09 PM

pic date says the 18th. WoW.

Critr Gitr · 02-20-2006, 02:55 PM

a few of those are too dark for me ... light vancouvers ?

BrotherWolf · 02-20-2006, 03:31 PM

Pm returned...geeeze you guys get a grip SOME OF US WORK YA KNOW...LOL...have you not seen how many birds there are between woodburn and brooks there freaking all over...my ears are still ringing :grin:

Jack
thanks again that was a great hunt! I owe ya buddy

Lucky one · 02-20-2006, 04:19 PM

Anytime lonnie! I'm just glad I could return the favor for all the good hunts you put me on. Man, I never thought we would do that good. That's why I keep going out.

BrotherWolf · 02-20-2006, 04:33 PM

I hope your uncle isnt still finding hulls out in that field.... Im sure we got them all picked up...next time remind me to bring ear plugs!

thehunt · 02-20-2006, 05:11 PM

I'd love to see some more pics of that hunt. Got pics?

BrotherWolf · 02-20-2006, 05:54 PM

Well I did have more but my wife deleted them on the camera buy accident so she says..Ugh!

gottafish · 02-20-2006, 08:01 PM

Good job,

BrianMaguire · 02-20-2006, 11:39 PM

Goose eggs are great. I hope you eat it. They make very good cakes, extra fluffy.

QH's Paw · 02-21-2006, 04:35 AM

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Goose eggs are great. I hope you eat it. They make very good cakes, extra fluffy.

Is that the voice of experience or just what you've heard. I would say that since that egg was sitting in nearly the same place during duck season it is probably already a good candidate for balute. Not sure of the correct spelling of balute but, for those who don't know it is an egg that is half way through it's incubation and then buried for a month or so. Yes, the cultures that do this eat it after that. I think there is more to the process but don't know the whole details.

gottafish · 02-21-2006, 04:52 AM

Try 6 months I have eaten it before The Day I got my dolphins On my old sub.

The_Duck_Master · 02-21-2006, 10:24 AM

Thanks again for the invite BW! Just couldn't believe how quickly the day ended. What a BLAST!