I don't think the big flocks have been pushed down yet. Warm fall.
Saw thousands at Blackwater last weekend.Anybody seeing any geese? I have seen a couple groups of 20 here and there, but nothing like the 100+ I used to see around here. Saw one huge group a couple days ago that I would guesstimate was 200 birds. Still not seeing geese in group after group after group like I have in years past.
Son got his first goose today.
With the lack of ducks around we blew the dust off the bigfeet decoys and tried our new goose spot this afternoon
I'm going tomorrow. I have very low hopes. We got skunked on upper Potomac on opening of this split, saw very few birds in total and the weather has been warm from here to NY. Gonna need a big cold front soon to salvage any of this season.
It awful out here. Ever since Duck Dynasty pushed new people into it. Geese learned to feed at the impoundment ponds and soccer fields. Guys all go out and push them off the river too now that the fields has the geese chased off them. Worst are the guys that I saw start and think they can be guides out West here on Resi birds and just destroy hunting for all of us.
Had a buddy from SC up last week and he went scouting and couldn't find anything to chase if the fields or the river. I saw a bunch of Mergies in the Antietam while I was deer hunting today, but who wants them?
Weve taken a total of 6 canadas in 2 trips between 4 of us.. small flocks but numerous
It awful out here. Ever since Duck Dynasty pushed new people into it. Geese learned to feed at the impoundment ponds and soccer fields. Guys all go out and push them off the river too now that the fields has the geese chased off them. Worst are the guys that I saw start and think they can be guides out West here on Resi birds and just destroy hunting for all of us.
Had a buddy from SC up last week and he went scouting and couldn't find anything to chase if the fields or the river. I saw a bunch of Mergies in the Antietam while I was deer hunting today, but who wants them?
Son got his first goose today.
Put my dog on her first retrieves! I'm very proud.
It awful out here. Ever since Duck Dynasty pushed new people into it. Geese learned to feed at the impoundment ponds and soccer fields. Guys all go out and push them off the river too now that the fields has the geese chased off them.
Saw some sea ducks in the river
On the Eastern Shore with a 1 bird per person limit?
With your reference to resident birds and Antietam, I just went and looked up Fairplay, Maryland. I used to hunt over your way all the time in the mid 90s to 2005. Killed tons of resident geese over there. Any chance you know a guy named Mike Kefauver in Keedysville or another farm owner named Flook?
I think I know exactly who you are talking about . Not taking anything away from them, but I think I know who you mean.
I do not know either personally. I do know of a Kefauver on Rt34 with the firemans hat on the mailbox that got fined for throwing corn in the pond. One of his kin and one of the Canfield kin had a running gun fight 5 years or so back on Mansfield road and had every cop in Washington county over there. Every Mennonite I talked to over there was like "Did you hear what happened!!"
Does his name sound like Co Dee? If so, the rat bastard used my buddy's name as a name drop to get field permissions. He got some as they thought since he knew my buddy they let him in and he ruined that. Funny thing, he stopped into Keystone sporting and my buddy was there and he didn't even notice the man standing there that he was name dropping for permission. I don;t have too much good to say about him.
Despite the one bird limit we had a great hunt today.
#1 son shot his first banded bird. It was a local bird but still cool to get one.