Opening day 2012-2013 Post Results!

[teb]

Opening day for early season.

[QH's Paw]

Opening day for early season.

I didn't realize you guys got an early season this year. I haven't been following the Washington regs at all this year. How many birds are they letting you guys have for early season limits?

[teb]

They gave us the 10th-15th and a limit of 3.
and Pacific county was the 1st-15th with a limit of 5.

[Flightstopper]

I'd call today a success even with the bad spot. Wasn't hidden as well as I thought when the sun came up and had to move a hundred yards down an hour in. Ended up with my pups first duck and my brothers first duck, first animal he's killed for that matter.

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[Redbeard]

Very cool flight. Firsts are always fun

[Eric Haynes]

Took my friends daughter and her boyfriend out tonight, along with a few others for some goose action. We were back in a fresh cut corn field isolated by a hedgerow and green fields. Decided to hunt it in the evening because we can't hunt it on Sundays(Amish land) As we were setting up 12 came locked in ready to land, needless to say so one had their guns loaded so they got nothing out of it. 45 minutes go by and another 12 bird flock came in, I saw the one on the very end was banded so I yelled to make sure someone tagged the end one...11 shots and two dead birds. They got lucky and one of the last couple shots and got the banded bird. Spent the rest of the night getting ones and twos coming in oblivious to anything. Just locked up as soon as they spotted the field. Been a good couple hunts lately and going to try and continue it tomorrow, though we won't be on the X, we will hopefully be close enough to pull some over.

[assateague]

Sounds good!

[Redbeard]

Took my friends daughter and her boyfriend out tonight, along with a few others for some goose action. We were back in a fresh cut corn field isolated by a hedgerow and green fields. Decided to hunt it in the evening because we can't hunt it on Sundays(Amish land) As we were setting up 12 came locked in ready to land, needless to say so one had their guns loaded so they got nothing out of it. 45 minutes go by and another 12 bird flock came in, I saw the one on the very end was banded so I yelled to make sure someone tagged the end one...11 shots and two dead birds. They got lucky and one of the last couple shots and got the banded bird. Spent the rest of the night getting ones and twos coming in oblivious to anything. Just locked up as soon as they spotted the field. Been a good couple hunts lately and going to try and continue it tomorrow, though we won't be on the X, we will hopefully be close enough to pull some over.

you're getting almost a much action as Dan lately

[Eric Haynes]

Took my friends daughter and her boyfriend out tonight, along with a few others for some goose action. We were back in a fresh cut corn field isolated by a hedgerow and green fields. Decided to hunt it in the evening because we can't hunt it on Sundays(Amish land) As we were setting up 12 came locked in ready to land, needless to say so one had their guns loaded so they got nothing out of it. 45 minutes go by and another 12 bird flock came in, I saw the one on the very end was banded so I yelled to make sure someone tagged the end one...11 shots and two dead birds. They got lucky and one of the last couple shots and got the banded bird. Spent the rest of the night getting ones and twos coming in oblivious to anything. Just locked up as soon as they spotted the field. Been a good couple hunts lately and going to try and continue it tomorrow, though we won't be on the X, we will hopefully be close enough to pull some over.

you're getting almost a much action as Dan lately

I posted this in the NY forum over there on DC, but I'll add it here. We shot a good number of tiny birds here today. I have never seen birds this small before here so it is kind of weird. I know you guys have them out west, but these birds were like 6lbs tops. Probably 6 or 7 of them mixed in with the more typical 9-11lbers. Wondering if they just got mixed up in the migration or maybe they are just spreading? not sure, but cool little things

[Goldfish]

Guide out here that I know calls cacklers coffee table geese. Always kinda cracked me up.

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[B-Rad1]

Great opening teal season hunt here in Louisiana with my son and two of my buds. Despite getting pounded by Hurricane Issac two weeks ago we were still able to scratch out a four man limit.

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[Redbeard]

Took my friends daughter and her boyfriend out tonight, along with a few others for some goose action. We were back in a fresh cut corn field isolated by a hedgerow and green fields. Decided to hunt it in the evening because we can't hunt it on Sundays(Amish land) As we were setting up 12 came locked in ready to land, needless to say so one had their guns loaded so they got nothing out of it. 45 minutes go by and another 12 bird flock came in, I saw the one on the very end was banded so I yelled to make sure someone tagged the end one...11 shots and two dead birds. They got lucky and one of the last couple shots and got the banded bird. Spent the rest of the night getting ones and twos coming in oblivious to anything. Just locked up as soon as they spotted the field. Been a good couple hunts lately and going to try and continue it tomorrow, though we won't be on the X, we will hopefully be close enough to pull some over.

you're getting almost a much action as Dan lately

I posted this in the NY forum over there on DC, but I'll add it here. We shot a good number of tiny birds here today. I have never seen birds this small before here so it is kind of weird. I know you guys have them out west, but these birds were like 6lbs tops. Probably 6 or 7 of them mixed in with the more typical 9-11lbers. Wondering if they just got mixed up in the migration or maybe they are just spreading? not sure, but cool little things

there are, I think 7 subspecies of Canada goose. Two or three of which migrate down the east coast, maybe in your neck of the woods. I'm only familiar with our Aleutians and cacklers (which I believe are now both classified as cacklers) and Lessers.

[3legged_lab]

Suck it.

[Eric Haynes]

Suck it.

I'm jealous of one thing in that picture. That specklebelly. Never shot one, and unless I go cross country, I'll never get one. Sadface

[capt1972]

Suck it.

Dick

[Flightstopper]

Suck it.

Dick

Yup, that's what he wants you to suck

[jehler]

Nice trip tripod, I'm of the opinion that a few good trips like that a season is worth more than 3 or 4 dozen mediocre hunts, and in the end it costs about the same

[Redbeard]

Nice JR. How many shells did ya go through?

[3legged_lab]

Nice JR. How many shells did ya go through?

I really don't know, when they are included in the package you don't care. When Chris dropped us off we would all grab 2 boxes of BBs and 1 box of 3 shot for the ducks, then he would stash a whole case under a goose shell. If I had to guess we were averaging 1-2 boxes each per hunt.

[3legged_lab]

Nice trip tripod, I'm of the opinion that a few good trips like that a season is worth more than 3 or 4 dozen mediocre hunts, and in the end it costs about the same

Ya, you know for me it was one of those bucket list hunts that I loved so much I will do again one day. Don't get me wrong the shooting was more insane than any I've ever been on before in my life, but it was the whole experience that made it unforgetable.

And I appologize if it comes off sounding like I'm bragging, but I know you guys like the stories more than my wife does.

[Eric Haynes]

Nice trip tripod, I'm of the opinion that a few good trips like that a season is worth more than 3 or 4 dozen mediocre hunts, and in the end it costs about the same

Ya, you know for me it was one of those bucket list hunts that I loved so much I will do again one day. Don't get me wrong the shooting was more insane than any I've ever been on before in my life, but it was the whole experience that made it unforgetable.

And I appologize if it comes off sounding like I'm bragging, but I know you guys like the stories more than my wife does.

Brag away! Looks like an amazing hunt! My bucket list hunt is up in Saskatoon.

[Flightstopper]

Keep it coming you old braggart!

[Goldfish]

Nice trip tripod, I'm of the opinion that a few good trips like that a season is worth more than 3 or 4 dozen mediocre hunts, and in the end it costs about the same

Ya, you know for me it was one of those bucket list hunts that I loved so much I will do again one day. Don't get me wrong the shooting was more insane than any I've ever been on before in my life, but it was the whole experience that made it unforgetable.

And I appologize if it comes off sounding like I'm bragging, but I know you guys like the stories more than my wife does.

You are bragging, because you have the right too. We hate it, but love to hear it. Keep posting pics.

[Olly]

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[JGUN]

You shot a whole box for three teal

[assateague]

Don't ask awkward questions. He couldn't very well have taken a picture of the other 18 he has stuffed in a "spare" gas tank, now can he?

[Flightstopper]

You hunt from the new blind again?

[jehler]

You shot a whole box for three teal

Sounds vaguely familiar....

[Redbeard]

You shot a whole box for three teal

hahaha!

[3legged_lab]

You shot a whole box for three teal

Sounds about right.