Smackdown Waterfowling Adventures - Part II

[Pot Hole]

Just got back from my second trip to the mid-west this year. Fortunately we missed the early blizzard that hammered MO and southeastern KS, but we had to deal with the above normal temps that followed the early season cold snaps. Some parts of the mid-west hasn't seen measurable rainfall since the first of October, which made scenting conditions horrible for our dogs, but we survived and actually had a pretty good hunt. In addition to the snow geese we shot soon after we arrived, we picked up a few mallards and a few ditch parrots. Here's a sampling of our bag...


River hunt


Mixed bag of mallards and roosters.


Some of the crew we hunted with.


A few snow geese we picked up (the limit, by the way, is 20 per hunter)

Bear in mind these are late season roosters that have survived the opening week slaughter. Coupled with the dry conditions and the lack of wind, just harvesting a rooster is quite an accomplishment this time of year.

[njtitan]

hey Pothole...

NICE! looks like a great hunt...I was just out in Illinois last week myself goose hunting....it was not as good as last year and the birds were sitting all day because of the cold and wind...but we managed some birds...it was a

benefit hunt and we raised alot of money anyway...so its all good...

I'm going to Texas next month...I'll post some pics...in the mean time I've just been shooting geese here....I'm going on a diver hunt on Saturday.....

[Krodad]

What a great mixed bag hunt! If you wanted to go for another midwest hunt, you should look into Grouse up in northern Minnesota...did this for the first time this year and we took limits of Grouse and Woodcok (the correct spelling gets edited!) every day... I guess they are in the up-cycle right now, so get it in while it's hot for the next three years or so.

If you drive to Kansas, get hold of me next year and I'll have you swing up through Iowa and we'll hammer some ditch chickens.

Great pics!

[njtitan]

yea....I've been to Minnesotta a couple of times......and Wisconsin a lotta lotta times and ummm...Vermont, Maine, Nova Scotia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania all grouse hunting.....many of these many times....I used to be a grouseaholic.........and I'm still a wood****aholic....lol

I've been to Kansas and Montana as well.......I'm looking to get back to both of those.....

[Krodad]

Kentucky and Tennessee Grouse? Where and when is the best times to go down there? We tried to wait until most of the leaves were gone up north, but that might not be an issue down there (?)

Diver hunt sounds like a lot of fun as well...I've been thinking of doing the same up off Lake Michigan.

[Pot Hole]

Originally Posted by Krodad

What a great mixed bag hunt! If you wanted to go for another midwest hunt, you should look into Grouse up in northern Minnesota...did this for the first time this year and we took limits of Grouse and Woodcok (the correct spelling gets edited!) every day....

If I add anything else to my hunting trips, I suspect my wife will divorce me.....

[njtitan]

I guess that's why I'm not married anymore.....lol