After 10 days in the high 70s and low 80s our weather took a drastic change.. Awoke to 40 degree temps, 30 MPH WNW winds and non stop rain.. Sal and I had made short work of limit in this field the other night and got out in time to let 400 birds drop in. So we let it rest until we had a crew.. The geese worked amazingly well for the amount of wind we had. It was a PIA calling the shot as the wind kept moving the birds in out of gun range when they would set up.. The shooting was pretty bad as I have a feeling the wind drift on a load of 2s is a bunch. One of the crew asked if he could take a 10 yr old that had just lost his father.. I obliged and the kid got a introduction to goose hunting with the birds, mud and weather.
The highlight of the day was when we needed one bird for a limit and a loner bowed up.. I told sal this was her bird. 30, 20, 10 yards and she finally pulled up and shot at 10 feet, making a shot we refer to as a "pillowcasing".. Upon touching the trigger it looked as if a feather pillow had exploded and daylight could be seen through the bird.
Limit minus the 4 Jon and the boy killed, He had a pop warner football game this morning and had to leave while we picked up..
A Few short Video Clips shot from an I Phone
