Slow Year

[Specklebelly]

Only six ducks for me this year.     Have done better in geese but still behind last year.

It is mostly my fault as I have been doing a lot of goose hunting instead of going after daffy. 

I hope to reverse this slow trend as I have until the end of January for ducks.  If the snow lightens up I will head out in about an hour for a little PM hunting.

How has everyone else done this year?

[gooser]

very slow for me as well,...about a dozen ducks and 16 geese. This was one of my worst years ever due to no good fields in our area to attract and hold geese. Duck numbers went way down after the early youth hunt.

[Trav]

we have been doing pretty good.  My 11 year old son and I have only been out 4 times, but have killed a pile of ducks each time.  He does not seem to be able to miss.  He out-shot one of my hunting buddies the other day.  I love seeing him getting into it.

[Macthediver]

HI Guys
I know I'm fairly new here and no one here probably knows me. I live in west central WI and have hunted the Mississippi most of my life.
I had a fairly decent fall and haven't totaled my bird count yet. I believe it was somewhere between 30-40?? 
Anyway here is a photo of a group hunt we did in late October. My younger brother has been coming to stay for a couple days the last few years. He brings with him his little brother(Big Brothers Big Sister) and a freind of his. My son and I act as guides for for them while there here for 3 or 4 days.
We took one day and added to them a friend I work and hunt with. The son of a guy I work with, 3-4 of my sons buddies he hunts with. It turns into kind of a gang of guys for the day. We go out for the whole day grill some burgers around noon. Pick and poke fun at each other and overall have a good time. Most times it is not even about the birds that get shot. The two geese in the photo made the suicidal mistake of flying right into the middle of the mess standing around the grill. When the two young boys each yelled I got one. Well the rest of us just said good shooting boys LOL :-)
I took this photo at the end of the day and think it turned out kind of neat. The black lab is my sons dog and just a pup doing very well. The yellow lab is my hunting buddies dog and in it's second season. They are both a treat to hunt with.

Mac

[Specklebelly]

Trav and Macthediver

You guys are doing pretty good.  I hope it continues. 

I will try again in the AM.

Shoot straight

[Specklebelly]

I am now up to double digit. 

Off topic but not new thread worthy:

My friend just called and said his son just shot a Bufflehead.  Probably no big deal to most of you guys but they are pretty rare around here.

Have a safe New Years Eve everyone.

[gooser]

Have a safe New Years Eve everyone.

Thanks specklebelly,OBTW, thats a nice new avatar you got there.

 Macthediver,thats a great looking hunt there.Glad to hear from you. sounds excellent with the BBQ and all.

 We (Michigan) have a late goose season coming up shortly, Jan 5 to Feb 3rd, but all our geese are gone anyway. But,with any luck.....maybe.......just maybe........

 gooser