Quick report - arrived at 03.45 at nominated spot. Matt, Tony & Derryn were running slightly late. When they arrived we pulled in and set about carrying our gear "250 metres" to the X where the geese had been. Matt can jam his 250 metres up his butt --- (said fondly. No, I'm fond of Matt, not his butt) the round trip was easily a km (later GPS'd at 1.3km). I should have left a bag of dekes in the car but decided to take 3 bags of full bodies, my blind bag crammed with unnecessary junk, my layout and of course my gun. Being that it was raining I was clad in over trousers and heavy jacket. 2 trips out were required.... then we set about trying to find where Matt & Tony had scouted the birds. We got set up and as usual in the dark the decoy set is a bit of a lottery but we got it pretty spot on. As the light came up the first birds began to move, mostly in pairs and several got up from a creek near by. By mid morning we had a few down and then they started coming in regularly. The weather improved dramatically, with sun appearing over head and the temperature rising. We had quite an array of opportunities, not the usual in the face decoying birds so some interesting shots were taken. By 10 am it was all quiet, and with 2 dozen birds down we knew we had a hard job ahead.... after some obligatory shots we began to bring in the decoys... and then the hike out began.
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| Smile now boys... you'll be grimacing soon! |
25 birds @ 4-5kg each. Shit. All the decoys. Shit. It was a slog. A real slog through basically bog. Shit. But man we were happy boys by the time we returned to the trucks. Then off up to Matt's place to clean the birds, a good drive home and now I'm idly watching my wet weather gear drying. Thanks lads, beaut hunt.
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| Tony & Matt, smiling again.. post grimace |
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