From my blind inside a willow thickets I had a perfect view of the decoy layout and the fields where the geese would come to feed. The waiting game was on.



We used this willow thicket as a blind.



Not an hour after sunup I heard honking in the far distance. Time to put the coffee mug down and get ready with shotgun in hand. The first flock of the day came direct into the decoys after the circled behind us and came over our heads. I hate when the geese do that and missed promptly two shoots at close range.



Two hours later and we had no more geese come in but I could her them down on the lake behind us. I got up and walked to the lake shore in the hope I could flush a few geese toward Paul. Alas they took off in the opposite direction and I quickly grabbed the camera and took this shot instead.



At noon we went home without shooting any birds. That's hunting for you. There will be other days. The season is still open for another ten days and I'll be back in that field before then.

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