Posted By:
Mike F.
Guest
mac 01-06-2005 14:24
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted this am at Sailsbury, from shooting time until 8-9, shot my black and passed on a few hen golden eyes. If I had a dog instead of my trusting fishing rod to retreive birds, I could have shot a couple mallards as well, but i kept my range pretty limmited. Went scouting, no to many geese in the fields, surprise, went back to sailsbury in the afternoon, Scott I saw you as I was leaving. not to many birds flying, but it was snowing pretty well.
Mike
Posted By:
Scott-Haight
Guest
Merrimack River 01-06-2005 14:20
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Well, I braved the elements to drive down to the marsh for a look and possible jump shoot. Got rearended on the way for my trouble 🙁 No damage to my truck at least( that I know of – having checked in the AM ).
Saw a couple birds where I could sneak on them but they swam off before I could get there. No shots taken. The good news is, however, the storm does not seem to be causing ice problems. Usually you get some serious “snow ice/slush” from these things but it wasn’t the case at least as of 1PM. Lots of open water.
The long range forecast shows a steady warming trend all the way to a high of 56 next week and 2 days of rain. Night time low’s were also showing well above freezing too. Looks like we might just be able to use boats to end the duck season and start the late goose! Yee-ha!
Posted By:
CDUNCAN
Guest
central mass 01-06-2005 06:49
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 35-40 Degrees
WOW!!! was the best day i have ever had in my 15 years of duck hunting. flocks of mallards about 10 to a flock buzzing by all morning. the geese were a bit slow only saw about 30 all morning. ha ha the only problem i had was picking out the drakes through the fog and snow. after my first mallard hen i was very selective on taking shots must have passed on 6 flocks due to not being able to pick out the drakes and the mallards flying in a tight pattern. total for the day 2 geese 4 mallards 1 hen was a great day watching ducks work toward the decoys and my calling getting much better. just a quick note central duck season closes saturday…. cd
[Edited By CDUNCAN on 2005-01-06 06:51]
Posted By:
Scott-Haight
Guest
*** REMINDER *** 01-05-2005 04:59
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Again, the Field Report pages are to be reserved strictly for Field Reports and/or posts that have information relevant to everyone such as some of the posts I make sharing info from MassWildlife. Please( and thank you ).
I hope you all understand I am not trying to be a jerk or upset anyone but this is one of my responsibilities as a Mass VFE( ie; keep the Field Reports pages on track ). Thank you for your cooperation.
Posted By:
Scott-Haight
Guest
Merrimack River 01-05-2005 04:53
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Had a decent hunt today. Not a lot of birds moved but the ones that did were much more willing to come to the decoys and calls. Have a snow storm due Thursday that could ice us back up but the long range weather forecast is for 40 degree temps mostly and a few days of rain. Hopefully it will keep the marsh and boat launch open for the rest of the season( ie; regular waterfowl and late goose ).
Posted By:
bflather
Guest
Ipswich 01-04-2005 14:31
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Walter-
We do ours the same way that we do our duck. We marinate them over night in what ever is in the fridge. Usually soy sauce based. Then we cook’em right on the grill. RARE! For duck breast no more then 3-5 min a side. You can also wrap them in
Bacon to be sure they don’t dry out too
much. And it take some of the “gammy”
taste out, because everything’s better
when wrapped in bacon! Good luck!! and Nice job on the honkers…
Posted By:
Walter
Guest
Plum Island Area 01-04-2005 13:35
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I have a question. I shot 3 geese in the past 2 weeks. I ate one half a breast that was tough but tasted ok. Last nite I ate another half a breast that tasted kind of bad and was still tough.
Does anyone know how to prepare a piece of goose breast? I dont shoot a lot of geese, I’m better at preparing ducks. Thanks a lot. – Walter
Posted By:
Scott-Haight
Guest
Merrimack River 01-04-2005 02:09
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Water has really opened back up although another cold snap certainly will freeze it back over with little difficulty. Plenty of birds around but they are really wary.
Posted By:
CDUNCAN
Guest
corn field at the flats on friday 01-03-2005 09:50
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
went out goose hunting and was starting to pick up around 9:30 with not a bird being seen, when out of the corner of my eye i see about 200 honkers coming my way about a half mile out. jump into the corn stalks call like a crazy man. coming in nice to my decoys now 20 yards away and boy are they loud. wait till 10 feet out pick out my two geese take the two shots. that was it, my two goose limit in about two minutes of shooting and 2 hours of wating. had to pick up with more and more geese flying by.. wished it was late season could have easly taken five.. looking forward to the late season goose hunt… cd
[Edited By CDUNCAN on 2005-01-03 09:51]
Posted By:
Mike F.
Guest
Sailsbury 01-02-2005 15:32
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Shot sailsbury on saturday, morning was tough, nothing went our way. Afternoon was a little better, besides having a GIMME shot at a decoying black 15 yards away, my layout top got stuck lol, and then my gun got caught on my jacket, needless to say that duck survived to fly another day. Later we decoyed a double, a hen and black, dad took them both with one shot. We also had a hunter cut his engine and load his gun after he saw our Bigfeet along the bank, he was a tad startled when we sat up.
