We make every effort to hide. Here's my hunting partner in full-guilly mode.
First thoughts about a mid-February specklebelly goose hunt were that it would be quite exciting.
As the day arrived, a look at the weather forecast moderated our excitement. Of course we had to give it a try.
Our day and a half on Webb Tract was sunny, warm and mostly boring. However, we did bag eleven white-fronts between five of us. It was mostly a test of long range shooting at passing birds.
I killed time by bringing my camera to the blind and taking a few photos. Not very noteworthy, but here are a couple of them.
Birds of prey were abundant. Besides this sharp-shinned hawk, we saw merlins, red-tails, harriers and kites.
Sometimes the ships look like they're on land.
