Morning flight

[game_boy]

Well its been a long time since I posted or shot a goose, but today that has changed. Luckily most of my friends are farmers and I get to shoot there. So I arranged last night when pickign one of mates up to come up and shoot this morning. Anyway I live close to the Lake of Menteith which plays host to easily 50, 000 geese during the season and every night all you can hear them cackling away. I was down at the lake last night at my other mates farm where around 7-7:30 skein after skein comes in, awesom.

 

So I didnt get back from the pub till 1am (I was driving) and was up at 6.54 to be up at the fields by 7.30. Famers dad realiably told me waht time roughly I should be there. So get up to the fields which are higher up than the lake on the sides of the valley, but not hill farming teritory. I was hiding in a small wood t listen out for the honking and sure enough there was some and it was getting louder. Small skein of Canda's coming from the lake, fired 2 barrels but missed - too far out. Decided to make my way up to the centre of the 3 fields where they are feeding each morning. I hid in a gorse bush which borders the field which I was expecting them to come into. So I luckily I was there before the majority of the geese arrived and sure enough around 7:30-8:00 they started coming off the lake below for breakfast, but only problem was that they were flighting into a feild on the other side of the field I was expecting and which I had great cover over. Nothing I could do but wait and stick close to the gorse and let them come in. Cause if i tried to get nearer them they would be off and I wasnt sure if I could shoot that other field (turns out I could).

 

I decided to bide my time because I knew at some point they would leave either by being scared off or they'd go naturally on to new feeding grounds further down the valley. Fired a scare shot bu they held tight. As time went on small numbers started to drift off but too high for me to get and not worth risking a shot at the main bunch. So another half an hour passes and larger numbers are starting to move on, as I hear the honking getting louder getting ready for the shot I realise they are flighting out further down the field where I came in, this was no good to me if I wanted a shot and bag a goose, I had to move down. I dont think it was worth crawling that distance so I came but quickly walked down to another patch of gorse with a great under-hang. Not long after I got there another wave came over but not in range. There was still some left on the field, and I pretty much thought they were all Cananda's due to the size but there had to be Pinkfeet there as well. The last of the birds started to move off and the last skein was coming my way (just as well I decided to move) they kept coming and that was it, out from behind the gorse - picked my bird and fired, down it came. Second barrel to the next one in line, down she came! Two shots, two pinks. Over the moon I was, two great shots and a goose with each barrel. Me, my medalist and 2 Mammoth 42gr #3’s had done it again.

[soreshoulder]

cool, well done, nice glasses :blink:

[caeser]

I really enjoyed reading that. Nice one mate.

[Evil Elvis]

Nice write up!! nice shooting too. i fished mentieith last year....cracking lake!!

[dazza]

well done good shooting

[Fat Dog]

Good write up. Good result. Any troots rising in the lake ?

[game_boy]

Cheers guys, twas a great morning. On a good night Fat Dog theres always a few rising but i think they slow down this time of year with the cold weather (i think!!). They extended the season a few years back as well.

[ROBLATCH]

good reading and nice shooting mate

[Whitebridges]

Very well done game_boy. Enjoyed the photo's and report, thanks for your trouble, happy eating.