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Sept.1 2008 Opening Day
Opening day 2008 started off pretty slow. As stated before the geese are laying low for the most part. Not much corn being cut as of yet. We set up in a small cut field at the beautiful Grandview Farm in Orange County. Dave Jr.didn't get their until after we had set up. Had a small group skirt the blinds about 7am but could'nt get them to commit. About 8am had a small group of about 12 come in. We managed to get four. Score Benelli (1) Mossberg (2) Remington (1). Looking forward to the farmers to start some cutting. Will be hunting the Kenwood farm once Monk cuts the corn over yonder.
Sept. 4 Day 2
Day 2 on Thur.9-4 started with our ritual of breakfast at Hardees. The weather was mild and the sun was just beginning to peek over the trees when we( Dave,Jr.and Dave Sr.) began setting up on Black Level Road on the Grandview farm. The first flock of 6 arrived about 720am from G'ville way. They pretty much locked up and sailed in quietly after only a couple clucks from the Tim Grounds Half Breed(Super call by the way!!). We managed 2 down on the first pass and hit 'em with a loud comeback call and picked off 1 more on the second pass. We began breaking down the Otter Outdoors haybale blind around 9am. On the way out of the field at 920am we had 2 small groups come over the field looking to land. Oh well, get 'em tomorrow. Benelli scores 3.
Sept.5
Day 3
We got set up shortly before 645am on Black Level Road. Had a group come from Shenandoah Crossing around 7am and they headed towards the barn at the main farm. We figured they were heading to the horse farm further up Rt. 15. Shortly thereafter 2 came in from G'ville and set down just outside of the deeks. After about 5 minutes of some low murmurs on the Half Breed they began to ease towards the spread. They were making their way up the hill in the middle of the spread when the group we thought were going to the horse farm started back. With just a few clucks of the calls the group of about 12 locked up and sailed in. After the barrage of devastating firepower was delivered 9 bulletproof geese left the field. Total: Benelli (3). See ya next trip.