This is just unbelievable

[fabsroman]

M.T.,

I completely agree with you and it makes me sick. The majority of the time, I don't get my limit while duck hunting or goose hunting. Spent many days afield hunting deer without killing or seeing anything other than birds, squirrels, etc.

At the end of the day, I think our hunting culture is being way too influenced by the marketing of these manufacturers. They need to give us a reason to spend $150 on a foiles call and $300 on a layout blind, and several thousands of dollars on new decoys, and God knows I should trade my SBE in on the SBE II.

I have been trying to find some good people to hunt with, other than my dad, and while I know a bunch of good guys from Southern Maryland, I haven't been able to hook up with them to hunt yet. Done plenty of clays shooting with them though and even cleaned up at a tournament with them. Luckily, during the last week of this goose season, I ran into two father son groups on a single hunt and they both seemed to be great people. It was a great hunt even though we/I only killed two geese. There were 3 dads and 3 sons in the field together that day, with the youngest kid being 10. The guys were extremely understanding when my dog broke out of the blind and scared off the only group of geese we saw that morning. They understood that we were hunting and stuff happens. The 18 year old kid called me every day of that remaining week to ask if I was going to hunt in the afternoon with them. I also promised to take him out crow hunting because he has never done it (i.e., this is his first season of waterfowling).