I was loafing around the house this afternoon and my hunting buddy called. He knew where there was some geese working.
He and I have worked togather for to many years, all the way back to when we both were in good health, for those of you who understand that.
Twenty years ago he and I had taken a kid with us goose hunting, now the kid calls and takes us rabbit hunting. Such is the reward for good deeds.
He was with me when I shot my first goose with a muzzleloader, my Brown Bess and the goose was banded, my first band.
Today was to warm for a good goose day and the sun was shining bright. I was using my Pedersoli 10 ga. loaded with 95 grns of ffg Goex and 1 1/4 oz of Bismuth BBs. We saw a lot of geese, then pulled of six from a group, worked them in and landed them at 20 yards. We each picked a goose on our side, and shot. The first load from my gun rocked the bird hard, the second folded it. He also shot his bird twice with his modern 3.5 12 ga.
This was a great day, in the field with a good friend, good stories keeping up with our kids watching Gods creation. The only down side was we both forgot coffee and snacks. Age showing? All in all, a good day in the field, Black powder shooting side by side with black plastic. And a goose apiece was enough.
We tried to take pictures after we picked up but it was two dark for cell phone cameras.