The late bonus Goose season ended last Sunday 31 Jan- very "iffy" hereabouts, the usual winter picked corn fields with the decoys and the camo field blinds didn't work well- as many farmers left the best fields with unpicked corn, due to high moisture content last Nov--

So it's the rivers mainly--strange too, as we usually see scaup and buffleheads, but now just common mergansers and some resident mallards. Did many a few "honkers" hunting solo, right place, right time, unfrozen trigger finger etc-- but not a "Banner season" indeed.

So a few pending shoots this month and next- Club shoots for Tower birds and a few DU events- otherwise I'm stripping down and cleaning some double guns for possible parts resale in my Gunner's Den--re-reading favorite books- Buckingham, Gene Hill, Robert Ruark, Mike Mcintosh--and avoiding "cabin fever"--stay well!!