Our trip to Maui was meant to serve two main purposes. The first was to help bridge that period of time between hunting season and the time of year when one can fish and garden in Colorado by going someplace without proper seasons. The second was to get the fuck out of winter for a […]
Fowling Around Northeast Colorado
My first goose came after a plethora of blunders. There’s a reason that folks typically learn to hunt with a mentor. But it only took me a couple days to figure out where I was making mistakes and bring one home. Hopefully my stories will speed that process up for you. When I started this […]
Canada Goose Gear & Tactics
Prior to my first goose hunt, I had some firm ideas about what it meant to hunt waterfowl. Hunting waterfowl required an elaborate blind, a vast array of expensive decoys, head-to-toe camouflage (with face paint), and a well-trained retriever. This does describe one style of waterfowl hunting, but for those of us just getting started, […]
The Canada Goose
The Canada Geese (Brant canadensis) are in Colorado in numbers right now. They are gobbling up crops all over the front range and plains. Here’s a bit about the geese and their behavior. Stay tuned over the next couple weeks for more information about the gear and tactics to hunt Canadas, my experiences, and how […]