Been a lot of deer around here lately. Time to change things up a little:

Pic from a mostly unsuccessful Minnesota ruffed grouse hunt:


More scenery:


Run in with a porcupine turned into an hour of picking quills:


Kansas waterfowl hunt. Lesser canada goose on the left and a mature blue-phase snow goose on the right.


Nebraska sandhills prairie chicken/sharptailed grouse hunt


The 5 on the left and 1 on the far right are sharptailed grouse, the other two with the long feathers coming out their necks (pinnae)are male prairie chickens. We shot them in the same spot. We also shot bobwhite quail in the same areas and saw some pheasants. We were really hoping for a 4 species upland day.


Iowa farm pond goose hunt. Three of us each dropped one bird out of a flock of 3 and two of them were banded. This was Billy's first goose and first band all in one! Its going on the wall.


Bands up close. They were nearly sequential, one ended in 14, the other 16.


Shot of the decoys/pond


Last edited by csteffen; 11/30/09 06:02 PM.
Every person should have an interest in life - I think I'll go fishing. ~ Thoreau