Kansas 2016 pics and videos- long

We headed back to Emporia for 3 days of Canada geese and duck hunting. We hunted with Tornado Alley Waterfowl again, and I cannot say enough about how great those guys are. After each hunt, they would hit the roads, scouting for the next day's hunt. They said they typically run around 200-250 miles a day scouting. They work their butts off before during and after the hunt to make your hunts successful.
We drove up Thursday and hit snow as soon as we got to town. We had a pretty good bbq dinner, then met up with 34 and his crew at a local watering hole. Good group of baws there for sure.
All 3 days we had 6 guns and 2 camera men. If you get a chance, check out BN Outdoors. Good dudes, and they have some cool videos out there.
Day 1 was a snow covered wheat field. We had snows on top of us before we were ready. Specks all over us, but they were closed. Finally about 8:30, the Canadas showed up. After some initial poor shooting, we ended up with 33. Most of the geese were the lesser, but the greaters were huge.

Day 2 was a snow covered corn field. Again the geese cranked up late, but they were everywhere. It was interesting because the geese that were getting up in front of us did not like something. If the geese came in from behind, they would fly over, spin around, and hit right in the pocket. We downed 35 greaters, not one small bird in the bunch. We had one goose fall into the blind between myself and the guide. It broke the blind!


Day 3 was ducks and geese over water and ice. It was a tough hunt. Generator running the ice eater, moved blinds, moved decoys. The dogs had to deal with thick ice as well. There were a lot of birds around, but for whatever reason we had a tough time getting them in the hole. We ended up with a nice mixed bag of 8 mallards, 3 golden eye, 2 gadwalls, 1 Canada and a Speck.
All footage in these videos was filmed and edited by me. The BN Outdoors guys will have something out in the coming months. It will be put together much better than mine, no doubt.
Battery life was short in the cold, and my camera died early on day 1. On day 2 and 3, I didn't get much footage, but what I did get was pretty good.
Day 1
Day 2 & 3
We ate good, drank a few beers and had a great time with new and old friends.
We are setting dates for next year.