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Its been a while since I've posted any updates. I'll try to point out a few of the happenings from the past month.
About 30 days ago, Run-N-Gun had a booth at the Sportsman's Fair in Racine, WI. The fair wasn't as big as we had hoped, but we did get a few serious inquires. It's always fun to talk hunting with alot of different people. The same weekend, Trevor guided a client on an early season goose hunt. With the 80 degree temps, the hunting wasn't all that good. The client still had a great time and will be coming back to hunt with us in the regular season.
Oct 3rd was the opener for waterfowl. Several of the Run-N-Gun staff went duck hunting for the weekend at a spot a couple hours away from Rochester. The cold front that moved in just days before the opener didn't help us much as it pushed most of the teal out of the area. We did some shooting and got some ducks, but it was difficult hunting.
On Saturday, Oct 3rd, Spike hunted geese in Rochester with a friend. They had ducks buzzing and geese landing in the decoys...unfortunately, that all happened before the 9:00am opener. They did manage to shoot 3 geese that morning. They would have had their limit if they wouldn't have had gun malfunctions.
Sunday, Oct 4th, Spike and a few friends hunted geese again. They saw a lot of birds and worked quite a few flocks. In the end, they shot 7 geese...1 had a leg band (Spike loves that jewelry). So, for the opening weekend, Spike and his friends were 2 birds short of a limit by shooting 10 geese and getting 1 band.
On Saturday, Oct 10th, Mike hunted with a couple of clients. They saw a little action in the morning. The clients ended up shooting 5 birds, just short of their limit. Tim and Trevor hunted the same day at a different location. Tim and Trev saw a lot more birds than Mike did. In the end, they shot 5 birds with 1 having a leg band. Spike hunted on Saturday too. He and a friend were south of Rochester and finished the morning with 4 birds in hand.
All in all, the early part of the regular season hasn't been too bad. We haven't really seen a large influx of new birds in the area. The colder temps should push more birds into the Rochester area soon. The hunting is a little spotty right now, but we are still consistently shooting birds. As new birds move into the area, the hunting will only get better with every passing day. We really need the weather to cooperate with us so the farmers will get their crops picked, which will allow us to open up more of our pitted fields.
Now that the regular hunting season is upon us and we will be hunting several times a week, we will get updates posted more often.
Stay safe and shoot straight.
Run-N-Gun Outfitters
About 30 days ago, Run-N-Gun had a booth at the Sportsman's Fair in Racine, WI. The fair wasn't as big as we had hoped, but we did get a few serious inquires. It's always fun to talk hunting with alot of different people. The same weekend, Trevor guided a client on an early season goose hunt. With the 80 degree temps, the hunting wasn't all that good. The client still had a great time and will be coming back to hunt with us in the regular season.Oct 3rd was the opener for waterfowl. Several of the Run-N-Gun staff went duck hunting for the weekend at a spot a couple hours away from Rochester. The cold front that moved in just days before the opener didn't help us much as it pushed most of the teal out of the area. We did some shooting and got some ducks, but it was difficult hunting.
On Saturday, Oct 3rd, Spike hunted geese in Rochester with a friend. They had ducks buzzing and geese landing in the decoys...unfortunately, that all happened before the 9:00am opener. They did manage to shoot 3 geese that morning. They would have had their limit if they wouldn't have had gun malfunctions.
Sunday, Oct 4th, Spike and a few friends hunted geese again. They saw a lot of birds and worked quite a few flocks. In the end, they shot 7 geese...1 had a leg band (Spike loves that jewelry). So, for the opening weekend, Spike and his friends were 2 birds short of a limit by shooting 10 geese and getting 1 band.
On Saturday, Oct 10th, Mike hunted with a couple of clients. They saw a little action in the morning. The clients ended up shooting 5 birds, just short of their limit. Tim and Trevor hunted the same day at a different location. Tim and Trev saw a lot more birds than Mike did. In the end, they shot 5 birds with 1 having a leg band. Spike hunted on Saturday too. He and a friend were south of Rochester and finished the morning with 4 birds in hand.All in all, the early part of the regular season hasn't been too bad. We haven't really seen a large influx of new birds in the area. The colder temps should push more birds into the Rochester area soon. The hunting is a little spotty right now, but we are still consistently shooting birds. As new birds move into the area, the hunting will only get better with every passing day. We really need the weather to cooperate with us so the farmers will get their crops picked, which will allow us to open up more of our pitted fields.Now that the regular hunting season is upon us and we will be hunting several times a week, we will get updates posted more often.
Stay safe and shoot straight.
Run-N-Gun Outfitters
