Hunting geese today

[Paul "from NZ" Stenning]

This morning was the first time I have ever hunted from a finisher, or any other ground blind for that matter, and have to say I am now a convert! The weather was not ideal with a hard frost and no wind, the geese had been hunted heavily also so was not expecting much. The geese come over high circling many times but still ended up decoying to the GHG OS shells. They did just not have a clue we were there...Rob I need a coulpe of ground force blinds!!!!!

My GHG OS Goose shells with my friend Shanes new Finisher blinds Check out that view!


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A resonable result (48 Canadas for 2 guns) considering the conditions

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[Rusty Hallock]

Paul,


Looks like you guys had a great hunt. Outstanding scenery with the mountains in the background.

[Jeff Kreit]

Thanks for the post. Do you have any room ???

[Beaus_dad]

Funny to see you bundled up in your winter season when we are strippin down to beat the heat. Great job on the geese. Yes the mountains are spectacular -Peter Jackson director of LOTR gave most of the world a peek at that spectaclur NZ scenery at various locations in his movie. Bootiful:cool:

[Craig Boyd]

Great hunt! Yeah I love the mountains.

[Josh Brugmans]

Nice pile of birds, what is the band recovery like over there.

[Ryan Vande Griend]

Very cool hunt!
Those Shells look great out there!

[Tony Vandemore]

Looks like a tough morning...:eek:

[Brittany Sorensen]

Very awesome pics. Looks like it was a great hunt.

[Bearman]

A resonable result (48 Canadas for 2 guns) considering the conditions


I would call that an understatement....what's it like when the birds aren't weary?

Look at that magazine extension!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Curt Wilson]

I guess you can call that is a reasonable result. That looks like a great hunt with some great scenery. Thanks for the post. If only we could shoot like that here.

[Rob Jepson]

Congrats Paul and thank you for posting the photos. Beautiful country!!

[chad belding]

Outstanding! You make me wish I was there. Those mountains remind me a lot of hunting out here in Nevada, Idaho, and Colorado. Do you think that there could be some great video footage taken where you are hunting? I think that it would be great to see some of these New Zealand duck and goose hunts done right in a video. Keep it coming.

Good Hunting!

Chad Belding
Avery Outdoors

[Mike Hungle]

Paul welcome to the wonderful world of ground blinds!

[chad belding]

Outstanding! You make me wish I was there. Those mountains remind me a lot of hunting out here in Nevada, Idaho, and Colorado. Do you think that there could be some great video footage taken where you are hunting? I think that it would be great to see some of these New Zealand duck and goose hunts done right in a video. Keep it coming.

Good Hunting!

Chad Belding
Avery Outdoors

[David Rearick]

I like the fully flocked sleepers you have there. They look real.:p

[Andrew O'Neill]

Wow! It looks like you have some pretty liberal limits down there not to metion the awesome scenery.
Good Hunt!

[Quickshot]

Hey Paul, are you sure you live in New Zealand? It looks more like Heaven to me.

Frank

[Mike Bard]

Paul - great hunt!!! 48 geese for 2 guns... that's 8 two man limits here in NY. Amazing!

[Duster]

Paul, that picture is un-believable! Great scenery, great results, great story! Thanks for sharing and making my trigger finger even worse! Only 73 more days until opener!

[Aaron Hitchins]

Reasonable!!! If I shoot that many geese in a season it's outstanding, and I like in the country Canada Geese came from!!! I could just sit in that field and look at the mountains and I would be perfectly satisfied!!! Thanks for the post you just made me re-evaluate myself living in North America!!!!

Aaron

[RyanBarthel]

I'm moving!!!

[Keath Wetovick]

You guys have some spectacular gunning!

[Garret Dietz]

Looks like the OS shells and finsisher blinds sure did trick those honkers.

[goosehunter26]

looks like you had a great hunt

[Travis Mueller]

What an awesome backdrop!!

[Jeff-Widgnwhacker-Wallis]

Kiwi Killin at it's best:D

Way to go Paul !

[Wayne Radcliffe]

You guys are on top of your game and very modest. What a great hunt!!!

[T.J. Owens]

Paul,

Congratulations on your hunt! I have to ask how you guys in NZ prepare your geese for the table?

Best of luck,
T.J.

[Kevin Carter]

Great pictures Paul! You're making me really jealous though you spent the day shooting Geese in cold weather and I spent the day mowing in 98 degree weather! haha

[iawaterfowler88]

thats awesome paul!! beautiful country you have over there...what kind of numbers do you guys shoot on a "good" day and when the birds aren't "wary"

[Paul Beyer]

Sweet pics! Looks like you got a good thing goin' down under. What is the wait for decoys in the mail and is postage worth it?! You bet with hunts like that!!

[Tom Matthews]

I actually just started looking at the availability of flights from Hong Kong to Auckland, New Zealand....