There’s one place you can find me every year on September 1. Goose hunting. This year I got the chance to hunt with my 15 year old brother Jon.
We woke up at 4:30 a.m and after a quick stop to the local donut shop we were on our way. The weather was cool near 45 degrees. I was outfiited with my Medalist base layers, which kept me warm and dry. The area we chose to hunt was a small clearing in the trees along the Susquehana River, since the river was flowing high and muddy. We watched several geese fly through this clearing the night before and land on a nearby island. Hoping the geese would fly through the same clearing we waited patiently. Apparently the geese got word of our plan because they were no where to be found in the morning. We sat until 11:00 before heading home for lunch empty handed.
Jon and I decided to hunt a large pond in the evening where we met up with my good friend Nick Szumski. We placed our decoys at the tip of a large island and waited, and waited, and waited. Finally, with about 10 minutes of legal shooting light left we heard a flock approaching. The geese circled us twice before locking in on our spread. We managed to knock down three ending the first day of the Pennsylvania goose season.
Although we didn’t kill our limit of geese I had a great time sharing the water with my brother and good friend and look forward to doing it again.
Jerome (J-rome) Sulkoski
Field Producer of Innerloc’s Out-There
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