Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all – I wish you the best in 2010!  I love new beginnings.  Whether it is springtime, the sunrise while sitting in a bow stand or a new start to the year, it’s nice to be able to let go of things from the previous year and start with the score even once again.  Even though we are facing much opposition to freedom right now from Washington, we still do have the freedom to take responsibility for ourselves and make this year a great one!  I’m thankful for a safe, healthy,  prosperous year in o9 and for the new beginnings Christ gives us through His grace & mercy.

I had planned to do some late season bowhunting around Christmas and New Year’s, but my cousins had a bunch of geese picked out so I opted to be sociable and do some goose hunting.  The -6 degree actual temp. also played a role in choosing to goose hunt rather than sit up in a cold bow stand!  It’s been a few years since I did much goose hunting and I must say that I had a great time!  It’s great to see a group of geese lock up and sail into your decoys.  I was hoping to get some good video, but I just never could quite get things to click.  I got a little video of geese locking up and falling into a cut corn field – just before we had time to get our decoys set up – talk about frustrating!!  I believe that we tallied up our geese for the week at 12, that was between the 4 of us, so not too bad.  Below is a pick of a few of the geese we killed New Year’s Day.  Great time – now off to chase some predators!!