burbank goose club?

[ICEMAN]

Thanks for all the input...Found out my buddy paid in advance so we are kinda locked in. I guess we will just hope for the best, i will post some pics when we get back and let ya know what I thought....Thanks again-Lewy

Tell him you are going to write an article for the Hunt Wa website, and that you really want to see the birds work and to help with the calling... Maybe you can get a bit better service with this approach?

[TheHunt]

I think ICEMAN has a great idea...   I know some of the people who responded to this thread are friends of Paul’s or work for him.   I for one would like to read about your experience.   

The suicide doors in the pit have cracks in them.  You can watch the geese work the decoys from the cracks of the doors.   DO NOT WEAR NOISY CLOTHS.  The pit blind acts like a speaker box.  Gore-Tex rubbing together as you are moving around looking at the geese will be picked up by the geese when they are working the decoys.  If you are in a pit with some knuckle heads making noise while birds are working you need to speak up, because they are screwing up your hunt.

For goodness sake have fun…  That is what it is all about.  There is enought information on this thread to help you pick a guide and a spot.  If you feel you did not get the hunt you wanted you do not have to tip.   But do NOT base the tip on shooting at huge flocks it is NOT going to happen...   Base it on your guides ability to call back a small number of geese on big flocks.  His ability to call period and his ability to tactfully tell a client to quit moving, talking or making noise when the geese are working the decoys (you should not have to).  Did he have talent enough to work and bring in birds?  Base the tip on these things...     


One last thing...   If you and/or your buddy can call geese bring your calls with you.   Call for the guide when you meet up. The idea is more then one person calling the more the geese will commit to the decoys.  Work a hand signal with the guide to start and stop calling.  You might get some tips from the guide while you are waiting for flocks.  And you do not have to hear your wife or girl friend complain.  Make sure your guide is giving you an honest opinion of your calling ability.   

[niceshot]

The most effective way to kill geese on a consecutive bases is out of a pit hands down.  Some guides have smaller holes cut into the lids so you can see (still limitied) the birds working. 

Personally I would rahter have a so so hunt and be able to watch the birds out of an eliminator.  With that said, you still have to get good and low in the blind and know when to look.  I have seen it happen a lot where people stick their heads out of a blind and you get to watch the birds but not shoot. 

Think about what you want and remember it is hunting and not killing.  Call Paul at Burbank and ASK him if you can hunt the edge of a field out of eliminators.  Its your hunt and he should accomodate you. 

[Wack-N-Stack]

 

[Old Wanderer]

I was at Moses Lake in Oct. with Northern Flight, in a pit. 1st flight of geese came into the decoys, BUT a bunch more were circling and they landed, guess they call their friends, because in 15 minutes we had over 1000 geese in the deeks, even walking on top of the blind...

It took about 30 minutes to get rid of this huge flock....(not a shot was fired).

Boy that was tough, as it was the 1st time I had been duck/goose hunting in almost 5 years, and was also the last time I had fired my 12 GA.

Turned out just fine however, we all got either a limit, or near limit.

I marked it down as a very good hunt.  Most importantly I had a really good time.

[mkcj]

We only hunt with Aaron Echternkamps out of moses lake great guy with great lease and land went with him 5 times last year and got limits every trip