and congratulating a new member to the glorious fraternity of goose hunters. A buddy and I, along with my little girl decided to hit the goose fields this morning. It would be my girls FIRST goose hunt where she would be shooting a gun. We awoke at 2:30am and started to prepare for the day. I know that is early, but it takes awhile to get my daughter ready to go anywhere. We hit the X at around 4 to start the spread preparation. First lesson learned by my daughter was how NOT to break the decoy stands. Right after she broke one. The next lesson was on how to brush in a blind and then how to put together a goose spread. Upon finishing those activites, we enjoyed a cup of coffee (or hot chocolate) and waited for the sun to rise. The first flock (11 birds) came in right after shooting time and put the landing gear down right in our faces. I called the shot and we came up from the blinds. I was waiting for my girl to shoot, but she just sat there. My buddy dropped a triple and the day had begun. When I asked her why she didn't shoot, she said "I just freaked out they were so close and I forgot I had a gun and was supposed to shoot." I got a good chuckle out of that one. The next flock followed in about 5 minutes and she at least got a shot off on those. No dice, but my buddy dropped a double. On the third flock I couldn't tell for sure, but I think she and my buddy double up on the same bird. From my view directly behind her, she had the right lead and angle, but they both shot at the same time. It was a few flocks later as the birds came in to high for her 20 ga before another group came in close. There were about 30 birds in this bunch and they were hard on our left. We came out of the blinds and it was POETRY IN MOTION. She swung the gun around while bringing it to her shoulder in one fluid motion, took aim, and fired. Down came a goose with a resounding "THUMP"!! She yelled "I got one!!!!!" I beamed and said "THAT ONE IS ALL YOURS GIRL!!!" We marveled at her first bird and I asked her if it was as easy as it looked?? She emphatically stated "NO". She was shooting 3 inch mag #2 steel and I asked her how her shoulder was after shooting about 8 rounds. She said "I feel great!!" It was a fantastic day in the field and I am so proud of my girl!! I think the pics can tell the rest of the story.
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