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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trip McNeely" data-source="post: 39395" data-attributes="member: 728">I can agree with that. . .  new birds can sometimes be an "un-blessing" in disguise" I agree we will never know. Its more likely a combination of many things like you stated. Its just a theory I've been paying attention too as I've progressed as a goose hunter. and it seems like my theory proves itself true more often than not. (esp, first two weeks of season) many may see it differently or may not have similar experiences. In my never-ending quest to completely understand goose behavior in relation to hunting pressure i'm always left with more questions than answers. I will share an experience which really bolstered my opinion.opening day about 6 years ago my buddy had a pea field about a mile from a small refuge. (40 acres maybe) we had 250 or so birds using the field for a good 2 weeks. at this time it was the only feed and the only birds using this roost. no other birds within 10 miles. the day before opener about 70 birds switched to another pea field of similar distance from the roost and on the sw side of roost. our field was NW and the 2 fields were a solid mile or better apart. another group was hunting the other pea field with 70 in it for a day. we were to hunt the field with the remaining 180 that had been there close to 2 weeks. the morning we hunted would have a been a lovely day to fish or golf as there was little to no wind. the first flock bee-lined right at us and we pounded half the bunch and sent the other half back to water. we then watched as the next 3 bunches went out to the other field. they didn't decoy as well to the other guys but they chipped a bird or few from each group and sent them back to water as well. it went dead for everyone for a solid 30 minutes before we watched every bird get off the roost and run the train for 20 minutes to a wheat field on the east side of the roost. never once saw a bird use it nor did we ever see any even fly that way to check it out in the many scouting trips we had before opener. That hunt had us all scratching our heads and left us wondering what the hell happened. I believe there was at least one goose in that bunch that had us figured out after the shooting and seeing birds return. I never wanted to admit a bird with a brain the size of a penny could have the cognitive skills to pull that off but I don't know what else it could have been?</blockquote>

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