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Andrew Hallett(with dad Keith) provided the poultry on "Ute Hunt" Saturday with a great shot on a pre-dawn wood duck and a big, fat honker for the freezer.
Congrats to the both of you!
October 11th, 2008
October 12th, 2008
John Kibler, son of guide Mark, dropped this three bird limit of wood ducks in less than ten minutes. We then scurried over to our field spread for geese and he killed two honkers(not shown) in about the same amount of time.
October 18th, 2008
Reuben "Death From Below" Kannaby
with his opening day groceries -
a limit of honkers and two wood ducks.The other hunters in the
group also got woodies and limits
of geese, but departed before
we could get their pictures.
Chicago Sun-Times outdoor writer and avid sportsmanDale Bowman displays
his first woody of the year.
October 18th, 2008
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Guide Jason Polowy hoists a couple of unlucky visitors.
October 19th, 2008
Reuben Kannaby, Jason Polowy, Jeff Norris, Mark Kibler, & Stone had a great morning.
October 22nd, 2008
Steve Sedlacek with his first woody of '08. What a beautiful sunrise...
October 22nd, 2008
Steve Sedlacek and Mr. Mark with a SHORT morning's work.
October 23rd, 2008
Mr. Mark, Stone, and a beauty of a drake woody.
The Critter Stone waitin' on gravity.
October 23rd, 2008
October 23rd, 2008
Done by 7:30am again.
October 25th, 2008
Guide Jason Polowy and Tony Morgando were done in 31 minutes,.
October 26th, 2008
Chris Szczypta with his Sunday morning harvest.
October 25th, 2008
He shoots - he scores!
October 29th, 2008
November 1st, 2008
Jim Harner and Dave Cook with a sunny morning's work.
Jason and Tony "The Hammer" Morgando.
October 29th, 2008
David Van Acker, Big Frank Lagodny, and Chuck Dyson with some
extremely unlucky visitors courtesy of Mr. Mark and The Critter Stone.
November 2nd, 2008
November 5th, 2008
Mike Brommer, Jason Polowy, and Tony Morgando
with their fists full of honkers.
Shirtsleeves + blue skies = rough huntin'.
Bruce Campbell, Dan Liebers,Scott Preston, and his girl Dharma Jean enjoyed despite the weather.
November 7th, 2008
Steve and Dan Lemke, Mike McEneany, Scott Preston, and his yellow butt-sniffer Dharma Jean.
Mr. Mark and The Critter Stone did not like the first couple hours (blue skies) - but things changed for the better.
November 8th, 2008
Dr. Peter Kerwin, Art Kerwin, Rooster Wendling, Fred "Buck Sheep" McCrary,
Mr. Mark, and The Critter Stone had a productive morning afield.
November 9th, 2008
Devin "The Goose Master" Mackay had a bit of trouble finding the safety - his dad Bob and Uncle Kevin did not.
Mr. Mark knows where his safety is...
November 11th, 2008
Four geese entered, no geese left. Reuben Kannaby joined me Tuesday morn for a pair of doubles.
Nice shootin' - and done early enough to hit
Harner's for a second breakfast by 8:30am.
November 20th, 2008
Mr. Mark and The Critter Stone(not shown) entertained
the boss, Kelly Madden, Mr. Bill Irle, and Mr. Bud Wheaton until 8:28am Thursday. Great fun for us!
For the geese - not so much...
November 23rd, 2008
Jeff Norris, Steve Sarley, Pete Johnson, Mr. Mark,
and The Critter Stone with some fresh victims.
November 30th, 2008
November 30th, 2008
We broke in The Lotto Hole with John Elashik killing the
first bird. He, Greg Colledge, and Jason display the goods.
First shot to last: approximately 65 minutes.
Mr. Mark and The Critter Stone worked their magic
for Kyle and Tom Esler with similar results.
It's Party Time!
December 4th, 2008
Mike "Cap'n Krunch" Dimeo knocked the snot out of these
birds on this blue Thursday morn. Nice shootin', Cap'n!
On the way out, Mike asked if we would be picking up the dekes. Nope. Do you see more than those
60 dekes in this picture taken about two hours later? Our pit is near the brush in the middle of the picture.
December 5th, 2008
Pete Johnson and Kim Presbrey joined me for
about forty minutes of fun Friday. We got in the hole
around 9am and were back at the warm-up shack before 10am.
By 10:30am there were more than 1,000 birds in that field and hundreds more piling in.
December 6th, 2008
Twenty dead birds by 8:04am - those responsible are: Tony the Hammer, Mr. Mark, Cap'n Krunch, Kevin Krahn, Beavis, Gary Maciarz, Jason Polowy, Paul Corbett, Butthead, and myself(mercifully not pictured).
The carnage continues...
Back Row: Jeff Shelton, Denny Polowy, his evil spawn Jason, Dave Becker, and John Dose
Front Row: Chad Cramer, Tony Marsala, Rob Montgomery, and Don Wallace
Chris Szczypta, Brett "Beavis" Nelson, Mr. Mark, Kyle DeKriek, and Tony Morgando. Thirty birds before 9:30am.
December 7th, 2008
Michael Harner, Jim "The Bad Baker Man" Harnerand i were done before 7:30am.
The geese were not...
This is the field west of the Grassy Knoll - the pit is where the horizon meets the right margin.
This is the field between the Grassy Knoll and the Slanty Shanty.
December 7th, 2008
December 8th, 2008
The Slanty Shanty is the bump on the left.
There are birds here.
December 9th, 2008
Andre Green, Gary Maciarz, Scott Martin, and i were done with our limits of geese well before 8am but decided it would be cool to sit out in the freezing rain the rest of the day for two ducks.
It was.
December 10th, 2008
Day "OFF"(yeah, right) - Mr. Mark snuck out for a quick limit.
December 11th, 2008
Reuben "DFB" Kannaby, Bill Irle, Mr. Mark, and Bud Wheaton showin' off their haul of honkers on a blue Thursday.
Stone is making a political statement in the background.
Tom "One Shot" Esler and Pete "Seven Count" Johnson ruined these poor, unsuspecting creatures (insert evil chortle).
December 11th, 2008
December 12th, 2008
Scott "Sergeant" Preston, Kevin Krahn, and Reuben "DFB" Kannaby
were serviced by Mr. Mark and The Critter Stone and liked it.
December 13th, 2008
Three generations of goose-whackin' Polowys.Josh, Uncle Jason, and Gramps(Dennis). Nice work, gents!
Well, since these were Josh's first geese, we told him about how the English would "blood" a young man's forehead upon his first kill of a fox and went on to explain that, in the wilds of Kane County, we use goose poop. He wasn't buyin' any of that. Next...
Grant Gable and his most excellent father, Mark Gable after
Grant's first goose hunt(with Mr. Mark Kibler and Stone).
Grant has been tagging along with his dad for years
and it was his turn today. Make that 20g bark, boy!
Kevin Krahn and Tony the Hammer rounded out the crew.
Tim Votapka, Li'l Jason, and Steve O'Connor with their morning's whackage.
Meanwhile, i took these mugs to The Back Forty.Tim McQuillen, Luke Skylooker, Gary Maciarz, Bear Fester, and Cap'n Crunch Dimeo.
Mr. Mark, Manager of Decoy Logistics Kyle Esler, and Transportation Czar Tom "One Shot" Esler.
December 14th, 2008
December 14th, 2008
Mr. Mark and The Critter Stone hosted Bob Mackay, Devin "The Goosemaster" Mackay, and Dev's Uncle Kevin Mackay.
This youngster figured out where his safety was and unleashed Hell upon one of the biggest geese harvested this season.
Li'l Jason treated his charges to limits of geese and one drake mallard. John Gaw, Jason Polowy, Jim Gaw, and Rico Bova hoist their haul.
NO HUNTS UNTIL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19TH
December 19th, 2008
December 20th, 2008
It was a lovely morning for those who made it out through the most recent "Storm of the Century"(of the week):
Todd Renihan, Mr. Mark "Bling-Bling" Kibler(two more bands for his jewelry-laden noose), Dan Liebers, Li'l Jason, Kevin Krahn, Bruce Campbell, and myself had limits before 10am. Mr. Mark and his rummies, er, hunters(Todd, Dan, Bruce) knocked down the first seven of their eight bird limit from one group of birds. Nicely done, sirs!
The Teskas(Mike, Dave, and Ken), Steve Lemke, and Li'l Jason wore 'em out.
Eight more were snuffed out by another group but, alas, no pictures.
December 24th, 2008
The Mackays(Kevin, Devin the Goosemaster, and Bob) and Andre Green ruined Christmas for these birds with the aid of Mr. Mark and Stone.
December 26th, 2008
D.F.B., Rooster Wendling, and Bill Irle began Kwanzaa in style!
December 13th, 2008
December 13th, 2008
December 14th, 2008
These gents enjoyed some great shootin'. Gary Greene, Kevin Krahn, Tom "Good Dawg" Leitsinger, and Tony the Hammer.
December 14th, 2008
December 15th, 2008
December 15th, 2008
NO HUNTS UNTIL DECEMBER 24th(weather)
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