tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:19:34 +0000taboo of the daygoose callingconservationa few observations...moose huntinghunting safetywild gamehunting ethicsdeer huntinglists upon listshaikus?updateshunting gearhunting humorfundraisinglandowner permissionnational wild turkey federationwaterfowl huntingturkey hunting clotheshunting regulationssmall game huntingduck huntinghuntingrandom thoughtscalling contestsgoose huntingwhitetail deergame callsturkey and turkey huntingduck callingrecipeswritingcorrections2011 turkey odysseywomen's huntingbig game huntingNostalgia, News, Stories, Opinions, and Lies.http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)Blogger79125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/GetOutAndGoHuntinghttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-861862254531334786Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +00002012-01-21T22:11:16.336-05:00game callshuntingOutside of rabbits, coyotes, and some small furbearers there are no open seasons currently on the go here in southwestern Ontario, and it has likewise taken a bitter turn to the cold side of winter. We’d been spoiled with warmth for too long, I suppose.  I hope the deer and the turkeys benefited from the unusually mild and un-snowy winter and have stored up energy for the next six or eight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/9uAm7KKrXkI/outside-of-rabbits-coyotes-and-some.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/adIEMge-e3OsdGGDr0D4DD_4mDo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/adIEMge-e3OsdGGDr0D4DD_4mDo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/adIEMge-e3OsdGGDr0D4DD_4mDo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/adIEMge-e3OsdGGDr0D4DD_4mDo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=9uAm7KKrXkI:ZUk_yRl8hRE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/9uAm7KKrXkI" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2012/01/outside-of-rabbits-coyotes-and-some.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-4003730852540500603Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:12:00 +00002012-01-21T22:06:28.303-05:00waterfowl huntingSo I’m sitting here enjoying a thin shaving of pungent, densely-grained venison summer sausage with an equally thin slice of crumbling, smoky old cheddar cheese balanced oh-so-delicately on a plain old Triscuit and feeling a little sad.  Now a reasonable person would likely wonder just how on earth I could possibly feel down while enjoying such an epicurean morsel, and they would have just cause http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/R4priX3_5dQ/workin-cricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wVErwQvO_Q9bC9Nl3wdUcDmOjlg/0/da"><img 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/R4priX3_5dQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2012/01/workin-cricks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-9023586050706690571Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:36:00 +00002011-12-29T20:36:49.022-05:00huntingIn the past couple of posts here, I made allusions to a desire to get out and do some coyote hunting around my neck of the woods, with an eye to helping out landowners with their predator control.  For the uninitiated, coyotes in Southwest Ontario (much of Ontario really) are in need of controlling.  If you took a random sample of say, thirty rural landowners, and asked them if they’ve lost http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/EA1xQc4Ph3A/in-praise-of-varmint-hunting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18AzgdeSYXCLmqxxqHRavTMQ3i8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/18AzgdeSYXCLmqxxqHRavTMQ3i8/0/di" border="0" 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width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-praise-of-varmint-hunting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-8718540637618553188Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:49:00 +00002011-12-24T21:49:52.998-05:00taboo of the dayhunting ethicsI received some very pleasant emails the last week or so congratulating me on my return to blogging after a self-imposed hiatus, and for the couple of people who said they like my “lighter writing” (that’s a direct quote by the way) I’m sorry to disappoint you, but this is going to be lacking in frivolity. I was sitting at home nursing a sore ankle that I earned in a soccer collision this week,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/7KdgmJsMtc0/taboo-of-day-stay-in-and-go-hunting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VkK5IWFylkdPWUvgehVjahVL2w4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VkK5IWFylkdPWUvgehVjahVL2w4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VkK5IWFylkdPWUvgehVjahVL2w4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VkK5IWFylkdPWUvgehVjahVL2w4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=7KdgmJsMtc0:ZBQZf5q9Vmo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=7KdgmJsMtc0:ZBQZf5q9Vmo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img 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that it may or may http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/IskdsRUXC4I/tis-season-part-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O-_1Il6LJaIJI25F2FHm6E2Lo7Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O-_1Il6LJaIJI25F2FHm6E2Lo7Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O-_1Il6LJaIJI25F2FHm6E2Lo7Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O-_1Il6LJaIJI25F2FHm6E2Lo7Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=IskdsRUXC4I:AOwrqpHKVHc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=IskdsRUXC4I:AOwrqpHKVHc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=IskdsRUXC4I:AOwrqpHKVHc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/IskdsRUXC4I" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/12/tis-season-part-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-6978676876714449932Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:46:00 +00002011-12-17T15:22:59.387-05:00lists upon listshuntingEarlier this year I posted about some of the wacky things people have asked me about hunting, and rest assured, many people are still asking me all sort of bizarre and occasionally inane things about it.   But aside from being a good-natured way for me to try to educate some people about the pastime of hunting, it also gets me to thinking about some of the things that I never hear in connection http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/pA04t0L0C3Q/things-that-you-never-hear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLZRmhK9X2VKL7xu0f-uEzOsYJc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLZRmhK9X2VKL7xu0f-uEzOsYJc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLZRmhK9X2VKL7xu0f-uEzOsYJc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vLZRmhK9X2VKL7xu0f-uEzOsYJc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=pA04t0L0C3Q:cwkOH1HH1k4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=pA04t0L0C3Q:cwkOH1HH1k4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=pA04t0L0C3Q:cwkOH1HH1k4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/pA04t0L0C3Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/12/things-that-you-never-hear.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-7963634757829393049Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:47:00 +00002012-01-18T13:44:05.605-05:00deer huntingSo, through a crippling work schedule, a two-year old son that won’t go to bed in the evening and general laziness on my part I have had plenty of time to mull over the early November period known around these parts as “deer season” and have come to the following conclusion: I can’t catch a break when it comes to hunting deer.  But it is not all doom and gloom in the deer woods, and I thought I’dhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/TFfTGuZJ4U0/deer-season-digested.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puSjH69CqfVocmu2wKKzMUvoPjU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puSjH69CqfVocmu2wKKzMUvoPjU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puSjH69CqfVocmu2wKKzMUvoPjU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/puSjH69CqfVocmu2wKKzMUvoPjU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=TFfTGuZJ4U0:8erwIlz4fL4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=TFfTGuZJ4U0:8erwIlz4fL4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=TFfTGuZJ4U0:8erwIlz4fL4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/TFfTGuZJ4U0" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/12/deer-season-digested.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-6697412663533887109Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:58:00 +00002011-11-23T20:58:54.305-05:00correctionsSo I’ve been deer hunting for a couple of weeks off and on, and in conjunction with a hectic work schedule (at a real job) I’ve been absent from this forum. Well, I’m back. I’d like to take this opportunity to make two corrections that loyal readers brought to my attention. First, in my Gearhead article related to deer hunting, I had indicated that my first deer was a “yearling doe”.  A http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/wRwUq1W6vCY/corrections.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VpFMJOTWZFQRWaAUmigKnLF-MVY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VpFMJOTWZFQRWaAUmigKnLF-MVY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VpFMJOTWZFQRWaAUmigKnLF-MVY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VpFMJOTWZFQRWaAUmigKnLF-MVY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=wRwUq1W6vCY:9gRjT3tPXjQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=wRwUq1W6vCY:9gRjT3tPXjQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img 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which I have had http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/ywApQQH0N7M/november-gearhead-gear-to-take-on-deer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IBDT9otNgJqLAR0Ab1aJSV_VRYo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IBDT9otNgJqLAR0Ab1aJSV_VRYo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IBDT9otNgJqLAR0Ab1aJSV_VRYo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IBDT9otNgJqLAR0Ab1aJSV_VRYo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=ywApQQH0N7M:vHRifN5A5Ss:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=ywApQQH0N7M:vHRifN5A5Ss:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=ywApQQH0N7M:vHRifN5A5Ss:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/ywApQQH0N7M" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/11/november-gearhead-gear-to-take-on-deer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-8534756420570785910Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:11:00 +00002012-01-18T13:47:18.839-05:00a few observations...As the alarm buzzed in my room at 4am last Tuesday morning, I had a brief flashback to turkey season.  That was, after all, the last time I’d been up at such an hour.  But this was not turkey season, and this was not hunting related.  I was preparing to catch a flight to Vancouver, and a few hours later I was chasing the dawn westward at 800 kilometers per hour and 11,000 meters in the sky.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/dqALhd9efTY/few-observations-about-squamish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0DAVHeKrKFrk6gFIWNhkHZnahM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0DAVHeKrKFrk6gFIWNhkHZnahM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0DAVHeKrKFrk6gFIWNhkHZnahM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S0DAVHeKrKFrk6gFIWNhkHZnahM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dqALhd9efTY:0LbUaGTiRnc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dqALhd9efTY:0LbUaGTiRnc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dqALhd9efTY:0LbUaGTiRnc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/dqALhd9efTY" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/10/few-observations-about-squamish.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-368858443118313151Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:11:00 +00002012-01-18T14:01:14.407-05:00hunting safetyhuntingWhile driving into my real job yesterday, I was listening to the radio (as I am wont to do) and a filler section devoted to listener e-mails came on.  Now normally I tune this out and go about my merry task of driving, but yesterday an e-mail from a hunter was read on air, and it both caught my attention and prompted me to write this post. The particular e-mailing listener was, as I said, a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/cSWa7wWQixI/safety-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSZSG_CA6YVpdRlbv03-8qU_fjE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSZSG_CA6YVpdRlbv03-8qU_fjE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSZSG_CA6YVpdRlbv03-8qU_fjE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSZSG_CA6YVpdRlbv03-8qU_fjE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=cSWa7wWQixI:7RsFfQf2_I4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=cSWa7wWQixI:7RsFfQf2_I4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=cSWa7wWQixI:7RsFfQf2_I4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/cSWa7wWQixI" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/10/safety-first.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-2051857784100372298Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:19:00 +00002012-01-18T14:22:57.345-05:00lists upon listshuntingI got into a heated debate the other day with someone about the concept of "underrated ". We were discussing underrated drummers and the person in question asserted that Neil Peart was the most underrated drummer of all time.  Now this is patently ridiculous, since Neil Peart is underrated only in comparison say, John Bonham or Keith Moon, insofar as drummers go.  Some drummers who are actually http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/viBmdtmnrBs/underrated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eMREyDX8xkT4Ttn6z0GopCaANgo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eMREyDX8xkT4Ttn6z0GopCaANgo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eMREyDX8xkT4Ttn6z0GopCaANgo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eMREyDX8xkT4Ttn6z0GopCaANgo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=viBmdtmnrBs:worobtLLqLE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=viBmdtmnrBs:worobtLLqLE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=viBmdtmnrBs:worobtLLqLE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/viBmdtmnrBs" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/10/underrated.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-20291906749823615Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:12:00 +00002011-10-02T22:12:38.443-04:00taboo of the dayhunting regulationsdeer huntingMy thanks to the internet at large for giving me a seemingly endless well of bad behaviour and boorish opinions on which to base these Taboo of the Day posts.  Yes, I fully understand the irony of writing an internet blog and using it as an outlet to make light of the opinions expressed on the internet.  Moving on. So I happen to have an account on a certain multi-billion dollar social network http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/dx0qvM9eN7w/taboo-of-day-being-jerk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sX4k5jZ1x3eEm4cmiJDlouRmZmI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sX4k5jZ1x3eEm4cmiJDlouRmZmI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sX4k5jZ1x3eEm4cmiJDlouRmZmI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sX4k5jZ1x3eEm4cmiJDlouRmZmI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dx0qvM9eN7w:DwSqOM_nX3c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dx0qvM9eN7w:DwSqOM_nX3c:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dx0qvM9eN7w:DwSqOM_nX3c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/dx0qvM9eN7w" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/10/taboo-of-day-being-jerk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-3618345108622283206Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:56:00 +00002011-09-27T21:58:56.977-04:00goose huntingAngry clouds and teeming rain were my constant companions as I made the drive from Mississauga to Lion’s Head.  The opening of duck season, and the re-opening (after a five day hiatus) of goose season, loomed a mere 12 hours away.   We call it the “Double Opener Weekend” and it is cause for celebration and anticipation in our little group of diehard waterfowlers.  The weather was dirty, and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/25JkYt4xnHA/when-plan-comes-together.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6ghCylDaS5PDQ5wIm1-H0dGinQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6ghCylDaS5PDQ5wIm1-H0dGinQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6ghCylDaS5PDQ5wIm1-H0dGinQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L6ghCylDaS5PDQ5wIm1-H0dGinQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=25JkYt4xnHA:QyIU2MKiq_M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=25JkYt4xnHA:QyIU2MKiq_M:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=25JkYt4xnHA:QyIU2MKiq_M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/25JkYt4xnHA" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/09/when-plan-comes-together.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-3515093011913761998Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:13:00 +00002011-09-15T22:13:16.379-04:00goose huntingI woke up Sunday morning with a complex mixture of anticipation, exhaustion, and disappointment.  The exhaustion stemmed from hardly sleeping the night before; it was hard enough to get to sleep as I was dreaming about decoying geese…the nighttime congestion from inhaling dust off the old feather pillows on the bed made it tough to maintain even a couple of hours of consistent sleep and I awoke http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/t3IFoXVfUF8/closing-time-sunday-mornings-hunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3OvQk_hQmyDXTChAk259yKc2y0I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3OvQk_hQmyDXTChAk259yKc2y0I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3OvQk_hQmyDXTChAk259yKc2y0I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3OvQk_hQmyDXTChAk259yKc2y0I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=t3IFoXVfUF8:HLL98F2b2bc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=t3IFoXVfUF8:HLL98F2b2bc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=t3IFoXVfUF8:HLL98F2b2bc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/t3IFoXVfUF8" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/09/closing-time-sunday-mornings-hunt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-3959313616689996591Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:03:00 +00002011-09-13T22:03:36.770-04:00goose huntingI arrived back from grocery pick up after the morning hunt just in time to find everyone back at the farm and ready to go; they told me to hurry up and get my gear together for the afternoon trip. While I double-checked to make sure that I had not forgotten anything, Tack laid down the plan.  There were three cut grain fields bordering the highway just outside of town and while no geese had beenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/vr54K3qv6fg/fun-in-sun-saturday-afternoon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dLpESFoHduh9rZ6zOPdMrPgdwgM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dLpESFoHduh9rZ6zOPdMrPgdwgM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dLpESFoHduh9rZ6zOPdMrPgdwgM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dLpESFoHduh9rZ6zOPdMrPgdwgM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=vr54K3qv6fg:jlqnUlPgvGE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=vr54K3qv6fg:jlqnUlPgvGE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=vr54K3qv6fg:jlqnUlPgvGE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/vr54K3qv6fg" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/09/fun-in-sun-saturday-afternoon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-7144833345667543453Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:48:00 +00002012-01-18T14:03:29.673-05:00huntinggoose huntingI’d been going stir crazy for nearly a week, doing everything from trying to pretend that the impending goose season was “no big deal” to furiously writing some pretty awful haiku poetry.  Then suddenly it was upon me; the open road, the sun shining on my left arm as I cruised with it draped out the driver’s side window, and the knowledge that in a few short hours I would be laughing with friendshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/PeYQYmb9fyk/right-way-to-open-goose-season-saturday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6JJjtjaDxeRzn_s2YArGHPeiHu4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6JJjtjaDxeRzn_s2YArGHPeiHu4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6JJjtjaDxeRzn_s2YArGHPeiHu4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6JJjtjaDxeRzn_s2YArGHPeiHu4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=PeYQYmb9fyk:TkLLE7Fj7FQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=PeYQYmb9fyk:TkLLE7Fj7FQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img 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is some debate over http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/CRU-B3sAiq8/everybody-loves-haiku-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fHT9G9ljGMb3cUrj-yMyLnyvr_M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fHT9G9ljGMb3cUrj-yMyLnyvr_M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fHT9G9ljGMb3cUrj-yMyLnyvr_M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fHT9G9ljGMb3cUrj-yMyLnyvr_M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=CRU-B3sAiq8:nU2F6mSzu20:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=CRU-B3sAiq8:nU2F6mSzu20:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=CRU-B3sAiq8:nU2F6mSzu20:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/CRU-B3sAiq8" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/09/everybody-loves-haiku-right.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-1532270761508082026Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:04:00 +00002011-09-06T21:04:03.722-04:00waterfowl huntinggoose huntingI’m writing this in response to the aggregate of some not-so-flattering feedback I received from some individuals who are obviously a more sophisticated and accomplished group of waterfowlers than I am.  The one, most articulate, of them sent me an email deriding me as a ‘fraudulent, amateurish, lying hack”.  Yes, that is a direct quote.  Fair enough…I’ve always said that if you write enough you’http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/dCxojWup6Ow/all-goose-hunters-are-liars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w_YAAE2jlKjtvI6SO5ahP2lRm0s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w_YAAE2jlKjtvI6SO5ahP2lRm0s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w_YAAE2jlKjtvI6SO5ahP2lRm0s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w_YAAE2jlKjtvI6SO5ahP2lRm0s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dCxojWup6Ow:KJXA2clvYHs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=dCxojWup6Ow:KJXA2clvYHs:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a 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This is usually the weekend when my goose hunting putterings reach a fever pitch.  This year is likely to be no exception.  I'll clean my shotgun, put in the correct chokehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/xdFeIkwbIww/counting-downto-lunacy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EuULHLom4Nh7QzcU_uZo-ycuQk4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EuULHLom4Nh7QzcU_uZo-ycuQk4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EuULHLom4Nh7QzcU_uZo-ycuQk4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EuULHLom4Nh7QzcU_uZo-ycuQk4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=xdFeIkwbIww:JM5ZJkrpoww:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=xdFeIkwbIww:JM5ZJkrpoww:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=xdFeIkwbIww:JM5ZJkrpoww:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/xdFeIkwbIww" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/08/counting-downto-lunacy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-5111839100403901662Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:40:00 +00002011-08-24T18:40:07.887-04:00taboo of the dayhunting ethicsA subscriber from the mid-Western United States emailed me the other day inquiring about why I had not posted anything recently on “Taboo of the Day”; it was a politely worded letter with good humour, they even remarked (jokingly, I suspect) that they hoped that I hadn’t “gotten soft” on challenging issues. So with that in mind, I’ll now try to excrete out a few words on what I feel is the most http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/r_iqlTiIYCM/taboo-of-day-limit-on-limit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSbsOE04cNlZFwbtXeOYOnfxTM0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSbsOE04cNlZFwbtXeOYOnfxTM0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSbsOE04cNlZFwbtXeOYOnfxTM0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iSbsOE04cNlZFwbtXeOYOnfxTM0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=r_iqlTiIYCM:TrwFv1ekswk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=r_iqlTiIYCM:TrwFv1ekswk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=r_iqlTiIYCM:TrwFv1ekswk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/r_iqlTiIYCM" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/08/taboo-of-day-limit-on-limit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-6011607466569561476Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:33:00 +00002011-08-26T22:49:16.839-04:00goose callingSaturday, August 20th saw me standing with twelve other hopefuls at the Canadian Open Goose Calling Championship.  We were milling around a boat that was on display next to the contest stage, most (myself included) were holding their goose calls in their hands and chatting perfunctorily with the other contestants.  Already it was kind of apparent who the threats were.  The group of five or six http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/fbthwBFJDwk/when-calling-may-not-be-my-calling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3nwxJVsjO3W3Fnmp2zuw9j_n1G8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3nwxJVsjO3W3Fnmp2zuw9j_n1G8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3nwxJVsjO3W3Fnmp2zuw9j_n1G8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3nwxJVsjO3W3Fnmp2zuw9j_n1G8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=fbthwBFJDwk:QHFVEx0-A84:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=fbthwBFJDwk:QHFVEx0-A84:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=fbthwBFJDwk:QHFVEx0-A84:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~4/fbthwBFJDwk" height="1" width="1"/>http://getoutandgohunting.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-calling-may-not-be-my-calling.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474928880913307034.post-3916674096371746861Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:23:00 +00002011-08-17T22:23:14.969-04:00a few observations...So I’m in the ‘Peg for a couple of days, and I thought I’d run down a few things that I’ve noticed and or seen while here. The Red RiverThis is literally outside my door.  The hotel that I’m at is less than fifty steps from the Red River, which is all fine and dandy right now, but during flood season…well who knows?  Then again, I’m not here during flood season, as evidenced by the fact that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/vbROZqwQ7hw/few-observations-about-winnipeg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MA9160J33obsT30QG4QzqDSl04o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MA9160J33obsT30QG4QzqDSl04o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MA9160J33obsT30QG4QzqDSl04o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MA9160J33obsT30QG4QzqDSl04o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=vbROZqwQ7hw:L8xvSWWJTQ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img 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Goose Calling Championship and as such, have managed to squeeze some “interesting” sounds out of my goose call (since I’m not competing in the duck contest).  Most have been pseudo-goosey and by next Friday night I hope to have a reasonably http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/MCW1jUCRhqU/calls-for-rest-of-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VHnbKo5t83MSHlAOKDZEpr27fpw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VHnbKo5t83MSHlAOKDZEpr27fpw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VHnbKo5t83MSHlAOKDZEpr27fpw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VHnbKo5t83MSHlAOKDZEpr27fpw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=MCW1jUCRhqU:pgI4NH5Dhas:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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certainly can’t, but I registered (for the Senior Goose) anyhow, so hopefully my foolishness should galvanize some of you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GetOutAndGoHunting/~3/EeQsKjhta6E/less-than-one-week-to-register-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Shawn West)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Upp3D2i_JDTJkrvHM93_SKvHUX4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Upp3D2i_JDTJkrvHM93_SKvHUX4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Upp3D2i_JDTJkrvHM93_SKvHUX4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Upp3D2i_JDTJkrvHM93_SKvHUX4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=EeQsKjhta6E:HgUt_2FQMQw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GetOutAndGoHunting?a=EeQsKjhta6E:HgUt_2FQMQw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img 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