Scout1,
Too busy @ work at the moment to write up my addition to this thread. I will very shortly though.
Reading through this thread, it came to me it would be way cool if we could map out the areas where us different dudes hunted geese & ducks in and around FG. I know most of the areas mentioned but not all of them.
Longfaller, yer huntin' lodge belonged to Cecil Simpson if I rightly recollect. My Dad built that Wheeling Beford road with an old D7 dozer that went south of Kenny Corzette's place to the Grand. I used the work for Kenny and he had an old LP-powered Case, and I recall the old M Farmall as well. Foggy mornings were the best for busin' low flyin' mallets along the Grand.
My recollections of FG didn't include hunting in the blinds. We had our own gig goin' but on a smaller scale than Tiemeyers did. I remember back in the early 60's when my Dad and Uncle Jerry built some goose pits and dug them into a diversion levee at the base of the hill on the 40-acres that stuck down into the Reserve like a finger. We also built a couple duck lakes on that parcel which the Andersons of Chillicothe always leased.
The geese most of the time flew up and back along the Parsons Creek watershed in search of harvested grain fields. Wave after wave of geese and ducks for hours on end. Yes, I can see them still in my mind.
Every year while I was in high school, I'd always have a black and blue bruised shoulder that was noticeable when I played basketball in the fall. I wasn't the only one that did.
So many many fond memories of the epic waterfowl hunting we experienced when we were kids. It was a world class phenomena to see so many thousands upon thousands of geese circling the fields. The roar of geese getting up could be heard for along ways, as could the gun fire what must have sounded like WWII as we waited for the school bus to collect us.
Folks, there are a core group of people on this board that were imprinted with this shared experience. It changed our lives forever. We do need to document our collective experiences before they fade into oblivion.
More to follow...
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