Awesome job. I remember my first duck shoot. Lots of shooting no duck. Good shooting young man!
Awesome job. I remember my first duck shoot. Lots of shooting no duck. Good shooting young man!
Very KOOL of you Redthies - Your a Good Man and Mentor to the Kid ! Congrats to the NEW duck hunter - RJ
congrats to both of you, that’s awesome and thank you for helping him with all that stuff, that’s so good of you, please enter him in the youth hunting contest, link below
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showth...unting-contest
7-6.5 PRCW the best cartridge since the 280 Ackley 👍
We went back out today, and he got his first goose too! A nice snow goose. There have been a ton of them way further east than normal. It’s 10:15 pm and we just finished plucking and wrapping the birds. He and his mom live in Victoria, so up at 5:00 to get the ferry home in time for school.
As a side bar on firsts, I shot my first Cackling tonight. We decided to pack it up a few minutes before last shot to get home and eat and dress the birds, and just as I was finished putting the decoys in the bag, a vee of geese came super low over us, and I realized I had #5 in my gun, started fumbling for some BB, and then said “bugger it, they are so low I’ll take a poke”. Dropped one instantly. Bang plop. It was a great end to a couple of fun days.
If we’re not supposed to eat animals, how come they’re made out of meat?
BHA, BCWF, CCFR, PETA, Lever Action Addict.
Redthies could you post a picture of the cackling you got? I would like to know the difference
I put down a Canada with #4 last week
The only really noticeable differences are the much shorter neck, and the yellow arrow is pointing at a white band that separates the neck from the body. There are some differences in feather tones on the body but that can vary bird to bird. The white ring of feathers at the base of the neck is the easiest tell for me. I’ll take another photo of the front side tomorrow. It shows that ring well. I’m letting it “hang” for a couple of days as I want to try and see what that does for the meat. Apparently it allows any adrenaline etc to settle down. No idea if it will make a difference, but I’m trying it with this one.
Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what the duck is beside the goose. I think it’s a Northern Shoveler?
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If we’re not supposed to eat animals, how come they’re made out of meat?
BHA, BCWF, CCFR, PETA, Lever Action Addict.
Thanks that is a good comparison and meets the descriptions I'd read about. I doubt I could tell them apart until I dropped one though
Cacklers are visibly smaller in size than a Canada goose and have a different call, hence the name cackler. have a listen on this link Cackling Goose Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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