March 6th Goose Hunting

[porcupine]

Got up early today, but when you live in Victoria you still have a ways to travel to get where you're going. I got there about 8 AM, well after sunrise, and hunted untill 12 noon by myself. I still can't believe that I missed some of those geese which look so huge in the air but I did. Here are the four that I did bring down. I got them with the last four shots, including a nice double. I was shooting some of those Winchester non toxic Extreme shells for the first time. I wasn't sure what the lead was at first, but soon figured it out and these ones went down really hard, and I mean really hard. I was using 3" B's. There's only a few days left and I hope to get out again.



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[field marshal]

Way to go porcupine.
I know where you were.
I recognise that goose, second from the left.
Do not worry I will not give up your spot?????
Cheers, Field Marshal.

[Crazy_Farmer]

Great looking pile of geese. Do you bring your dogs along to retrieve the geese, or are they too heavy for tollers?

[porcupine]

I did not bring my dogs along. The geese are too big for the female for land retreives, although I have had her swim down and retreive wounded geese on water. The male pup started to have an issue with gun noise on his last hunt so I stopped bringing him until I can get him over it as I do not want to make it into a big problem. The geese weighed up to 11.6 lbs on my fishing scale.
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[Marc]

The big resident geese can be awkward even for a big chessie at times. I've seen Marshall make stops to try and get a better grip on the birds before he started back again. It's 10 times easier for them on water as most geese float.:biggrin: They just have to be able to push them along in front of them.

Looks like you had a good shoot. Seems like a lot of birds are being shot this year and not everyone hunting them are members of the site. Might make it a bit more enjoyable for the kids playing soccer and football this summer.