Big goose

[porcupine]

I was out this past Tuesday when I shot this big goose. It weighed 13.2 lbs on my digital scale. Our 49 lb Duck Toller Beau found it a bit too heavy to pick up. But he did enjoy running over to it and making sure it wouldn't get away! That's as big a one as I can remember shooting here on the Island.


http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u260/tvaida/BeauMarch12011003.jpg

[Bucks&Ducks]

For an island goose that thing is massive the biggest that ive even bothered to weight was just below 9.

[fowlweather]

check out this one my dads bud shot while hunting in the states. 23lbs banded male from alberta
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/162810_10150091003053729_96146743728_5863487_80137 44_n.jpg

[porcupine]

F*****g huge! My dogs wouldn't lift that one up either!

[mark]

check out this one my dads bud shot while hunting in the states. 23lbs banded male from alberta
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/162810_10150091003053729_96146743728_5863487_80137 44_n.jpg

Must of been domestic geese, the others didnt even fly away!



:wink:

[grumps]

had one here in the comox valley 15 lbs 4 geese nothing less than 14lbs last year awsome grumps

[f350ps]

I'd love to see a 15 Lb Canada, I've weighed a pile of geese and the biggest one was 13Lb. 11oz. I know of a challenge in Washington State that will get you a dozen fullbody decoys for an honest 15lb Canada. It's been running for a few years now and as far as I know the decoys are still up for grabs. K

[mattchu_19]

the refuge had a contest put on by Paul Sullivan where if you could shoot a 15lbs goose you could get a dozen of his dropzone decoys. The contest went on for quite a few years until last year when finally a guy shoot a 15lbs goose. the goose was less than 15lbs by the time it got to Paul so they had to weigh in after another week and see what the total lost of weight was and ended up being 15lbs. I even think that the contest started out at 18lbs and went down weight every year cause no one could shoot one that heavy. Your frying nuts if you think that goose is 23lbs.

[warnniklz]

I always wondered how big geese got. Biggest I've got was 13 on the nose

[field marshal]

Had a guy out in Unity Sask. one year tell us he got a 12lb. Speck????:confused:
But then again he was the same guy who regularily said he got 4lb. Sharptails????-----Field Marshal. P.S. 23lbs???? Must have been a lead leg band???:confused:

[fowlweather]

Had a guy out in Unity Sask. one year tell us he got a 12lb. Speck????:confused:
But then again he was the same guy who regularily said he got 4lb. Sharptails????-----Field Marshal. P.S. 23lbs???? Must have been a lead leg band???:confused:

That thing is a pig though it is like the size of an eagle or swan I mean look at it

[Crazy_Farmer]

That thing is a pig though it is like the size of an eagle or swan I mean look at it

A good sized swan is 16-20lbs.

[fowlweather]

i am telling you man this thing was enourmous

[porcupine]

According to wikkipedia " An exceptionally large male of the race B. c. maxima, the "giant Canada goose" (which rarely exceed 8 kilograms (18 lb)), weighed 10.9 kilograms (24 lb) and had a wingspan of 2.24 metres (7.3 ft). This specimen is the largest wild goose ever recorded of any species."

Big honking goose - pun intended.

[fowlweather]

According to wikkipedia " An exceptionally large male of the race B. c. maxima, the "giant Canada goose" (which rarely exceed 8 kilograms (18 lb)), weighed 10.9 kilograms (24 lb) and had a wingspan of 2.24 metres (7.3 ft). This specimen is the largest wild goose ever recorded of any species."

Big honking goose - pun intended.

i mean he could have lied a little bit but what he said was 23 lbs, and i mean the goose in the photo is a big azz goose

[lorneparker1]

check out this one my dads bud shot while hunting in the states. 23lbs banded male from alberta
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/162810_10150091003053729_96146743728_5863487_80137 44_n.jpg


No..........

[lorneparker1]

With honkers opening back up this weekend. ITs time to shoot some slobs!

[surething]

yep tomorrow is the day its going to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[lorneparker1]

Im not shooting any goose under 20 lbs

[heyblast]

It's tail appears to be close or even with the hunters knee and the end of the bill even with his nose, the body is close to same width as the hunters body, no doubt one hell of a big goose, but 23 lbs, maybe. Next goose I shoot I'll have to do some comparisons and see. Biggest one I've shot as 13 lbs and it was also the toughest son of ..... that I've ever tried to eat.

[Foxton Gundogs]

My biggest weighed on a cheapo spring type Fish scale was just a shade over 16lbs. It made the rest of the birds in the pile look like lessers. Not sure how tough he would have been because he met Mr. Sausage Grinder, but I do remember he was awfully hard to skin.

[longshot]

Yeep we only used to shoot greaters, and pass up the smaller geese as we figrued, since we could only shoot 5 each at the mind as well get all the meat we could get...... well we got a lot of meat that way..... a lot of ROCK SOLID meat! :s Now we just shoot everything that has a white cheek, haha.. save the tender ones for the dish and tough ones for the grinder.

[Duck Buster]

Why are we responding to a post that was started in 2011, and depending on where he shot it here on the island if it really was last tuesday then he poached it..... since the areas with the most geese on the island just re-opened yesterday.

[Foxton Gundogs]

Why are we responding to a post that was started in 2011, and depending on where he shot it here on the island if it really was last tuesday then he poached it..... since the areas with the most geese on the island just re-opened yesterday.

I responded cuz LP1 reopened it, he probably isn't killing much if he's only taking 20+ lbers so he must have been bored. Like you said the post is from Mar 4 2011 so his "last" Tues. would be right in the middle of early Goose season.:mrgreen:
Just sayin' cuz I'm bored lol

[lorneparker1]

I responded cuz LP1 reopened it, he probably isn't killing much if he's only taking 20+ lbers so he must have been bored. Like you said the post is from Mar 4 2011 so his "last" Tues. would be right in the middle of early Goose season.:mrgreen:
Just sayin' cuz I'm bored lol

You are correct sir! Lol. Heading out after some beauty sprigs and lards in an untouched feild tomorrow with the 20 gauges. Should be fun

[Foxton Gundogs]

Nice love the 20 for field ducks. I need to get serious about taking a nice bull sprig for the wall but they havent been very plentiful around here yet, the number of lards eases the plow somewhat tho lol