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mmattockx:

--- Quote from: Deerhunter21 on October 21, 2020, 01:10:30 pm ---geese... ive never hunted them... is it like duck hunting?

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Depending on how you hunt them they are similar, but I would say geese are much more wary and harder to get into range. I have had no problems jump shooting ducks just by walking along local canals, but geese are long gone before you get anywhere close.


Mark

Hawkdancer:
Learn to call them, or find a hunting partner who can.  Sometimes you can catch them coming in for feeding if you are in the blind early enough.  But I am not an experienced goose hunter, most of what we will get out here are passing shots.  Matt is right, luckily, the seasons over lap though!  Btw, good question to start the thread! :-D :G (B) -C- (=)
Hawkdancer

Will Tell:
My boy got into Goose hunting. He became very good with a Goose call. He had 4 dozen decoys and those camo pads you lay on and you pop up when they're coming in. You have to be fully camoed because they can see you and veer off if they see anything that doesn't look right. He bought a trailer to haul all the gear and it'd take a hour to get set up.  Some days they'd kill twenty to thirty Geese. We got way to many in Western Pa. The limit is six a day and the season goes into February. Most farmers are glad to get rid of them so finding a place to hunt isn't a real problem. Now cooking a Goose is a problem. I call them flying carp. One of the guys he hunted with made Goose jerky out of them.

One year the group he hunted with killed over 200 Geese and didn't put a dent in the population. I was going to try to kill one with my self bow but they're tougher to kill than a Turkey.

Marc St Louis:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on October 21, 2020, 12:59:56 pm ---At driving speeds, it is often very hard to see animals, just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there!  Keep looking!  Good luck on the hunts!  Dark geese open next week!
Hawkdancer

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What are dark geese?  Never heard of them.

Up here hunting Canada Geese is quite different than hunting Ducks.  Geese are way smarter and have excellent hearing and sight

Hawkdancer:
Marc,
Dark geese are the Canada, Brant, and all other goose species except white fronted, snows, and light geese (blue phase snows and Ross).  Non toxic shot is required for all waterfowl hunting.  From the Nebraska hunting guide, likely USFWS Guidelines.
Hawkdancer

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