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guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
The farm pond and cornfield next to us has about 25,000 snow geese on it right now. Hunters are out and everytime a shot rings out it's like watching a blizzard! Yet they still sit back down on the pond. Fun to watch!
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Where are you at? Can I come next year to shoot them?
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  • RobOzRobOz Member Posts: 9,523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Times like that you can appreciate a soft shooting gas gun with an extended tube.[8D]
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  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gearheaddad
    Where are you at? Can I come next year to shoot them?


    Western Iowa, about 40 miles from Omaha. Yes you can come up here and hunt. I could arrange it with the land owner.[:)]
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    a flock of 30,000 to 50,000 snow geese is a sight to watch. wave after wave at various altitudes moving to a place. and when they decide to sit down nothing stops it..my son and I was on the X MARKS THE SPOT 1 day when that happened. literally we reloaded a full 5 shots at least 6 times before the entire flock decided to leave. the high birds kept coming down the low birds were escaping up. we saw collisions and lots of near misses . ended up with about 65 birds that day between us. oh just to not mislead anyone we didn't shoot 1 bird with 1 shot. there was a lot of innocent bystanders shot and wounded[and retrieved] but a helluve a lot more misses
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  • kannoneerkannoneer Member Posts: 3,402 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I saw a similar spectacle back in spring of '83. It was along I-29 in SW Iowa. Lots of cars were pulling over to watch the geese. They were feeding in a large cornfield or something with large groups continually landing and taking off, while thousands of others circled overhead. I have never seen anything like it before or since.
    The geese were in no danger from me. When I was a kid I got 'lucky' and bagged a couple. Mom cooked them up but they were nearly inedible. I don't know what went wrong, but I have never shot been hungry enough to shoot another goose.
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    want an easy quick goose recipe?
    one that will hv even the kids screaming for more?
    let me know
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,021 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Spring hunting season?
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  • Chief ShawayChief Shaway Member, Moderator Posts: 6,289 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asop
    Spring hunting season?

    Snows are like rats.
    There is an extended season for them.
    Electronic callers and no shell limit restriction
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    and no daily or possession limits either
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