A snow goose.

pitw · October 24, 2009, 03:55:39 PM

Wife had more important stuff to do today so I got to take Donny over for his piano lesson. As we are coming to the yard where I am to turn in I noticed something I thought some of you might like to see

. I kinda/sorta got yelled at for missing the turn into the yard but I'll show you why with the pictures in the sequence I took them as I drove past.

The last one was just to show that I'm good with techy/geeky stuff as there was a flock coming over with a bunch of blue eese I was going to show

. I don't know how many there were but they covered well over 200 acres[probably closer to 280] at one time. An eagle flew over from the north to south lifting them off and it must work for him a lot as at least two crashed and came down and he got one. The noise was deafening and as beautiful as any symphony ever played.

Hawks Feather · October 24, 2009, 05:21:15 PM

Too bad geese aren't in season there. It sure looks to me like you would have trouble finding ONE to aim at. That one, no that one, no that one.

Jerry

FinsnFur · October 24, 2009, 08:19:02 PM

Holy crap!

Thats a lotta geese.
It's like a cloud of locusts

I'll admit, I aint, I say I aint never seen nothing like that.

HaMeR · October 24, 2009, 08:20:24 PM

Just shoot!!!

Cool pics Barry!! Thanks!!

pitw · October 24, 2009, 08:29:42 PM

Quote from: FinsnFur on October 24, 2009, 08:19:02 PM
Holy crap! Thats a lotta geese.
It's like a cloud of locusts
I'll admit, I aint, I say I aint never seen nothing like that.

Kinda/sorta almost unbelievable eh.

Goose season has been open since the 1st of September.

FinsnFur · October 24, 2009, 08:34:44 PM

I know one thing. I am soooooo glad you got that camera, and got familiarized with it. I'm enjoying the heck out of this, and you take that thing EVERYWHERE.

alscalls · October 24, 2009, 08:59:45 PM

WOW ...........That would make me start hunting fowl again..........

BigB · October 25, 2009, 08:35:24 AM

Cool pics Barry. Around me, there is a conservation season dedicated to thinning out the snow goose population. You don't need plugs in you guns and there are no daily bag limits. I've watched guys hide behind a siloette of a cow, and sneak up to around 20-30 yards from the flock of geese, and then let em have it. Huge numbers of geese can be taken. Nobody likes snow geese around here. They are kind of like pigs. They rip up a field and leave it destroyed after they leave.

Brian

Silencer · October 25, 2009, 10:27:17 AM

thanks for the pic's Barry !! a man and his boys could fill up his freezer perty quickly right there !!!

Amazing

Frogman · October 25, 2009, 07:12:59 PM

Wow!!

pitw won't have to fertilize that field!

Jim

Coulter · October 25, 2009, 07:43:14 PM

Holy Crap Barry...I've seen pics in magazines, etc. but that is really cool. So when are we going hunting?