Here they come...don't move!

[eelgrass]

Aleutian goose hunt. 2023 2 minute video.

 

[Soj51hopeful]

Nice triple!

 

[Wiszard]

What's the limit? 2?

 

[Shadow]

Hat trick! Not easy to do.

 

[Rie bread]

Hat tricked once at the same time as my buddy. We both threw are guns in the air and caught them. Hasn’t happened since.

 

[2lumpy]

eel, do you breath that rapidly when you’re excited?

 

[eelgrass]

eel, do you breath that rapidly when you’re excited?

I don't get excited much these days, but yes.

 

[2lumpy]

I don't get excited much these days, but yes.

Would it be fun eel……. Just one more to breath fast?

 

[eelgrass]

Would it be fun eel……. Just one more to breath fast?

Sure, why not?

 

[Vanilla]

Nice video. Geese working a field gets my heart rate up, no doubt. Good shootin.

 

[eelgrass]

Here's one that's more typical from 2022. 1 minute video. You never forget the sound.

 

[eelgrass]

Hat tricked once at the same time as my buddy. We both threw are guns in the air and caught them. Hasn’t happened since.

It's magical for sure. Three came in one day and I missed the first two shots and dropped all three on the third shot. That's 3 for 3 in my book.

 

[elkassassin]

Hey Eel?

I Kinda remember A Story About You & Your QUACKER Hunting!

If I Remember Right You Don't Need To Many Bullets!

It's magical for sure. Three came in one day and I missed the first two shots and dropped all three on the third shot. That's 3 for 3 in my book.

 

[eelgrass]

In 2021 there was 3 of us hunting the ranch and we killed 208 Aleutians plus about 50 ducks.

 

[eelgrass]

Hey Eel?

I Kinda remember A Story About You & Your QUACKER Hunting!

If I Remember Right You Don't Need To Many Bullets!

Sometimes 1 shot is too many.

 

[2lumpy]

Come hell or high water, folks, these are the memories they can never take from us. Thank you eel, thank you for keeping it real.

 

[Wiszard]

I don't think goose hunting should be allowed during the migration. It's a GD slaughter-fest out there. Fish and game is just after more and more money.

 

[yotebuster17]

What state is this in? Do you guys kill other subspecies? We used to get little Canadas by the tens of thousands in ND when I was a kid and now they don’t stop here anymore. I miss those little bastards

 

[eelgrass]

What state is this in? Do you guys kill other subspecies? We used to get little Canadas by the tens of thousands in ND when I was a kid and now they don’t stop here anymore. I miss those little bastards

In the dreaded woke State of California. See post #17 above.

Other than Black Brant we have very few other species of geese here. Some Canadas, mostly local birds but not in big numbers.

It's worth noting that back in the 60's and 70's the total population of Aleutian Geese was estimated to be about 800 birds and illegal to hunt. The Islands that they nest on were over run with foxes that the Russians planted for their fur. Once Fish and Game killed off the foxes the Aleutian geese came back strong.

 

[Wiszard]

In the dreaded woke State of California. See post #17 above.

Other than Black Brant we have very few other species of geese here. Some Canadas, mostly local birds but not in big numbers.

It's worth noting that back in the 60's and 70's the total population of Aleutian Geese was estimated to be about 800 birds and illegal to hunt. The Islands that they nest on were over run with foxes that the Russians planted for their fur. Once Fish and Game killed off the foxes the Aleutian geese came back strong.

Our F and G is great at removing non-native species so other species can prosper.....note the Catalina Island Buffalo Project....kill all the deer and pigs so the native Buffalo can survive. Wink wink....

 

[eelgrass]

This was on the ranch. Have you ever had geese come in like this?

 

[3TOE]

I have never personally hunted geese, but I have killed a good number while duck hunting.
This thread made me reflect on my budget duck hunting days of carrying in bags of decoys on my back through the swamp to open water on the edge of the timber. Good times & great memories for sure. It would be a blast to do it again for old times sake. My old duck hunting buddy passed away 4 years ago, it just wouldn’t be the same without him.
Thanks for sharing eel.

 

[runamuk]

Pulling out of my Stepdads place a couple of days ago.

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/5b/11/297414A3-9030-449A-B18D-8934045417D6/MOV_1906.mov

 

[eelgrass]

Pulling out of my Stepdads place a couple of days ago.

file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/5b/11/297414A3-9030-449A-B18D-8934045417D6/MOV_1906.mov

The link doesn't work?

 

[runamuk]

I thought I had deleted that post above, guess not.
I’m having trouble getting the video to work. I’ll post some pictures here.
I never seen so many birds in one place,ever. Season closed on the 15th and they’ve been coming in like this since about the 16th,
Hardly seen a bird before that.

I’ll keep trying on that video, it’s an amazing site.

 

[Wiszard]

That's a lot of chickens.