2008 snow goose pics

[Fish'n guy]

Ya sometimes I regret saying the word "duck" or "goose" around him because he will talk your ear off for literally hours. haha

[Fish'n guy]

No we were not by Lake Preston. We were down by Howard.

[hanson]

Sweet Pics guys!

One of these years I'll make it...

[Quackaddict9]

theres Schwabby who blows Death Row Calls. nice shoot

[Fish'n guy]

Thanks, oh ya Schwab he's a good guy no doubt! fun time

[Quackaddict9]

yep- he's a fun guy to be around. how many birds did you guys end up with?

[Fish'n guy]

haha! How many birds do you ask?? we are sucking it up this spring break!! All I can say is we haven't even broke the 100 mark yet! We should be there before too long but this weather has the geese all messed up! I say bring on the warm weather and get these educated old birds out and the dumb juvies in! Then we should pile em up!

[ironman]

Shot my first banded bird last thursday morn. Had to track it down in the snow across a huge field. She walked a long ways. It pays to find those cripples. The other snow in the pic is the biggest snow I've ever seen. The bird was banded in 2003 when it was to young to fly in Churchill, Manitoba.

[hanson]

Congrats! Nice Birds!

[Fish'n guy]

Only killed 11. The field we wanted was taken already when we went to ask permission. Tony Vandemore and the Zink boys were pullin out of the drive when we got there. Kinda makes a guy feel worthless when we kill 11 birds in our field and less than 1.5miles away they ripped 77 birds with 9 guys and 2 cameras. OH well.

[commander019]

[commander019]

[tealitup]

Awesome pics. Very jealous

[BigWadeS]

dang those remind me of the spring and fall days of living in N. Dakota..awesome pics

[GottaGo]

Great pics guys. I don't know much about snows, so can anybody tell me what is growing on that bird's beak?

[hanson]

 Originally Posted By: GottaGo

Great pics guys. I don't know much about snows, so can anybody tell me what is growing on that bird's beak?

If I'm not mistaken, that is a Ross Goose. They develop those 'warts' around the base of their bill.

[BirdWhisperer]

I think you're right hanson, pretty sure they develop more of them as they get older.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

heres a few from last weekend...

quality isnt the greatest; some were taken on a disposable camera.

[commander019]

All shot in MN over decoys last weekend. Not a huge pile but still a descent hunt.

[Dean Schellinger]

Nice commander? Are those juvies mostly or are they just dirty? Looks like fun. How many dekes did you deploy for your spread?

[commander019]

Its a long story. Lets just say it was a muddy mess. One of the worst fields I have hunted.

[GAP]

You didnt get them around the osakis area did ya?

[Take 'Em]

here is a few from saturday 167

[mrklean]

Thats a lot of geese

[GAP]

Wow! Nice work I bet that was fun