Goose hunt Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 For the past 2 days iv been seeing geese fly East !! Does any1 no if that's were there goin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) Yes they are comming to a coast where they are treated fairly , with strict bag limits and very little farmland shooting. Numbers have soared in the past week here . 45,000 on my marsh a couple of days ago. Edited November 14, 2012 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose hunt Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Theres always 1.. !!! I shot 12 geese begin of this week wot iz you problem ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 If you have not realised that by now go back and read the threads on your other post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reabrook Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Theres always 1.. !!! I shot 12 geese begin of this week wot iz you problem ! Goose hunt I'm starting to think you don't have a clue what a goose looks like! Got Walter Mitty written all over for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzypigeon Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Goose hunt I'm starting to think you don't have a clue what a goose looks like! Got Walter Mitty written all over for me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Yes they are comming to a coast where they are treated fairly , with strict bag limits and very little farmland shooting. Numbers have soared in the past week here . 45,000 on my marsh a couple of days ago. Hi Anser2 Great that you have so many numbers down south I assume these are pinks. There have been large numbers mostly greys up around the Dornoch area. Been in the right area but not the right place down on the shore so no shots fired but as I have said on another prevoius post managed a bag of 9 greys between 3 guns over some stubble. There were several 100`s coming and going most of the morning and a realy large amount on a cut grass field about a mile away from where we were. Is there a rule of thumb in counting the numbers of geese. I know that in the air when flying in a V formation you try and count 1 leg of the V and double it to give a rough estimate but what about on the ground and on there roosts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) When I am counting geese I count a block of say 25 , 50 or 100 ( depends on the size of the skien ) and see how many times I can fit that block into the remainder of the skien. You do the same when they are on the ground. There is often some sort of marker in a flock on the ground , like tussocks which help. A good pratice is to find a photo of a large skien in the air and do a first impression estimate , then block count and finaly use a marker pen to strike out counted birds to an exact count. I have been goose counting for 40 years and after a while you can get quite good results , but when in big numbers ( 10,000 +) its impossible to be 100% correct. Yes it was pinks i was talking about. We do get greya , but mainly feral and they tend to use inland waters as a roost. There is a tendancy to under count large skiens and over estimate smallish skiens. I find that each wing of a skien can hold very different numbers of birds. Edited November 15, 2012 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowlingmad Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Anser2 have you ever seen the pinks horizon to horizon in every direction, not individual skeins but a web of geese spreading in every direction, a very special thing to see. It happened to me last year on the wash and i couldnt believe it the noice was incredible. They were miles out of range and i couldnt have lifted the gun if they were anyway. Just wondering if other poeple had seen this too.. wish i had a camera that day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) Yes many times. The peak roost count on one of the marshes I shoot on was 90,000 thats about a third of all the pinkfeet in the world. An amazing sight as skiens spanned the sky and as soon as you thought thats it there cant be many more left on the sands a bigger skien would come in. Its not unusual for it to take 3 hours for all the geese to come in at morning flight. Changes in crops have lead to a drop in numbers on one of the marshes i shoot , but its a poor day if at least 25,000 come in. There is a small problem with such big numbers though. No matter what the weather there are always a few geese that make mistakes and after a while it all becomes too easy. There was a time back in the 1970s when I lived for goose shooting , a dozen pinks in a season would be a good year and you could remember every shot you had at the seasons end. But as the numbers increased and I started to expect to get a goose or two every flight and then the magic goes. I often used to get my limit before the main flight even started and used to just take single shots from each skien to spin the flight out a bit longer or used to set myself a challange to get a goose from every area of the marsh , often well away from the favoured areas. This season I have had the most unbelevable bad luck and only managed a single grey goose despite many very close chances that have resulted in low geese just out of range , comming over after I have packed up , being taken by surprise by silent birds comming over while drinking a coffee or as on Tuseday a dead cert chance at a couple of very low geese only to have a missfire in my semi-auto. O and there was the morning when I was invited to flight a private marsh with a mate. He overslept and I sat in the car while a dozen skiens flew low over the reedbed we going to hide in. But this string of falures has rekindled my keeness to shoot a few. The harder they are to shoot the more fun I get out of chasing them. To take a brace or two makes a brilliant flight , any more and it becomes a slaughter. Everyone deserves one big flight in their lifetime , but once done its more fun to take a few and enjoy watching the great birds fight in against the weather. Edited November 16, 2012 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose hunt Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Great reply that pal enjoyed reading it!! Makes me want 2 go out rite now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmarksman9870 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 North east numbers are good mate lots in the skys over borders..... Getting out to bag some good numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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