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Originally Posted by Destry L. Hoffard
Peter,
That's one big goose for certain! Please tell me you put in on the scale. My father and I doubled up on one back 20 or more years ago that tipped the scales at just over 19 pounds. Nobody believes me but it was weighed on a legal scale and that's the absolute truth. That's the biggest I'd ever seen but there used to be one mounted in a store down at home that supposedly went over 20 pounds. I'd say yours had to be in the 13 or 14 pound range at least seeing it's size when compared to your Johnson.
Destry
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Destry,
I did not weigh that goose but still can as it is hanging in my shop. I am old school and hang game birds for at least a week. Also, I killed another on Sunday not quite as big, but big. Our local geese are descendants of an attempt years ago to re-establish geese around here. They were quite successful and the parent stock was the race of giant canadas. They are fun to shoot but cannot compare on the table to a 7-8 pound bird. I will try and find a picture of son Wyatt with his first goose from a couple of years ago. It was huge and plucking it was a requirement since it was his first. It would have been easier to pull the wool off a sheep.
The second goose from Sunday was not quite as large and it was snowing so I took out a Citori rather than the Parker. No pictures. One fun note, while waiting for the geese, ducks, mostly malards, came in by the hundreds, including a few flights of drake pintails already doing their courtship flights. Very fun! Duck season closed awhile ago.
Will weigh the goose but I don't think it is all that heavy being most food is snow covered and they are hustling for a living.
-plc-
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