Just trying the new image hosting site suggested on AR with some pictures from the weekends goose shoot with Top Predator.

Couldn't think of many more picturesque places to spend a sunday hunting.
















https://www.youtube.com/watch?...ceHQZiesnrA_vhKptcnc

Nice mate. I'd love to have a crack at these buggers.

Hi Shanks,
Good job getting the pics posted. You guys picked the right spot to get into those geese.
I forgot to mention earlier but Mike from Canada sent his regards. He and a pal was over here in late June.
Are you cultivating a mature, bearded appearance now ? I don't remember the whiskers from last time.
Cheers

Haha, Its the middle of calving, and this is the first day off in 10 weeks, it will probably get cut in a month or so...

I shot canadas in 2012 - day after my wedding (wife will never let me forget it) - in NZ.

Great shooting. The sound of these big buggers honking coming on daylight............and the subsequent shooting.......will remain a very fond memory.

Will have to do it again.

Shanks:
Those pics are beautiful!

Nice stack of Canada's too.

Thanks for sharing,

George

Too bad here in MD, used to be "the" goose shooting capitol, but for last 20 years only one or two a day. So no reason to go out, as so expensive. when I say one or two, talking about the Canadas.

Cool on Shanks.

Kawhia I presume

What are they like to eat Shanks?

Yep Naki, Kawhia. Those birds are very clever and their roost is always within eyesight of where they feed. The farmer who's land we were shooting on has 500 geese every day on his grass, and dosen't even try to grow crops.
This was a trial event at an organised hunt where 35 odd groups of hunters spread out around the harbour on farms and a boat tried to push them off the water at high tide.
When the boat reached our point, 1000 geese took off from within 500 meters of us.
The trial didnt really work. Two main reasons. The weather was just too fine and calm, and we needed way more boats to keep them moving.

Bakes You get about a kg of breast meat of each bird. We tend to make it into salami, sausage and pastrami. Have tried them roasted and not my favourite.

You wont need a face mask with that face mate.
I bet its pissing K off haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yep. she keeps threatening to cut it for me.

In the bath mate...could be a kinky cut sesh ha ha

Kathrin's rolling her eyes.

Great pictures, Craig. I hear the geese are not thought much good to eat, even in Canada. They seem a bit of a pest over there, crapping on the footpaths in all the parks.

Several thousand around here in TOWN.

Big soccer complex half mile W of me
that's covered with Canada's in winter.
Most stay in town on the smaller lakes
not many get out and about where the
hunters are Iv'e been told.

George

Heres a vid from the guys next to us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...LE27zwMQ&app=desktop

Nothing a long sourdough roll wont fix.

I remember members of this forum saying we didn’t need semi autos in New Zealand

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Originally posted by TOP_PREDATOR:
I remember members of this forum saying we didn’t need semi autos in New Zealand

use them while you can ... we are the next one to be punished ...

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Originally posted by sambarman338:
Great pictures, Craig. I hear the geese are not thought much good to eat, even in Canada. They seem a bit of a pest over there, crapping on the footpaths in all the parks.

they re great to eat depending on what they are feeding on too.

they re great in cassoulet.

OOy Gryph

Let's see your baby face

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Originally posted by gryphon1:
You wont need a face mask with that face mate.
I bet its pissing K off haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Let's see your baby face

Nah you wont see it as I have a beard too,its keeping up with the Shankses now.
Next thing I need a gold plated bathtub the same as his.

Its not gold plate.

I KNEW you had too much money!

Meanwhile poor old me is eating lunch...i baked a wholegrain loaf of bread and i have just fried up floured slices of baby spikey liver in oil...served on the buttered bread with S+P + a squeeze of lemon.
Those gold baths are tough on the chew!

That sounds like an awesome lunch!

It was mate and there is plenty more for smoko today too.Its 4.15AM here atm and I`m gearing up to get me another liver today!

Send us some pics if you do.

Check inbox

Nice to see you out getting in amongst them gryph.

Hang about for an email,I shot another this morn,

Shit another! I thought that was different pics of one of the others. Nice going, you are really getting in amongst them.

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Great pics and awesome backdrop !

What do you do with the meat ? Smoker or just breasts in the pan ?

Cheers and thanks for sharing.

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Mostly cure them into pastrami, but also cut them fine and stiryfry asian style is quite nice.
There nearly half a KG on each breast, so a lot of meat.

At least you didn't post James smiling mug in the photos.

I'll get some of him next time.