Goose Shooting Question

[slipper 116]

Me and my mate went out foxing the other night and noticed a load of greylag and one of the wet fields that always holds water in the winter,

Problem is this pool is about 100 yards from any cover apart from a dead tree

First question do you think they will come back? Must of been between 250 350 maybe more,

And what would be the best approach?

I can't leave a hide there as few others might pinch it

[air gun ant 1,666]

Put a decoy on your head and sit in the water.........

 

 

It worked for Elmer Fudd! He went on to design his own brand of decoys lol

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Got a pop up hide but it isnt LOL.The bay of evil sells pop up hides for 50 quid but the cammo pop up toilet tent <same thing identical> is £15.99 delivered and folds up to nothing .Should do u a treat atb

[charlie caller 3,654]

Or just make one for free out of local vegetation, if they have not been disturbed they will be back, if you have some goose decoys use em, sounds like you are in for some fun mate.

[shootlodge 146]

Throw some maize / food delights on the edges of the splash regular , they will come back.. Then get on the side the wind blows from, keep outa way & unseen & when they lift off fill the freezer & enjoy ..........

[Deker 3,478]

What gun were you foxing with?

 

What's wrong with using a rifle on the geese?

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

What gun were you foxing with?

 

What's wrong with using a rifle on the geese?

It's a bugger to work out the lead!

[slipper 116]

223 Decker, I did think about that but I would like to eat them and not sure how much of a mess it would make unless I went for a head shot

[Deker 3,478]

223 Decker, I did think about that but I would like to eat them and not sure how much of a mess it would make unless I went for a head shot

 

 

It's up to you of course, but I have several sites where I have to deal with geese, primarily Canada geese, and head shots off the bipod out to 100 or even slightly further are not much of an issue. I tend to use the HMR for this!

 

If it is just Geese control then I generally use my WMR, you can place the shot almost anywhere you like and they fall down, the HMR needs to be delivered to more vulnerable areas of their bodies. A .223 with any ammo you like delivered to the head will work just fine if you want to eat them.