Goose.

Snap Cap · Goose.

This will be the third year running I have promised the family a fresh Goose for Christmas dinner. I have blanked in spectacular fashion the last two years.
Determined to bag one this year, so I am considering purchasing a call to see if that will get me a result.

Anyone know one that actually works?

fish

von uses the ones from bass pro in the states,and with $2.60 to the pound its worth doing!

Snap Cap

Shame we ain't got a shop like that in the Uk. Though saying that its probably for the best cos I would spend fortunes in there!

fish

it does look good eh?! i baught £400.00 worth of mossey oak clothing for £120.00! :shock:

steve

well snap cap i wold not worry about blanking mate i know about 5 very keen wildfowlers and between them this year they have shot 4 geese and they go nearly every week! trouble is there loads of geese about but being lucky and getting a shot at them is hard. they are allways to high.

fish

heres a method i have 'heard of'.get a fishing pole,longer the better,at near dark go to a still water where they can be found.attach a rabbit snare to a piece of parra cord,then with one turn of masking tape attach the snare to the end of the pole,holding tightly to the end of the para cord carefully slip the noose over the gooses neck and pull tightly then draw in fast and dispatch. ;)

Tidal_wear

Snap Cap

One serious shop.

Seen a nice pair of boots on there, $89, what does that equate to in sterling?

Tidal_wear

At the moment the dollar is down $2.06,the wife was over there bout 2 months ago,bought me an awesome pair of winchester boots,better than the danners I used to have.Lets say £45.50 to simplify the maths snappers?

fish

Tidal_wear

Only problem with getting stuff shipped over is you might get stung for VAT,and delivery time is normally 2-4 weeks. :roll:

Snap Cap

Same boots are £109 at the shoot warehouse.

That is some saving. Might have to wake the old credit card up!

Strange that we have nothing like that here in the Uk. Everything is mail order here. There are no shops you can just walk in to.

Tidal_wear

Rip-off britain!I got a couple of excellent realtree sweat-tops,the LATEST pattern in thailand for £4.50 with a catapult thrown in.
Just get a relative over in the states to buy them and send them over,but like I said,I have been stung a few times on VAT when customs have inspected the parcels.

fishy1

There's plenty geese in the fields around me at the monet, but does anyone have methods to catch them without a gun? Catapult seems pretty hit and miss, maybe a net?

Tidal_wear

Used flight nets for Teal and Mallard,but it was in a wildfowl reserve with massive amounts of migrating wildfowl,Kenzie Thorpe used to the the same type of nets for geese,but not in fields though,the RSPB use Rocket-propelled clap-nets for geese.

fishy1

Hm. I might just have a go at a rocket propelled net launcher.

Tidal_wear

I know where theres two villages in Pakistans tribal area(NWFP) where an RPG-7 can be picked up for a song(if you can sing in pushto)

fishy1

Slight problem getting it back though, weapons smuggling is frowned upon. I'd imagine 3 rockets, spread so towing a net then launched vertically into a flock of flying geese, would take down a few. Alternatively I could make some up with a head full of shot and blackpowder, and shoot in the same way.

kent taxidermist

fishing hook and line...

noose round the neck...

if there on the ground...

Tidal_wear

Too tame KT,we want the pyrotechnics