| Title: | The Hunting Notesfile |
| Notice: | Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270 |
| Moderator: | SALEM::PAPPALARDO |
| Created: | Wed Sep 02 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1561 |
| Total number of notes: | 17784 |
Got a question that the water foul hunters might be able to help
with.
Last evening after cribbing corn all day a farming friend and I
went out to try our luck with geese. We dropped one and
while showing it to another farmer he said that it was a "lesser
canada" and I should mount it. Now, I am not primarily a water
fouler, in fact, I much prefer furry to feathered critters but
given the opportunity I will drop them. The question I have is
why was he so insistent that it be mounted, are lessers rare or
unusual? The bird weighs slightly over 7# and to me looks like
a yearling canada. He explained that the bill is different, and
they are slightly smaller than other canadas. Also, how many
different canadas are there.
Thanks in advance,
Dick
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| 264.1 | Wild Bird Conference | PCCAD1::RICHARDJ | Bluegrass,Music Aged to Perfection | Thu Oct 27 1988 12:56 | 6 |
Dick,
I can't answer your question, but maybe you could ask the people
in the Wild Bird conference. Just don't mention you shot it. Just
say you spotted it.
Jim
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| 264.2 | Lessers in Colorado | CSC32::G_ROBERTS | Mon Oct 31 1988 12:46 | 10 | |
Dick,
The eastern plains of Colorado gets lots of lesser Canadas
every fall, from 50,000 to 150,000 come through. We also
get from 50,000 to 100,000 snows with them. The lessers
and the snows average 7-10 pounds. The greater Canadas tend
to hold up above Denver, they will go 20+ pounds.
Gordon
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| 264.3 | thanks...its being mounted | CARLSN::STUART | Tue Nov 01 1988 14:50 | 10 | |
thanks, it would appear that along this flyway they are not
rare but are a little "unusual". I tossed the whole bird in the
freezer and am getting it mounted. This is my 2nd goose and the
last one was a greater ( last year). It was tasty but probably
should have made the attempt at skinning it to mount in addition
to eating.
I still have feathers all over the garage, house and basement and
other places. Hard to believe there is that much fluff on one bird.
Thanks again,
ds
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