Thread: gooses

Originally Posted by Rushy

Kotuku those bloody English are tricky bastards. They made the plural of goose, geese by swapping out the oo for an ee but the cunning buggers didn’t make it a rule so the plural of moose is not meese and the plural of noose is not neese. I blame Pengy.

Thanks @Rushy for the English lesson; I’m keen on some of these geeses too.

They could have gone with geesei as well, as in octopus, and octopi. English it a tricky beast. And as for a murder of crows, a coven of ravens, a gaggle of gooses, geese, or goosei etc it seems to be make it up as you go.

@ Marty Henry members of parliament- a cluster of fucks.

time to sort the parrie floaters shells with a paint touch up and get the goose shells lookin passable

right o,spent yesterday paintin up my parrie decoys-got 6pairs .me old sillos were dragged out -built in my 1st season of my rejuvenated career 3mlMDF(got for $1.00a sheet) and i must say age aside theyve weathered well.not even a bloody pellet hole in em!
this am undertook what ive be meaning to do for ages .
since the earthquakes in CHC denude the eatern side of suburban chc and with it being left to return to scrub -messrs canada and parrie moved in enmasse .last few year estuary ,lower avon and b romley shit ponds resembed benidorm at height pommy holiday season.the bastards were everywhere .you had to stop the car as mobs shuffled across the road _i kid you not!
hmmm today -opp hire building on poopond rd(cant think of its correct name)-huge paddock of brown top grass -geese at ellesmere think thats maccas and theyll knock it off faster than you can blink. seen 2adult 5-6 gosling canadas.
pooponds -couple mobs of canadas 10-15 birds in each -thats not unreasonable year round actually .
made my way to lower avon oppavondal golf club-3mobs of 30+birdas in each -noticeable CCC has weedcutter working this strectch of river and i watche juvenile canadas going arse up like dabbling ducks emerging with gobs full of weed.a few marue birds amongst them but majority look 1-2yr old.
I drove firther along toawrd city wwhere previouslt there had been major mobs of geese/parrie in the river and along the banks -hmmm not a bloody bird.
mallards tyeah -they'd park in ya dunny if it meant a feed but messr parrie where art thou ma wee cherie.
my guts is long overdue for a nice need of organic parrie or canada goose breast and it is not a tolerant nor patient master.

Originally Posted by uk_exile

Legally ok as got DOC small game permit that allows use of .22 rim-fire rifle, .22 hornet or shotgun & because Canada are not game birds its all good. That's doesn't apply to lake ellesmere though, need a special permit for there & shotgun with steel only.

Wonder if I can get a small Game permit for Western Springs heaps of geese there

if the bird counts at elly don't get done tomorrow then they probably wont get done
in time for any helpful info for the parry opening this weekend.
so we,l have a look wedsday should be geese about at least.

me&GSPF went for a gander (excuse the pun).no major goose sign round ,a couple of flights of parries as we left .however to our disgust right in front of us xclear evidence of some person/s(a general noun)had been very busy sighting in a 7mm-08 shotty and .22 on the doc fenceposts surrounding the grassed area -for good measure and maybe a joke they'd also turned the DOC sign into a DIY colander.
backstop new DOC seedlings and 180sq km of lake ellesmere.had anyone been coming up the track from the lake most unpleasent suprise was awaiting them. as if LFAO are not under the pump enough already ,we hand this sort of highly visible stupidity to the antis and wer'e caught by the short and curlies .
all i can say is whoever you are Ihope you enjoyed yourselves cause a BIG FAT THANKS FOR NOTHING!
the general public use this reserve -what the hell will they think????

They are flying your way @kotuku

Originally Posted by 2post

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kotuku and I two fat old bastards sallied forth to the great lake .
no handy parries available but we did manage 3 geese under not very waterfowl hunting conditions.
thanks for the heads up they arrived right on schedule
ps one ounce of steel 2.s in 3 inch loads is not as sudden death as 30 grams of lead 2.s

Originally Posted by gsp follower

kotuku and I two fat old bastards sallied forth to the great lake .
no handy parries available but we did manage 3 geese under not very waterfowl hunting conditions.
thanks for the heads up they arrived right on schedule
ps one ounce of steel 2.s in 3 inch loads is not as sudden death as 30 grams of lead 2.s

aye we did it in style .me -yup first time up with baikal O/U +2 3/4 4s steel - this combo is a little light for me after some discussion .no probs will revert to mighty escort s/a with solway magnum 3"34gm steel -that will stop anything.I lost my first goose -knocked him arseover outta the blue but he still managedto up and run and i aint designed for speed over mud ,water or even dry land.
idiotically Ionly carried 2 spare rounds to euthanise -didnt work.
however as GSPF said all in all a bloody marvellous day
.to see the numbers of canadas we so fondly remember,to hear those calls on the wing and to watch GSPF seduce the buggers into turning our way with his "lonesome want some lovin call" and to bring home some of natures finest organic meat-plump young juvenile hanging in ma shed -GSPfs a little more mature.to me this is natures antidepressant ,get fit plan and yet another ripper for 2020-
LLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTS GGGGGGGEEEEETTTTTTTT IT OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN
2POST YOU THERE BRO
can you advise your local goosey friends (the ones in the photo)-theres 3 vacancies at ellesmere -very nice for gooses at this time of year -specially wee plump buggers BUUUUUUUUUURP
the post match cuppa and sandwiches was even better -my finest sawbench top atop a recycled camp stool with matching camping stool featuring restitched seatbelt seats
coffee -milk and sugar vicar -egg and tomato sandwiches -suppins and chatting we looks up oh fuck no 8 canadas in formation heading our way -waaaaa gear all carefully locked away ammo in containers guns in cases-trust ma nature to have the last laugh!
actually she had another -i ripped crutch outta me shorts -big enough for a battalion of bangalore whores to access all because i kept droppin cartridges outta my trap shooting vest!! shorts fucked vest will be sorted pronto!

Originally Posted by kotuku

aye we did it in style .me -yup first time up with baikal O/U +2 3/4 4s steel - this combo is a little light for me after some discussion .no probs will revert to mighty escort s/a with solway magnum 3"34gm steel -that will stop anything.I lost my first goose -knocked him arseover outta the blue but he still managedto up and run and i aint designed for speed over mud ,water or even dry land.
idiotically Ionly carried 2 spare rounds to euthanise -didnt work.
however as GSPF said all in all a bloody marvellous day
.to see the numbers of canadas we so fondly remember,to hear those calls on the wing and to watch GSPF seduce the buggers into turning our way with his "lonesome want some lovin call" and to bring home some of natures finest organic meat-plump young juvenile hanging in ma shed -GSPfs a little more mature.to me this is natures antidepressant ,get fit plan and yet another ripper for 2020-
LLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTS GGGGGGGEEEEETTTTTTTT IT OOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN
2POST YOU THERE BRO
can you advise your local goosey friends (the ones in the photo)-theres 3 vacancies at ellesmere -very nice for gooses at this time of year -specially wee plump buggers BUUUUUUUUUURP
the post match cuppa and sandwiches was even better -my finest sawbench top atop a recycled camp stool with matching camping stool featuring restitched seatbelt seats
coffee -milk and sugar vicar -egg and tomato sandwiches -suppins and chatting we looks up oh fuck no 8 canadas in formation heading our way -waaaaa gear all carefully locked away ammo in containers guns in cases-trust ma nature to have the last laugh!
actually she had another -i ripped crutch outta me shorts -big enough for a battalion of bangalore whores to access all because i kept droppin cartridges outta my trap shooting vest!! shorts fucked vest will be sorted pronto!

I suspect you got the three flying out of formation in the photo. I’ll keep an eye out ant let you know next time I spot some gooses flying south.

Originally Posted by 2post

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Good little mob forming in T Bay, bloody lovely sight driving past them each day. Was a mob of 30 just down from boat club yesterday.

Originally Posted by McNotty

Good little mob forming in T Bay, bloody lovely sight driving past them each day. Was a mob of 30 just down from boat club yesterday.

I’m just across the harbour from you then.
These were all for kotuku though

We do all our shooting up Rangitikei, the population up there is getting out of control!!! Not too sure how the Welly area population is going.