Thread: Waihora geese bomb up

What load best for geese?

600 nitro express pretty good saves on any clean up - on a more serious note no 2 shot seemed pretty good last time we shot

Originally Posted by Nic

Yeah heaps around. Think of how much grass all those suckers would have been eating every day.

I do eat them but this was the third hunt this month so the freezer was already pretty full and they'd been piled up in the sun so not ideal...

Wasn't actually on the lake just birds coming off the lake onto the green grass. Still plenty around for you gsp follower this won't even make a dent in the lake population really.

yeh thier niumbers are rebouding but you,ve definatly put a whole in them between yo uguys and my mate at the farm near the lake .
i used to get bent out of shape about all that wasted meat but since you cant even bury them on a farm now and everybodies so over the top about food safety. ive had to mellow still i dont shoot more than i can use but i get now someone has to.

I like 36-40 g lead 2s on geese but anything near about will work, especially when they're close or you're smoking them in the head/neck region.

What we shot would have been max 1/4 of what we saw in the air on the day @gsp follower, definitely plenty around (some would say plague proportions). And remember they say about 4 geese eat a sheep's worth of grass in a day so that many bird would have been having a massive impact. And I bet you they will be back on that grass again by Friday. I do take some of the breasts to eat personally but this is more about keeping them off the paddock/grass.

Originally Posted by Jhon

What load best for geese?

quick load in #2 or #BB if jump shooting/pass shooting.... over decoys they use a real mixture.
winchester super x #2 used to be my go to load the Xpert steel in same is good so is kent or gamebore.... if you put bird in pattern,the brand matters not a lot LOL.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

quick load in #2 or #BB if jump shooting/pass shooting.... over decoys they use a real mixture.
winchester super x #2 used to be my go to load the Xpert steel in same is good so is kent or gamebore.... if you put bird in pattern,the brand matters not a lot LOL.

My first shotgun experience was #3, till now I still prefer #3 for ducks and rabbits. Used #2 once, but can `t shoot right, and then switched to #3.

sat out on verandah this morning in New Plymouth suburb and watched a flight of at least 80 to 100 land just south of New Plymouth area - no lack of them- Taranaki duck shooters just don't seem interested in targeting them

havcing shot with GSPF for over 15yrs now ive got a couple of pet loads .from Hull ammo 3" 34gm solway magnum 3s nothing withstands the impact of that load in range!
In 2 3/4 which i use on feral geese 3-4 32gm are Ok generally catch the dozy buggers asleep or very close up. ducks the same .find a load you like get bused to it stick with with.its the workman not the tools!

Originally Posted by kotuku

havcing shot with GSPF for over 15yrs now ive got a couple of pet loads .from Hull ammo 3" 34gm solway magnum 3s nothing withstands the impact of that load in range!
In 2 3/4 which i use on feral geese 3-4 32gm are Ok generally catch the dozy buggers asleep or very close up. ducks the same .find a load you like get bused to it stick with with.its the workman not the tools!

if i were a one load man it,d be the 12 cauge falcon 40 gram lead load in 2.s s a bit tough on the close ones but it,l kill the rest as far as you can put the pattern on them. In steel im using 3 inch rem nitro 2 and 3 inch eley steel 2. were i decoying them on water id probaly just use a fast 32 gram steel load backed up by rems/eley 3inchers. i know people who shoot them with steel 4,s out of open chokes in big numbers when decoying but im not that goods o i,ll stick to what works for me.TO be honest i shot tons more geese with the 20 ;gauge and 32 gram lead 2,s and 3,s decoying or pass shooting over water but alas those days like nz cricket dignity is past

Originally Posted by gsp follower

if i were a one load man it,d be the 12 cauge falcon 40 gram lead load in 2.s s a bit tough on the close ones but it,l kill the rest as far as you can put the pattern on them. In steel im using 3 inch rem nitro 2 and 3 inch eley steel 2. were i decoying them on water id probaly just use a fast 32 gram steel load backed up by rems/eley 3inchers. i know people who shoot them with steel 4,s out of open chokes in big numbers when decoying but im not that goods o i,ll stick to what works for me.TO be honest i shot tons more geese with the 20 ;gauge and 32 gram lead 2,s and 3,s decoying or pass shooting over water but alas those days like nz cricket dignity is past

listen to this man I can testify to it -manys the canadian goose domestic squabble that was resolved by a rotund 20g toting muttering sherriff! his other famous trick was a goose call he does which frankly would give an aoemeba a hard on-manys the distant goose Ive seen turn back toward him in response to his plaintive tones only to find a 20g shotgun round terminating the love life permanently. i kid you not.