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Cant wait! this will be the first year I will really get into goose hunting...mostly because last year I shot my first one late December and it tasted great.
I have 2 friends that are going to be showing me how "they" do it.
We'll see what happens.
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Indiana huh ? snows or canadas ?
our goose start the same day . we'll be shooting canadas
they are fun to shoot but I don't think they eat any better than a mallard..
BTW I can't wait either !
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Best thin I ever did with geese was have summer sausage made. Killed about 30 one year and breasted them out and froze them until the season was over. Took them to a butcher who did the deed. Very tasty and easy to give to friends as a gift.
Good luck on the first!
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Thanks, the one i shot in December I put in a crockpot for a day and in all honesty tasted like venison roast.
I'm wondering if their meat has a different flavor during early season compared to late season.
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It starts here in Orygun Sept. 5-14, 5 Honks a day!
The first couple of days we really slay 'em!
Bill C.-sbio
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Mich starts Sept 1 too.
Watch out for tht big steel shot,when your eating ! It's way tuffer on teeth !
Good luck.
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Yeah I can see how that would be a problem. 
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Any suggestions on shot size??
Was thinking BB and a full choke to start and working different chokes from there.
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We run 1's and BB mostly.
Chokes imp in lead = mod in steel.
mod in lead = full in steel
I would not go anymore than a mod choke which is really full in steel.
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I think I'm going to start with an improved choke and I just bought these shells. Winchester X-pert
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You running 3" or 3.5"?
Federal Black Cloud ammo has impressed me. Cheap and puts the birds down. We ran 3", BB, last year and dropped our limit of birds. We hunt on the MI/IN boarder.
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3 1/2".........Oh my shoulder!
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not a fan of the win x-pert.
I like Kent and Black Cloud. 3 & 3.5
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What dont you like about the Winchester X-pert?
I bought it because it was cheaper than most the others but the Kent was pretty close too.
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On a point blank in your face decoyed bird anything will work. I do decoys and a fair amount of pass shooting. Win X-pert did not pattern awell as Kent so I quit using them. You may find ot diff . Do yourself a favor and pattern your gun. Geese are tuff and need a good hit for a good kill. Chasing cripples sucks.
Good luck
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I'm going to pattern hopefully tomorrow with my pard's so I'll see how it goes.
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We were 1 shy from our limit of 9 today. We had 3 shooters.
We would of had our limit, but we had to be off the field @ 830am.
What a gorgeous AM today. Hope everyone did well.
Two of us ran Black Cloud 3", BB and one buddy ran 3.5" Fiocchi.
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