Big Northern

[AceInTheWild]

my brother took this big one at 30 yards single shot drop. clean kill and great looking bird

[dirty.dan4]

Welcome to the site little brother

[270Shooter]

 

[kbyers]

 

[boneaddict]

Thats a bomber for sure 

[Elliott]

that makes me so jealous i didnt get a goose this year. a me and ducks doom were out on the river one morning when a flock of 8 was no more than thirty yards above us, but there was power lines directly between us, we didnt want to chance it

[Spooner]

Did you get a weight on that bad boy.

[dirty.dan4]

No I didnt get a chance to weigh it, but does F***ing heavy count as a good unit of weight?

[BLKBEARKLR]

F***ing heavy only counts as a unit of weight after 3 miles...

[zamphier]

Great bird... is it October yet?

[highclimber]

Nice Bird

[General Disarray]

at least 20 pounds!!!!


My question is why do you think it's a northern? My guess would be that it probably a local bird that has lived the good life for a long time. 

It always amazes me to hear people talk about big "fat" northern birds when common sense would tell me that if I had 2 mature drake mallards side by side and I peeled the skin on the breast back, the one Iwould consider a northern would be the one with the least amount fat on it.  That incredible journey burns the fat right off them fella's!

just my 

[dirty.dan4]

at least 20 pounds!!!!


My question is why do you think it's a northern? My guess would be that it probably a local bird that has lived the good life for a long time. 

It always amazes me to hear people talk about big "fat" northern birds when common sense would tell me that if I had 2 mature drake mallards side by side and I peeled the skin on the breast back, the one Iwould consider a northern would be the one with the least amount fat on it.  That incredible journey burns the fat right off them fella's!

just my 

It didnt have alot of fat on it.  I grew up in the area that I shot that bird and I know for a fact that it wasnt a local bird.  The local birds are not near as large as that bird or the rest of the birds that it was with.  I have been watching and keeping track of the local birds year round.  I am trying to pattern the local gaggle and observe the growth, pairing, hierarchy, feeding, and nesting areas.