Got an oddball Honker

[Goldeneye]

I've taken quite a few geese over the years and have not seen one like this.  Besides the coloring on it's head it has white spots under it's wings too.  It's a big goose with a pumpkinhead.  It's definitely different.  I don't know what you would call one like this.  Here are some names I've thought up and a few that hunting friends have offered up.  What do you guys think and what would you name this colored up goose.

1)  Piebald Goose
2)  Wigeononker
3)  Wigeonanada Goose
4)  Appaloosa Goose
5)  Holstein Goose 


I don't know, it was different enough for me to pull the string on getting it mounted.  You just don't see this every day..

[wadu1]

Cooked goose

[hunterednate]

That's rad! Would love to see the mount after its completed. Maybe post it up here after you get it back? Cool goose.

[Goldeneye]

Cooked goose

Well. That's a given.   I picked up the carcas after the taxi skinned it out.  Got right at 5lbs of meat off of it.

[Dan-o]

That is a truly unique one.

Very cool.

Thanks for sharing. 

[Widgeondeke]

Very cool

Stormy Canadian 

[pianoman9701]

It's a benchleg...no, a piebald...no, wait...Neat goose.

[KB88]

I’ve shot a similar one on alder, had a little less white on head but had more white on wing area. Definitely unique.

[Blacktail135]

 I like Appaloosa goose!

[Pinetar]

Go to Google images and google Quill Lake Canada Goose

[Goldeneye]

Go to Google images and google Quill Lake Canada Goose

I saw those.  Don't think there is any chance this one came from that population.

[pd]

Hoof rot fer shure.

I agree, Apaloosa is the best name.

[Karl Blanchard]

Shot one years ago in Eatonville. Common explanation i got from a few different bios is domestic cross.  No idea if thats accurate or not.

[Goldeneye]

Shot one years ago in Eatonville. Common explanation i got from a few different bios is domestic cross.  No idea if thats accurate or not.

I got the question into our local bio here.  No reply yet.  The dang thing did have a pumpkin head.

[Pinetar]

A friend shot two a couple years ago over by Moses lake out of one flock. They had the small white spots on neck like your bird but also had the bigger white spots on breasts and wings. They looked just like those Quill Lake Geese. Pretty sure he had them mounted as well

[Ricochet]

 
Could be partially leucistic, it happens.

[HikerHunter]

I'm guessing its an old goose, it's getting a little silver in its hair. Get it aged! Haha, that's a cool trophy!

[DOUBLELUNG]

We had a bonded pair on the Rocky Reach pool for a few years of a domestic graylag goose and a Canada that produced hybrid broods, it was the wild color (gray) graylag.  Most of the brood would look like Canadas mostly, a few were "blond" Canadas in appearance where the normal black was replaced by tan.  Don't recall any white patching but I'd imagine a white graylag might introduce white patches.  Or, just a leucistic individual.  Very cool regardless, and a beautiful unique bird.