Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: whackemstackem on January 20, 2014, 05:34:34 PM
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Any guesses on this goose?
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I agree looks like a hybrid, white-fronted x Canada... Very interesting. Where'd you shoot it?
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More pictures would be better. My first guess it a Greylag canada cross.
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Forget the name but it's on the endangered speice's list! :yike: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Here is a link http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/domgeese.htm (http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/domgeese.htm)
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Here's another pic. Well it spoke Canadian (since I was using a Canadian Goose call) so it assured me it wasn't an endangered :chuckle:. It's huge too.
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Domestic/Canadian cross
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Dreamunelk- I think that looks pretty dang close.
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Quill lake goose
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Domestic / Hybrid. I have watch them tag along with the big honkers before. I shot one a few years back.
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h2ofowlr- Thanks, where do they usually hang out? Just migrate with the honkers or stay local? You eat the one you shot? I'm gonna mount it :chuckle:
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Thought you were not going to post a pic. Just could not help yourself.. Interesting bird. Find me one like that and I will definately shorten his life span.. :chuckle:
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Great find. How did it taste.
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Hanford?
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Domestic cross.....several years ago we had a bunch on our local river. My buddie shot one that looked like a blue goose. Solid white head with orange bill, canada body, lil more white up the breast and orange feet. Big one too
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Looks def like a White fronted Canada Cross.
A couple seconds of taxonimy research concludes as much.
http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/geese.html (http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/geese.html)
Note how the bill shape and size is indicitive to Canada breed and coloring is similar to white fronted and canada
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Although the browning in it may be because of a result of other similar species, not white fronted, in breeding range.
Likely not a Domestic cross, other factors such as size would be present. we rasied a bunch of geese as kids, and had Canada crosses every other year or so that were much different.
My guess is 2 separate wild species.
Not uncommon for them to mate and create offspring, but is pretty rare for them to survive long enough to get shot. The crosses usually get picked off as young, do to them standing out like a sore thumb in a crowd.
Excellent trophy.
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Very cool congrats. That will make an awesome mount.