What's Better?

Here's what happened to us on a late season hunt a couple years ago. We hit a large farm I had permission to hunt without pre-scouting it. We set up on a part of the farm where we had a good hunt the previous year. There was about 80 acres of cut corn.

We had a good spread, good cover, good calling, etc but hundreds of geese landed about 400yds away. They must've been feeding there for a while. It was a sunny morning so most of the geese came in a few very large flocks. They didn't feed for long so moving was a slim option.

We did have one goose come in, a very small goose with a nice band from Nunavut.....my first from there.

So the question is, what would you rather have.....

.....two guys getting a pile of geese

or.......one goose and a cool band?

For me I was more than happy with the band. The next year we hunted the same spot and got 40 geese in less than an hour, but no band.

Either or for me. I will take shooting a pile of geese any day, but if its a slow day and I shoot one nice goose with some silver it makes the day for me. But I'm easy to please LOL

I would rather have.......
........ 5 muskrats and a box of chocolates!

Cupped wings legs down clean kill great hunt. Number and/or bands don't play into the equation

I'd take the smackdown any day of the week.

S.

if everyone got a band that would top a big bag of birds, but otherwise a big pile of birds at the end of a hunt, where everyone gets to share in the spoils, is better to me than a band.

that being said our group is really due for a band!!

if there is a questions as to who shot the banded bird, how do you guys determine who goes home with it?

with most of my buddies,if it wasn't for certain who shot the bird, it goes to the one who obtained permission or did the scouting... if there was a kid or new hunter they would take precedence as well.

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Originally Posted by mooner

I would rather have.......
........ 5 muskrats and a box of chocolates!

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I can't promise you the chocolate this spring, but the muskrats are breeding like muskrats...you can have them

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Originally Posted by bowj

if there is a questions as to who shot the banded bird, how do you guys determine who goes home with it?

with most of my buddies,if it wasn't for certain who shot the bird, it goes to the one who obtained permission or did the scouting... if there was a kid or new hunter they would take precedence as well.

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That day there was only one shot taken so it was easy to figure out.

We sorta follow the same rules as you. On public land if we aren't sure, we draw straws (actually lengths of reeds).

Last year we got two goose bands out of a flock where 3 of us shot (sequential numbers somehow). One went to my wife and the other to my friend who only has 2 bands. My spot, my scouting, but also my wife...no band was worth that argument.

You can have all the muskrats. I have been close to bear Wolf and coyote and never scared but muskrat that's a different story.

On the geese in would rather a bunch cause I don't get out much and would want everyone to have a good time.

I will try and get by to see you soon.

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Originally Posted by mtaz

I can't promise you the chocolate this spring, but the muskrats are breeding like muskrats...you can have them

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Bands ???? Can't eat bands, there are a bunch of then hanging on the wall at the side of my reloading bench, it really gets me when I see some so called experts that have their call lanyards all festooned with bands , even to the point of polishing them and hanging around their necks .
I took a young guy out once , and as the geese were coming in he says " let them land , I want to look them over with my binoculars and shoot the ones with bands " this is what he learned from a "goose guide that had a lot of bands around his neck , and it impressed this young guy .
I said if you want to hunt with me , I shoot them "on the wing " , not on the ground , never took him out again .

I say to each there own as long as you use the geese you shoot who cares, there's too many of them around anyway.

I would take the band.

I've never got a band before, and would be very interesting to see the information of the bird.

I would take the pile of birds over the band if i was with other people. Would rather have the memory and stories of a successful day in the field than a single banded bird that the memory would just be the time we went out and only got one bird. If i was solo hunting it would be a different story id take the band over the pile of birds.

Anything that came to my dekes or jump shoot one during an incredible poor day with a band on it.

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Originally Posted by jaycee

Bands ???? Can't eat bands, there are a bunch of then hanging on the wall at the side of my reloading bench, it really gets me when I see some so called experts that have their call lanyards all festooned with bands , even to the point of polishing them and hanging around their necks .
I took a young guy out once , and as the geese were coming in he says " let them land , I want to look them over with my binoculars and shoot the ones with bands " this is what he learned from a "goose guide that had a lot of bands around his neck , and it impressed this young guy .
I said if you want to hunt with me , I shoot them "on the wing " , not on the ground , never took him out again .

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Curious is it the band hunting that bothered you or shooting them on the ground? With you on the band hunting as I would rather shoot the bird that presents the best /cleanest kill shot than stretch for a bird with a band. Conversely would rather land a flock in the decoy than whiff at a bird in the air.

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

Curious is it the band hunting that bothered you or shooting them on the ground? With you on the band hunting as I would rather shoot the bird that presents the best /cleanest kill shot than stretch for a bird with a band. Conversely would rather land a flock in the decoy than whiff at a bird in the air.

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To each their own !
I think what really pizzed me off was that all he wanted to shoot was geese wearing leg bands , as this was what impressed him the most , the fact that a ??guide that took him out hunted that way and he had all those bands around his neck

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Originally Posted by jaycee

To each their own !
I think what really pizzed me off was that all he wanted to shoot was geese wearing leg bands , as this was what impressed him the most , the fact that a ??guide that took him out hunted that way and he had all those bands around his neck

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Think we are on the same page. Be it beards, antlers, ribbons, or bands none really measures the success of a hunter better than meat on the ground.

Take a pile up over the band , bands are a bonus , nothing beats birds feet down on the hole

take the cool band any day. goose meat isn't that great.

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Originally Posted by GBuck

take the cool band any day. goose meat isn't that great.

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We have had people over for dinner telling us that they never realized "goose taste so good ", makes me wonder what you are doing wrong in your cooking methods .

Any day out with buddies (human or four legged kind) is the best regardless of success..

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Originally Posted by jaycee

We have had people over for dinner telling us that they never realized "goose taste so good ", makes me wonder what you are doing wrong in your cooking methods .

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Originally Posted by jaycee

We have had people over for dinner telling us that they never realized "goose taste so good ", makes me wonder what you are doing wrong in your cooking methods .

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its not as if prime rib or ribeyes are falling out of the sky. if that were the case we wouldn't have so many of the flying raccoons.

the appeal of band hunting sets in after the freezer is filled.

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Originally Posted by GBuck

its not as if prime rib or ribeyes are falling out of the sky. if that were the case we wouldn't have so many of the flying raccoons.

the appeal of band hunting sets in after the freezer is filled.

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All I see are pepperettes, kolbassa, and sausages.....

S.

[QUOTE=GBuck;960128]its not as if prime rib or ribeyes are falling out of the sky. if that were the case we wouldn't have so many of the flying raccoons.

the appeal of band hunting sets in after the freezer is filled.[/QUOTE ]

Maybe there are a lot of wildfowlers that aren't as good at wing shooting as they think they are , also when you get broods upwards of 10 to 14 , there will be many of them around. GREAT!

Why are you still hunting them after your freezer is filled? are you just throwing the carcass's away after you remove the bands ?

we just see things different, that's all. I'm just answering the question that was put out there. I'd rather shoot 1 banded bird than 10 nonbanded ones. Its my personal view of how I want to hunt for the upcoming season.

just preference at this point in time. who knows maybe I will go all out and kill em all.

Even in jest your last statement is totally unacceptable.

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Originally Posted by krakadawn

Even in jest your last statement is totally unacceptable.

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its a figure of speech. no one hates a hunter as much as another hunter.



in case you haven't figured it out yet - not really worried about whether you think what I say on an internet forum is acceptable.


good luck hunting - in whatever way you choose to do so.

Anytime in the blind is a good time !