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Tell me what you would have done??

I come out of the house to get in the Truck and there are these three Geese in my backyard by the pond. They start walking around and I see a reflection and I look closer and one of them is sporting a band. The first thing I thought was where is my gun? Then I thought I cant shoot this thing it's prolly just a local MS Banded Goose anywho So I let him live..

I returned home and they were still there. They stayed most of the afternoon Eating the chop corn that I feed the local ducks. They finally headed off to the east to make someone else happy I guess.

Would you have let him live.

so was he banded in MS or not?? dont tell me you really let him fly

that band doesnt do anyone any good unitl it can be reported, man now the migration data for the upcoming season might be skewed

Id a busted his booty, oh well

the doc

man tuff one.....uhm......whooo.....still thinking .......i guess i would have done the same thing try to shoot his leg off with my 22.... just kidding you did the rite thing. let them fly and make sumbody else miserbable buy craping all in the yard and eating your garden up then walk out in the yard step in it then watch your lab try to eat all the crap in the yard....then watch your dog get sick later on your brand new carpet in your house....then for sum odd reason your laying in bed that nite trying to go back to sleep (4 AM after geting your new born back to sleep) and hear those damn things fly over your house just honking as loud as they can! sorry to ramble on but if you live on the ross-barnet resivoir you learn to hate the canadian geese.... they just PISS YOU OFF

So redhead, where do you live, and at what time of the day do you leave your house?

Hammer that long-necked "illegitimate child" !


Take me to Redhead's goose pond !

WITH JEWELRY I WOULD HAVE HAD TO BUST HIM THEY ARE NOTHING BUT A PAIN ANYWAY

You guys are making me wish I had Shot him

If I hadn't killed a Mallat and a Ross's with a band this year I prolly would have took him out!

I know how good the feeling was when I killed them and it would not be the same to shoot one in my back yard Besides it's out of season right

So that gaggle of geese was eating your corn crop to the ground? aint there something about protecting your harvest in the law books

I have never killed a banded duck or goose.

No doubt, I would've taken him.

... a little pop-corn.... one of momma's old bedspreads.... a buddy to help out.... and a pair of c-clip spreaders from autozone....

they squeal like crazy under the bedspread, but with two guys it is about a 15 second operation... or so I have heard

MSB you wern't the one taking Bands off them Geese at OB City Park were you?

If it were in season, backyard or not I would have gone in and opened up the gun safe.

Out of season, you did the right thing. That idea of trapping him and then removing the band? Sounds good to me. I would like to hear someone report that one. "Yes Ma'am Band #8731009" "kill location?" "well we didn't actually kill the goose we just ............"

I plead the 5th on that one....

actually, no, but I did hear about it from some of the OB park grounds keepers.

There were also several banded geese seen at the ag center, near the DU headquarters. A couple that were double banded. I have heard that they are now without their "bling bling"....

Another one was feeding last year at a DeSoto county school.... in the middle of their football field. Have not seen that one lately.

YEah that woulda been a hard one to explain...I'm reporting a band off a CAnada Goose...Yes ma'm..I got him on 18 Jan 04....HUH..what do you mean it wasn't banded until 25 Mar 04??? ugghhhh....

You did the right thing. I know a local park in Alabama that usually has about 3 or 4 banded mallards. They are all local bands I'm sure but hey, a band is a band. Anyway, we use to contemplate killing them out of season when I was younger, but realized the satisfaction would just not be there after shooting something that trusts you enough to walk within 10 feet of you.