"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:32:19 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:



However, here in NJ we have an estimated 98,000 of the non-migratory,
semi-domesticated giants (Branta canadensis maxima) now, and the suckers
fly
around with the migratory birds -- until the migratory ones head south.
While that's going on, you can decoy the maximas with a piece of foam
rubber
taped to your hat, cut to look like a slice of Wonder Bread, and shoot
them
with a .410 and cylinder choke. d8-)

Those geese are a nuisance in these parts. They're so bold they think
they can bluff a pickup truck on the way to Wal-Mart.

They do step smartly when their bluff is called.

No gun needed to harvest these varmints, a machete would suffice.

Same here, but 'tain't legal. You have to run up to them and kick them in
the butt, then, when they take off, shoot 'em.

It's not very sporting but they're delicious. And you're helping the
environment. g

A few years back one of my son's soccer games was called by the ref because
the kids were slipping all over on the goose crap. They're that thick around
here. It's hard to believe that back in 1960, biologists were ready to
declare the maxima subspecies extinct. All of the maximas in the country are
believed to come from one small bunch of captive ones, from somewhere in the
upper Midwest, that may have been a hunting club's live decoys at one time.

--
Ed Huntress