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fabs,
I wish more people had a chance to be around this guy, the stuff I learn from him is amazing. Last year I got the chance to go along when they were banding geese, that was cool. Who'd have thought you could herd geese with a helicopter.
I also learned that most of the geese, in our resident flock, that are killed the first year are juvinile geese and they are shot in the Texas/Ark./Kan. area.(after the early season) Apparently the youngsters like to do a little traveling and join up with the migrators for a year or so. Then they mate but don't breed, but do return to our area. The mature birds will stay within a couple of miles from where they were born the rest of their lives and only migrate as far south as they need to to find food and open water. I know that just makes the golf course folks tickled pink.
I find out all kinds of trivia when I hunt with this guy, but he likes to eat peanuts so his calls are a little jammed up. LOL
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T.J.
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