Strange canada i shot last week

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When I shot the little goose, I had a discussion over what subspecies I had shot with some one on the internet. I was calling it a cackler and they said if it didn't have a ring it was a Richardson and that cacklers did not come to Michigan.

I posed the question of the ring to both the Oregon and Washington guys on another web site as they have lots of cacklers. Their response was that not all cacklers had rings on their necks. I was also able to find documentation of a few cacklers being taken in Michigan.

Last year a friend and i I were field hunting mallards after out 30 day regular Canada goose season was closed the end of October. there were a few snows and blues hanging around with the gees and they were legal game.

Not having heard that many blues and snow when I heard a squeaky call I thought that it was the snows/blues. Luckily I held off looking for an eagle head. It was a flock of richies/cacklers which were out of season.

Doesn't matter any more what you want to call them as the feds have grouped them all together as cacklers.