Cacklers

[Duck-Slayer]

A corn field by my house finally has corn in it again, and some new bird showed up so they were looking for a field, so I went out and put some decoys up and ended up getting three geese. 2 cacklers were the first to be talked into committing. I shot a limit of ducks the day before, I put one the greenheads next to one of the cacklers so you can see how small they are.
Matt

 

[MThuntr]

no pic visible

 

[Duck-Slayer]

 

[Big Slick]

Very nice! I will take a green head over a goose any day. Better table fare for sure. Goose is pretty good for pepper sticks though.

 

[skimerhorn]

Never seen cackled before. That's cool

 

[7mm08mo]

Sweet!! Nothing like a corn field.

 

[Topgun 30-06]

Fixed this one for you!

 

[Mason326]

Haha cacklers are a hoot. Almost all we got down in TX. When my friends came up to hunt last year they were freaking out over the number of "D8s" flying around. Nice birds.

 

[1_pointer]

Very nice!! I really should put the effort in to learning how to hunt those things.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Good job, Matt. Have you found a good way to cook the geese?

 

[MT_elk]

Congrats!

 

[Duck-Slayer]

Good job, Matt. Have you found a good way to cook the geese?

Yes, I cook the legs and thighs in the crockpot with seasonings, carrots, potatoes, celery, and I turn the breasts into jerky,
Matt

 

[jrabq]

Nice bunch of birds. I've shot a couple of Canadas just slightly bigger than mallards, wasn't sure if they were Cacklers, Richardson's, or something else, guess it doesn't really matter.

 

[Irrelevant]

Duck Duck Goose has provided me with endless tasty options for goose.

 

[Reeltime]

Nice bunch of birds. I've shot a couple of Canadas just slightly bigger than mallards, wasn't sure if they were Cacklers, Richardson's, or something else, guess it doesn't really matter.

In NM I'd guess Richardsons, commonly just referred to as lessers, like the geese pictured above. The birds that started this thread are part of a grouping of small race Canada's referred to as cacklers, they are not true cacklers or "cackling Canada geese."

 

[NCSU_Lewis]

I really wish we had more dry land feeding on the east coast. Geese where I'm at is nothing more than a bonus while duck hunting outside of early season golf course geese. Nice hunt!

 

[Nameless Range]

Right on! Nice job.

 

[Sask hunter]

They are neat little birds. My favourite are the big honkers

 

[Duck-Slayer]

They are neat little birds. My favourite are the big honkers

Yep, I grew up on the big honkers in the river bottom's in E. Montana and W. ND, nothing beats 4-12 B52bombers coming in....
Matt

 

[bigdonniebrasco]

Good job, Matt. Have you found a good way to cook the geese?

I make pastrami out of mine and it's A W E S O M E !!!!!!!!!!!!