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suggestions on type of goose?

Postby cjbarbour19 » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:22 am

Hey guys shot some snows last week and always wanted to mount a nice adult snow. Then i shot this cool looking bird. First thought was it a juvi snow? But i was told might be a juvi blue? If so very rare here in NJ and i am thinking of getting him mounted instead. What do you guys think? thanks
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Eric Haynes » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:33 am

That thing is ugly. I'd mount a nice snow and eat that one.
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby JGUN » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:40 am

Cool looking bird but if it is a juvy it will most likely not have the greatest feathers and won't make a good mount. If you do want to have it mounted take it to a taxidermist and have him look it over to see what kind of shape it's in before committing to mounting it.
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Redbeard » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:50 am

Eric Haynes wrote:That thing is ugly. I'd mount a nice snow and eat that one.

I agree. Not all hybrids or oddball birds are not nice to look at
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby 3legged_lab » Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:03 pm

JGUN wrote:Cool looking bird but if it is a juvy it will most likely not have the greatest feathers and won't make a good mount. If you do want to have it mounted take it to a taxidermist and have him look it over to see what kind of shape it's in before committing to mounting it.

This guy speaks the truth. Pin feathers are a mounts worst nightmare.

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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby The Duck Hammer » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:13 pm

I think it looks cool. I see thousands of snows every year and have never seen a Juvi that looked like that. But, I dont think it is a juvi snow.
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby aunt betty » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:32 am

The bill on your goose isn't a snow.
These are juvee snow geese:
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Not a speck either. It must be crossed with a Canada goose. They're the ones with black feet and bills.
I'm gunna GUESS it's a Canada X Snow

Specks and snows don't mix much but I have seen lone snow geese in a huge flock of Canadas many times.
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Rick » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:46 pm

I'm thinking the OP's bird is just an odd snow/blue phase combination and a juvenile due to its dark bill color.

And I'm knowing Aunt Betty's "juvee snow geese" are adult blues.
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby 3legged_lab » Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:39 pm

Those are blues betty.
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Westie25 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:44 pm

Cocaine is a helluva drug
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Tomkat » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:18 pm

Meth is an evil drug
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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby rebelp74 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:43 pm

Marijuana is not a drug
Reinstate TomKat

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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Goldfish » Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:25 pm

rebelp74 wrote:Marijuana is not a drug

Your scale is shot to shit now

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Re: suggestions on type of goose?

Postby Rick » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:41 pm

When I moved to blue and snow country in '83, many still held the notion that blues were just young snows. So our friend may have suffered a bad source, rather than enjoyed good drugs.

Though the preponderance of evidence...
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