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seen a few geese hanging around the river edge the other day so decided to place a few floaters near the shore before light and try my luck.. Well just after first light had a pair come in looking at the decoys close to the bank of the river now the river is so high from all the rain we had.. Now the geese are coming straight at me the cup there wings I pick the closest one shot I hit it and it soars with looked like 1 wing right into the middle of the river.. I threw my gun to the bank and ran into the river trying to get it and then I went above my waders and the water was going so fast I almost couldent walk in it.. Im so upset my stomach is hurting.. I hate losing a animal any animal but this really sucks.. I shouldent have hunted the river with it being so high I thought they would of fell just in front of me and it would of been a easy recovery but I dident expect it the bank so far left and hit the rapids like that.. I feel so awfull .. Im not gonna hunt the river anymore till the water goes down dont want this to happen again..

Been there and done that...I bought a final attack boat but a really light canoe works well too. Don't beat yourself up too much...a eagle will dine on your dime tonight.

It's never a good feeling, but it happens to the best of us.

Ya it won't go to waste. Something will snack on it. Lost a spoonie last weekend. Rice stubble that hasn't been rolled is a bitch

Joe everyone has lost a bird, it happens. As long as you tried your best to find it, you did good.

Good scout by the way! Lots of waterfowlers have little understanding of the scouting concept as it applies to bag numbers.

If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

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Mornin Beef wrote:

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

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Why stop there? Why don't we ban 3" too?

Why do you NEED a 3.5" inch shell? Keep the 3.5" shells in the hands of the prostaffers and not in the hands of the civilians.

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Olly wrote:Why do you NEED a 3.5" inch shell? Keep the 3.5" shells in the hands of the prostaffers and not in the hands of the civilians.

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We need a sarcasm font.

capt1972 wrote:

Olly wrote:Why do you NEED a 3.5" inch shell? Keep the 3.5" shells in the hands of the prostaffers and not in the hands of the civilians.

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We need a sarcasm font.

Half of my damn post would be in that font.

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Olly wrote:

capt1972 wrote:

Olly wrote:Why do you NEED a 3.5" inch shell? Keep the 3.5" shells in the hands of the prostaffers and not in the hands of the civilians.

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We need a sarcasm font.

Half of my damn post would be in that font.

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I vote yes. It would really take the stress out of this place for obx.

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Sucks man, I hate loosing birds, lost about 4-5 this year so far since I don't have a dog if they swim into or fall in the tules it's usually game over.

We just need a crazy looking font to click on, like bold or underlined

ive lost 4 or 5 myself but usually its because when we wond them they dive and hold on to the bottom and never come up

3legged_lab wrote:

Olly wrote:

capt1972 wrote:

Olly wrote:Why do you NEED a 3.5" inch shell? Keep the 3.5" shells in the hands of the prostaffers and not in the hands of the civilians.

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We need a sarcasm font.

Half of my damn post would be in that font.

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I vote yes. It would really take the stress out of this place for obx.

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Thanks man.

Ajverret wrote:ive lost 4 or 5 myself but usually its because when we wond them they dive and hold on to the bottom and never come up

Same thing hapens here all the time unforntualy.

Joe, sorry to hear about the goose. Best advice, get a dog and it will rarely happen again, if you train it right.
Plus, if you get a pup now it will be perfect timing for you and the kids to train it up in time to use all next season. You won't believe the feeling you have watching a dog that you trained fetch and deliver a bird to hand.

I've lost more this year than preacher shoots in a season.

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3legged_lab wrote:I've lost more this year than preacher shoots in a season.

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It happens.

We had a couple days where it was rough enough that if they weren't dead in the decoys, it was a challenge to find them.

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

Nope, all I've been shooting lately.

Flightstopper wrote:

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

Nope, all I've been shooting lately.

That is a pointless statement without pictures of the piles of geese you killed with 2 3/4 inch shells.
... or do I just want to stare at dead stuff every time I come on here?

chodebelding wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

Nope, all I've been shooting lately.

That is a pointless statement without pictures of the piles of geese you killed with 2 3/4 inch shells.
... or do I just want to stare at dead stuff every time I come on here?

where did 2 3/4 shells come into the mix?

Bufflehead wrote:

chodebelding wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

Nope, all I've been shooting lately.

That is a pointless statement without pictures of the piles of geese you killed with 2 3/4 inch shells.
... or do I just want to stare at dead stuff every time I come on here?

where did 2 3/4 shells come into the mix?

Right here.

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

chodebelding wrote:

Bufflehead wrote:

chodebelding wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

Nope, all I've been shooting lately.

That is a pointless statement without pictures of the piles of geese you killed with 2 3/4 inch shells.
... or do I just want to stare at dead stuff every time I come on here?

where did 2 3/4 shells come into the mix?

Right here.

chodebelding wrote:If we ban 2 3/4 inch shells, there would be no more sailed geese. Who's with me?
Sucks about the goose.

do you have very good phone service in your cave?