Geese are abundant in West Virginia all year-round.  Golf courses, industrial ponds, city parks, and even interstate medians seem perennial feed areas for the Canada Goose.  However, where the steel is allowed to fly, geese are less visible, and a lot more twitchy.  So, when we get a goose, we consider it an accomplishment.  There is just so much food available for Canadas, that putting yourself in a position to kill a goose takes a lot of reconning and a lot of patience.  And to be honest, we would rather gear our waterfowl hunting to bringing home ducks, so the number of geese we have bagged through the years has not been high.  Generally, we view geese as a target of opportunity.  When duck hunting, if we see geese, we will go after them and won't hesitate to throw in some BBs and take a shot.  We have killed 4 geese through the years and found 3.  We have just included the years where we have taken geese below.

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The King with a picture of the first goose taken by the K&R.  We snuck up on it and nailed it behind a small island.   

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The Rooster with a shot of the Goose.  We learned with this goose that 2's and 4's were not sufficient to kill a Canada at any distance.   

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 We have on rare occasions, seen Snow Geese or a Lesser Canada, but 99% of all geese in WV are Canadas. 

2003-2004

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The Rooster with a goose taken during the early fall goose season.  During a dove hunt, some geese were seen milling about in a planted field.  A half-hour stalk produced a goose.