geese

[outdoors kid 1]

recently i have been walking the boundaries of the land i shoot and i have made a great discovery.

 

one of my fields is over run with geese in the late evening.

 

i have recently purchased a 12g shotgun and i wondered do you need a specific license to shoot them ?

 

and if not what type of cartridge and shot would you use to take one of these big birds ?

 

also is there any techniques to shooting them ?

 

cheers

[blackdug 90]

go on the wildfowling section on here and your questions will be answered ,,there is shot you want to use and there is techniques you want to use

[wildfowler4 0]

First of all before you think of shooting geese you will need to familiarize yourself with what geese you can shoot as there are some breeds that are protected. I would purchase any decent fowling book or check out the basc website or any wildfowling club re identification. You should look at using 3" or 3 1/2 loads for geese but obviously you need to check your gun can take these loads. I would suggest a bit more preparation before undertaking any shooting of geese.