Cleaning Geese: New Technique!!!!

[dave_t73]

Ok, so I made up that title just to to get your attention.
Here's my issue, I've been doing a lot of cleaning and searching for pellets lately in game birds and my method sucks:

I take a chopstick that has been split to a smaller diameter (blunt end) and I slide it into the hole and try to poke out the pellet from the other side or just scoop it out. Out of 5 geese shot today I only collected 4 pellets and I know for a fact that one of them had at least 4 pellets go into it while a couple others had at least 2 holes in each.

There's got to be a better way to do this. Magnets? Tweezers? Psychic exercises? Share your methods wise men.

 

[Calum]

You wait until they fly in real low and then you toss your Retriever in the air so he can catch them.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Use bigger shot, so most will pass through, and those that don't, pick 'em out of your teeth like the rest of us.

 

[eltorro]

Industrial magnets. I got some from work, since they throw away whatever doesn't work anymore.
They are round, about 2" in diameter and 1/4" to 1/2" thickness.

If I put two of them together,,,,, good luck taking them apart.
X-ray works too, but only if you can get PETA to pay for it.

 

[mommabear]

You wait until they fly in real low and then you toss your Retriever in the air so he can catch them.

 

[JB]

Industrial magnets. I got some from work, since they throw away whatever doesn't work anymore.
They are round, about 2" in diameter and 1/4" to 1/2" thickness.

If I put two of them together,,,,, good luck taking them apart.
X-ray works too, but only if you can get PETA to pay for it.

what if he using lead shot how will that work

 

[t-star]

find an old microwave and get the magnetron out of it- there's a reason they call it a magnetron- you get 2 super magnets out of it- most places have a ban on lead shot for waterfowl and we're talking geese here

 

[eltorro]

what if he using lead shot how will that work

then he'll have bigger prblem than broken tooth.
And by the way.... the lead is softer.. less chance to break something.....
you'll hear the bliiig.....blooooppp next day

 

[jiminthecorner]

JB: ITs illegal to use lead shot on migratory(duks geese etc.) JITC

 

[Foxer]

You wait until they fly in real low and then you toss your Retriever in the air so he can catch them.

I'd like to see YOUR hunting photos sometime bud

 

[Bogman]

I just shoot them in the head

 

[dave_t73]

All wonderful suggestions, thanks guys

But seriously, I've tried bigger shot (BB and BBB) and can't hit the broadside of a barn withit so I must stick with #2's. I'll give the magnet trick a try though, and perhaps get a retriever and rig up some kind of catapult for longer range shots??

 

[Calum]

I'd like to see YOUR hunting photos sometime bud

You bet, as soon as I can find a place to hunt.

 

[M12shooter]

Steel is a marginal ballistic material at best. Shot waterfowl with lead for 30 years and the switch to non toxic was painful. With steel anything past 40 yards if just plain reaching... IMHO. Nothing killed mallards cleaner than 1 1/4 oz. of chilled sixes. As for the geese and steel... all I'm going to say is that one would best best trade in his waders for a good pair of running shoes!

Ted

 

[AP]

IMHO. Nothing killed mallards cleaner than 1 1/4 oz. of chilled sixes

....amen to that!!

 

[rdelliott]

You wait until they fly in real low and then you toss your Retriever in the air so he can catch them.

You know, with a compressed-air retriever catapult and a parachute to ensure a safe landing for the dog, that could get kind of fun.

 

[black_bear]

Make a small cut right across the hole about half way through and then push the pellet out from the other end.