Do small groups of geese survivors join other flocks?

[Polako]

I was just curious cuz I went hunting geese and sometimes small groups would come in. I was wondering if there are only 1 or 2 survivors do they join up with another flock?

Are their chances of surviving lowered?

If a goose loses its mate will it find another or just be unhappy for the rest of its life?


Probably trivial but I'm a new hunter and I wonder about these things lol

 

[yodave]

some flocks of geese are smaller simply because there wasn't as many geese in that flock as the larger flock you saw earlier, as for the rest it is pretty trivial and something I have never had to think about, and likely won't in the future either............lol

 

[kamlooky]

I know that water front peepole are unhappy with geeses no matter
whether the geezes are single, wed, unwed, deevorced, batchelor,
batcholerette.
Geeze chit izz geeze chit and it's all over our fore shore areas.

 

[badgreenbird]

yes, as a general rule, lone or small bunches of geese will group up with others and join (or form) larger groups. That's why it's so easy to get the 'suicide singles'. They are desperate for company and will come to calls or small batches of decoys.

Geese usually mate for life, but if a mate is killed, the survivor will find another mate in time for the next breeding season

 

[Polako]

Cool good to know

 

[cupar1]

yes, as a general rule, lone or small bunches of geese will group up with others and join (or form) larger groups. That's why it's so easy to get the 'suicide singles'. They are desperate for company and will come to calls or small batches of decoys.

Geese usually mate for life, but if a mate is killed, the survivor will find another mate in time for the next breeding season

What this guy said +1

 

[hoytcanon]

Family groups of geese number 2-12 or so... any flock larger is made up of a number of family groups... considering that many migrant flocks number in the hundreds or even thousands, it should be apparent that geese join together... they are gregarious birds, which is why decoys and calling work... geese do not always mate for life as is the popular misconception, they often become separated and will remate in order to do what all God's little, honking creatures do... have babies and shyte on golf courses...