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Title: a feather find that found me
Post by: mcginnis6010 on May 17, 2012, 05:08:03 pm
Anyone know what bird this belongs to? It floated down on my front yard while I wad working on a project on my porch. There wasn't a bird in sight.
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Post by: mcginnis6010 on May 17, 2012, 05:09:13 pm
Another pic.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 17, 2012, 05:58:06 pm
Looks like a Canada Goose to me. But it could be anything.
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Post by: mcginnis6010 on May 17, 2012, 07:44:09 pm
yea thats what i was thinking but i wasnt sure because there wasnt any birds around ANYWHERE around and it was just strange how it just gently floated down and landed like 5 ft from me in my front yard. I do have some Canandian geese that stop here a couple days out of the week every year though.
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Post by: mcginnis6010 on May 17, 2012, 07:51:47 pm
Now all i need to do is figure out what i can do with it. I know before i do anything im gonna carve an exact replica of it outta either red cedar or spare black walnut that i have laying around.
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Post by: Badger on May 17, 2012, 07:57:25 pm
  If it fell out of a goose high in the air it may have drifted a few miles or so.
Title: Re: a feather find that found me
Post by: mcginnis6010 on May 17, 2012, 08:20:41 pm
Yea thats what i was think as well badger. i love seen those geese they are beautiful birds on the other hand i love hunting them as well and boy do they taste good! We have a short season for them here in virginia.
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Post by: Scowler on May 17, 2012, 08:45:55 pm
Looks like Canadian Goose to me.
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Post by: Ifrit617 on May 17, 2012, 09:04:48 pm
definitely a goose... Make an arrow out of it!

Jon
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Post by: raghorns on May 18, 2012, 12:25:34 am
Goose...I pick them up around my pond...make a special arrow.

Lyle
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Post by: JackCrafty on May 18, 2012, 12:28:07 am
Goose feather.  One of the primaries.  Left wing.
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Post by: JW_Halverson on May 19, 2012, 12:12:16 am
Pretty sure it is Canada goose.
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Post by: kurogane_84 on May 19, 2012, 01:49:16 am
Looks like a Canada Goose to me. But it could be anything.

yah i think it is aswell, i found one snapped in half on the lake out side my house, when i went to look at my boat
Title: Re: a feather find that found me
Post by: stickbender on May 19, 2012, 02:46:48 am

     I would agree with the Canada Goose, theory.  Yep, use it on an arrow.  Or you could slice the thick part of the quill on a diagonal and fold the point up into the quill body, and wrap it, and run a thread, or sinew thong through the loop of the quill, and attach it to your quiver, either on the bottom, the middle, or top part.  Good Medicine there! ;) 8)   How do you cook those geese?  Everyone I hear talking about them, it is like eating a tennis shoe!  I have plenty of Canada geese in Montana.  Some say they just eat the breast meat, and pound the snot out of it, before cooking it.  I would hate to throw the legs away.  I like the thighs, and drum sticks best anyway.  I have Friends who used to hunt ducks, and just pop out the breast, and toss the rest.  I hate that! >:(  Anywho, that is pretty cool that it just floated to you.  What part of VA are you in?  Are you in a fly way?

                                                   Wayne
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Post by: danlaw on May 19, 2012, 04:15:28 am
Buddy up in Smithers makes goose burger - tastes great on the grill.
Title: Re: a feather find that found me
Post by: JackCrafty on May 19, 2012, 08:32:56 pm
 My Dad bakes goose like a turkey in the oven... Secret spices all over it...and butter too.  It's a red meat.  Tastes great.
Title: Re: a feather find that found me
Post by: mcginnis6010 on May 20, 2012, 08:46:52 am
My Dad bakes goose like a turkey in the oven... Secret spices all over it...and butter too.  It's a red meat.  Tastes great.

yea its the same for me too i do it like a turkey and i do my own blend of spices. and you really cant beat having a fresh delicous meal that is free and tastes great too! ;D