A GOOSE FOR TEAL???????????
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From: Paul@thefort
10-Feb-23
Well the Colorado dark goose season ends this Sunday so I plan on hunting Saturday, at the normal Yard Hopper goose field. Not much happening, as the geese are not interested in the area and the few that are around are feeding other places but I have had a few fly just over the blind and within shotgun range. No I am not going to use the shotgun but I have another idea for those close flying geese.
From: Paul@thefort
10-Feb-23
Teal is now 8 months old and his training is coming along at a very nice pace. His weight is now 60 pounds and he is starting to fill out and become an adult dog, well sort of.
Teal is now 8 months old and his training is coming along at a very nice pace. His weight is now 60 pounds and he is starting to fill out and become an adult dog, well sort of.
I do believe he can handle a goose now but I have to get one on the ground to find out.
I do believe he can handle a goose now but I have to get one on the ground to find out.
From: Quinn @work
10-Feb-23
Good looking dog Paul! Hopefully the end of the season works out for both of you.
From: Paul@thefort
10-Feb-23
The idea!, I build a FLUflu arrow and will try to shoot one out of the sky at short range. Hey, might work.
The idea!, I build a FLUflu arrow and will try to shoot one out of the sky at short range. Hey, might work.
Desperate times require desperate measures! I will let you all know how the last day turns out. Paul and Teal
Desperate times require desperate measures! I will let you all know how the last day turns out. Paul and Teal
From: drycreek
10-Feb-23
Please kill a goose for Teal !
From: hdaman
10-Feb-23
Good luck Paul!!
From: Quinn @work
10-Feb-23
Glad I'm not in the neighbor's yard! :)
From: Supernaut
10-Feb-23
Best of luck to you and Teal!
I really like the looks of that arrow!
From: Paul@thefort
10-Feb-23
I looked in at the local archery shop but no Flu arrow. OK, just go home a build one. I used an old aluminum arrow. drilled two small holes near the tip and glued and inserted a wire loop, and added a sharp BH. Only had two large feathers to use on the tail end. I might have to use the recurve bow to launch this arrow because of the extra large feathers. Have not shot it to try it out but will just have to wait for a close flying goose flock.
Yea, both neighbors are gone for the winter.
From: Aspen Ghost
10-Feb-23
Paul, that's a fun idea and a beautiful dog. I'm assuming you won't have Teal retrieve that goose with a broadhead in it.
From: JRABQ
10-Feb-23
Good luck, don't forget to follow through :)
From: Paul@thefort
10-Feb-23
Greg, You assume well; never have done that even with Chase the Wonder Dog and 100 geese killed and retrieved. Good question.
From: Paul@thefort
10-Feb-23
JR, I am hoping for a right over head shot at a flock in single file :) Aim at the first one, hit the last one.
From: hawkeye in PA
10-Feb-23
Best of skills Paul. Hope you and Teal gets a goose!
From: Scrappy
10-Feb-23
Aw an adventure, good luck Paul and Teal the supper Pup.
From: Jim McNamara
10-Feb-23
Hope the geese fly close and your arrows fly true! Looking forward to your update. Jim
From: Mpdh
10-Feb-23
That is a good looking dog!
From: Bowboy
10-Feb-23
Good luck Paul & Teal
From: tacklebox
11-Feb-23
I'm pulling for you both!!
From: midwest
11-Feb-23
Hope you git 'er done, Paul!
From: JTreeman
11-Feb-23
Aim for the first and hit the last, pretty solid plan! ;)
Good luck, —jim
From: t-roy
11-Feb-23
“I shot an arrow into the air”
Good luck, Paul!!
From: Percy
11-Feb-23
Dead goose on the way. Keeping my fingers crossed.
From: Corax_latrans
11-Feb-23
“never have done that even with Chase the Wonder Dog and 100 geese killed and retrieved.”
So are you getting pass-throughs, or does the arrow fall out? I took a shot at a goose just one time down on the Platte north of Denver near THAT fort. It never occurred to me that the bird could have taken a frontal hit and flown away, so I didn’t think to watch the flock as they departed and I never did figure out where that arrow ended up….,
From: JohnMC
11-Feb-23
Paul has asked for our help. He got a shot this morning but missing the arrow landed in neighbors roof. He needing us to raise some bail money so he can get out of jail. His bail is $10k. Good news is Teal was able to out run the sheriff deputies and escaped. ;)
From: Lewis
11-Feb-23
Good luck Paul show him how to do it Teal great looking buddy Good Luck Lewis
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
11-Feb-23
Hahahaha John. I’ll split the bail with someone! Bowsite can’t continue with out Paul and Teal! It would never be the same!
From: Jaquomo
11-Feb-23
Dang, Paul, should've said something. I have a bunch of flu flus down at the house I could have dropped off when I was down Thursday..
From: Inshart
11-Feb-23
YE-HAAAA, here we go!
From: badbull
12-Feb-23
Paul, exactly where would be the best place to hit a flying big bird with your new custom arrow? I think that it might work well on a ground shot also. Badbull
From: bluesman
12-Feb-23
Great challenge good luck . Hope ya get one for the pup ! Post story and photo if you do .
I tried many years ago without my dog , on geese , came close but didn't connect . I was "pass shooting" on low flying birds . I think decoying would give better opportunity. Fun either way
Good luck
From: Zbone
12-Feb-23
"Teal" - That's pretty cool Paul, had a yellow Lab years ago I named Teal... Yours and mine are the only dogs have ever heard that named... You have a good looking pup there...
Unique looking arrow, am sure it'd work if you'd hit one but would keep Teal at heel if you did... Too sharp of broadhead but they make plastic broadheads that'd probably be safe for a dog...
From: Paul@thefort
13-Feb-23
Gary, I have never sent the dog to retrieve a goose with an arrow in it. I have used mechanical BH. If the arrow is in the goose, I keep the dog in/at the blind, go out and pull the arrow, and then replant the goose for a "blind" retrieve. With 100 geese shot over the past 12 years, have had no issue with dog and BH. Paul
From: Corax_latrans
13-Feb-23
Good training!!
From: Zbone
13-Feb-23
Cool stuff Paul, thanks for sharing... Have you ever tried those plastic broadheads? I thought about trying them on a pheasant reserve but never got around to it...
From: Paul@thefort
13-Feb-23
No plastic BH. and have not hunted pheasants with the bow. I have hard enough time killing them with a load of 6 shot.
From: Altitude Sickness
14-Feb-23
He’s looking more like a dog than a pup now. Great picture
