Butchering Geese.

[CoveyOf30]

I have to butcher some embden and toulouse geese tomorrow, and they are big, so i plan on shooting them first, and then bleeding them. My gun of choice would be a Powerline 35, loaded with a Crosman Destroyer or Gamo Redfire. I have used this gun and ammo to put down a old chicken, the gun shoots at 850 to 900 feet per second. Would this work? thanks

 

[CoveyOf30]

@Rb2002

 

[AGeese]

@Florida Bullfrog

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I have to butcher some embden and toulouse geese tomorrow, and they are big, so i plan on shooting them first, and then bleeding them. My gun of choice would be a Powerline 35, loaded with a Crosman Destroyer or Gamo Redfire. I have used this gun and ammo to put down a old chicken, the gun shoots at 850 to 900 feet per second. Would this work? thanks

Probably would on a solid brain shot. Otherwise, it would be anemic for a lung shot. I use airguns as my primary hunting tools. I hunt wild turkey with mine, which would be comparable to geese. I kill them on wing shots, but I’m using a .25 and heavy bullets or pellets. A .177 will kill a turkey, but it needs to be a brain shot. So I’d say the same it true of a goose.

 

[CoveyOf30]

ok. thanks. I would have the gun about a foot away from the head and aiming for the head(brain)

 

[CoveyOf30]

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

ok. thanks. I would have the gun about a foot away from the head and aiming for the head(brain)

If you’re shooting then at point blank range, it should do it for sure. I use a .177 to head shoot chickens I catch and hang upside down and does the trick.

 

[CoveyOf30]

Ok, thanks. I will try to update you tommorow. Should i do the same for some muscovy drakes i also have to do?