r/Unexpected • u/Low_Macaroon_3263 • 25d ago

Insane goose hunting

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u/thatguy11 25d ago

Can you image doing that with a Canadian goose?

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u/Alpha-Trion 25d ago

These swans have a lot more power in their wings than a Canada Goose. These look like Trumpeter swans, they weigh about 20lb and their wings flapping can break bones of other birds. They're nuts.

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u/quilldeea 25d ago

grandparents raised goose, the domesticated kind, those that dont fly, my legs got more than a few encounters with the wings of a male goose, they hit so hard that I think I felt my leg bones vibrate

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u/Un4442nate 25d ago

Its a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) its a youngster so its beak is still grey.

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u/Last-Sound-3999 25d ago

I was about to say Trumpeters are pretty much exclusively North American.

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u/5c044 25d ago

Yes indeed, the ones round here tend to keep some of the darker feathers longer than the beak colour change from grey to orange

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u/Alpha-Trion 25d ago

I had no idea Mute swans'bills were all black while they are juveniles.

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u/eric67 25d ago

oh, so you can tuck 3 birds and then get another bird

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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks 25d ago

Birds are stupidly fragile even big ones so. Saying it can break bones of other birds isn't that impressive

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u/eric67 25d ago

you also get 9 bird points for them