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Here is a quill lake goose I shot friday morning...definitely going on the wall

Posted By: HardcoreHunter , Fishing Buddy
Posted On: 12/19/2011 11:22 AM

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Tags: goose, quill, lake, shot, friday, morning...definitely, going, wall
More Tags: EnvironmentLaw_Crime
Region: North Dakota

Categories: Hunting > Goose Hunting

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Meelosh RegisteredUser Joined: 05/26/2006 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Meelosh on 12/19/2011 11:34 AM \| Reply #1 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| If that is a Quill lake, it is he biggest one I have ever seen. But not sure if that is a true Quill Lake goose. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke‎ "The time at which I stand before you is full of interest. The eyes of all nations are fixed on our Republic. The event of the existing crisis will be decisive in the opinion of mankind of the practicability of our federal system of government. Great is the stake placed in our hands; great is the responsibility which must rest upon the people of the United States. Let us realize the importance of the attitude in which we stand before the world. Let us exercise forbearance and firmness. Let us extricate our country from the dangers which surround it and learn wisdom from the lessons they inculcate." -Andrew Jackson, 2nd Inaugural address, 1833
j.k RegisteredUser Joined: 09/30/2005 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by j.k on 12/19/2011 11:48 AM \| Reply #2 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| That is one of the nicest Quill goose i've seen. That is exactly what a mature "Quill" looks like. Those wings are spectacular. Taxidermists should be calling you to mount that thing so they can take it to shows. Very nice, very lucky to get one. Congratulations "What is it about a set of antlers that makes everybody so stupid?" “My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog already thinks I am.”
Meelosh RegisteredUser Joined: 05/26/2006 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Meelosh on 12/19/2011 11:59 AM \| Reply #3 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| I thought they had mostly dark belly? Don't get me wrong, that is a beautiful goose. I was just under the impression that they looked a little different. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke‎ "The time at which I stand before you is full of interest. The eyes of all nations are fixed on our Republic. The event of the existing crisis will be decisive in the opinion of mankind of the practicability of our federal system of government. Great is the stake placed in our hands; great is the responsibility which must rest upon the people of the United States. Let us realize the importance of the attitude in which we stand before the world. Let us exercise forbearance and firmness. Let us extricate our country from the dangers which surround it and learn wisdom from the lessons they inculcate." -Andrew Jackson, 2nd Inaugural address, 1833
j.k RegisteredUser Joined: 09/30/2005 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by j.k on 12/19/2011 12:27 PM \| Reply #4 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| Just do a quick google image search "quill lakes goose" the white starts to take over the entire goose as they age. "What is it about a set of antlers that makes everybody so stupid?" “My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog already thinks I am.”
Meelosh RegisteredUser Joined: 05/26/2006 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Meelosh on 12/19/2011 12:42 PM \| Reply #5 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| j.k Said: Just do a quick google image search "quill lakes goose" the white starts to take over the entire goose as they age. Oh. Well thats really cool. Congrats Hardcorehunter. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke‎ "The time at which I stand before you is full of interest. The eyes of all nations are fixed on our Republic. The event of the existing crisis will be decisive in the opinion of mankind of the practicability of our federal system of government. Great is the stake placed in our hands; great is the responsibility which must rest upon the people of the United States. Let us realize the importance of the attitude in which we stand before the world. Let us exercise forbearance and firmness. Let us extricate our country from the dangers which surround it and learn wisdom from the lessons they inculcate." -Andrew Jackson, 2nd Inaugural address, 1833
TrophyTaker RegisteredUser Joined: 09/21/2011 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by TrophyTaker on 12/19/2011 12:59 PM \| Reply #6 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| Sweet !! Great trophy!! Congrats on a fine wall hanger!! Prob wasen't to hard to pick that one out with those sweet wing tips!!
Dirty. RegisteredUser Joined: 11/09/2007 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Dirty. on 12/19/2011 2:23 PM \| Reply #7 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| j.k Said: Just do a quick google image search "quill lakes goose" the white starts to take over the entire goose as they age. Actually, if you do more than a quick google search, you'll find out that the whole "quill lake goose" theory is something that is totally made up but has been spoken of for years to describe canadian geese with abonormal amount of white feathers. They don't originate from Quill Lake or any of that. I have shot two geese like this and have seen dozens of other, and even dozens more in this photo gallery. They are cool looking with odd discoloration, but nothing more. My brother shot a pheasant like this and I had a robin in my backyard with similar odd white plummage. Both from Quill Lake? Nope. Just some white feathers where normally they are colored. Probably gene mutation of some sort. I did see an article once about a pair of snow goose/canada goose hybrids that were shot near a lake called Quill Lake and I guess this is how the whole Quill Lake thing got started for all canada geese that have any amount of extra white plummage. For what it's worth, yours is one of the cooler looking honkers I've seen like this.
j.k RegisteredUser Joined: 09/30/2005 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by j.k on 12/19/2011 2:39 PM \| Reply #8 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| this is why i always say "Quill" goose. I think most people know it isn't an actual sub-species..... "What is it about a set of antlers that makes everybody so stupid?" “My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog already thinks I am.”
kdm RegisteredUser Joined: 09/05/2008 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by kdm on 12/19/2011 7:28 PM \| Reply #9 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| Great Looking Bird!! Congratulations!
kruk05 RegisteredUser Joined: 03/18/2009 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by kruk05 on 12/19/2011 7:59 PM \| Reply #10 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| that is awesome!...congrats!!!
Harch RegisteredUser Joined: 12/03/2009 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Harch on 12/19/2011 8:21 PM \| Reply #11 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
Dakota Storm Waterfowlers RegisteredUser Joined: 11/03/2009 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Dakota Storm Waterfowlers on 12/19/2011 9:43 PM \| Reply #12 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| Sweet lookin bird, only if it was banded
Dirty. RegisteredUser Joined: 11/09/2007 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by Dirty. on 12/21/2011 08:40 AM \| Reply #13 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| From what I understand, it is the same condition that causes a few specimens of many different species to have white patches. Think of a piebald deer. There are may other species that can be "pied". The condition is "partial leucism" and I'm pretty sure it's the same condition that causes canada geese to have varying degrees of what this picture shows. It's not albinism, and it's not complete leucism, it's partial leucism. I suppose because there are so many canada geese around these days it shows up a little more frequently.
j.k RegisteredUser Joined: 09/30/2005 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by j.k on 12/21/2011 08:59 AM \| Reply #14 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| ^ ^ ^ You would be exactly right. "What is it about a set of antlers that makes everybody so stupid?" “My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog already thinks I am.”
HardcoreHunter RegisteredUser Joined: 10/03/2007 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by HardcoreHunter on 12/21/2011 10:08 AM \| Reply #15 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| Thanks everyone for the congrats! Yeah he was very easy to pick out. I have also shot a few of these but this is by far the best one I've shot. -Hardcore Hunter
a_hunting_we_will_go RegisteredUser Joined: 12/22/2011 Location: ND, USA Private Message Add to Buddies	Re: by a_hunting_we_will_go on 12/22/2011 7:40 PM \| Reply #16 "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \| That's me holding your goose bro! What a b-day present man!

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