| Their plump bodies and tendency to move around | | | | Perhaps the most important piece of equipment a |
| in large groups make geese one of the most | | | | goose hunter needs to bring with him to |
| popular waterfowl hunting targets. A goose | | | | successfully hunt geese is a gun, which is |
| hunting expedition can be an entertaining and | | | | obviously used to kill the geese. The two main |
| rewarding experience, but any experienced goose | | | | types of guns that people commonly use to hunt |
| hunter can tell you that you are unlikely to be | | | | geese are shotguns and rifles. The shotgun, while |
| met with much success if you do not bring the | | | | less accurate and less effective over a shorter |
| necessary goose hunting gear. The minimum | | | | range than the rifle, shoots a spray of bullet |
| necessary gear that any goose hunter needs to | | | | fragments called buckshot over a wider area, |
| bring with him includes something to attract the | | | | making it the easier gun to aim. Goose hunters |
| geese, something to kill the geese, and something | | | | often use shotguns if they will be relatively close |
| to retrieve the geese once they have been shot | | | | to their targets. The rifle is a more traditional |
| down. | | | | style of gun that shoots a single, elongated bullet |
| The most common gear items that are used to | | | | that spins along its trajectory to increase |
| effectively attract flocks of geese to a chosen | | | | accuracy. A goose hunter will use a rifle for killing |
| hunting location are decoys. When a flock of | | | | geese over longer distances. |
| geese sees another flock of geese on the ground | | | | The final element in successful goose hunting gear |
| as it passes over a potential landing site, the | | | | is a way to retrieve the downed geese once you |
| passing geese assume that the flock on the | | | | have shot them. A specific piece of equipment is |
| ground has landed there because there is food on | | | | not needed for this if you are shooting geese on |
| the ground in that location, which makes the flock | | | | land and you don't mind walking out into the open |
| more likely to land there in search of food. | | | | to grab your kills yourself, but you will definitely |
| Groups of decoys can be used to trick passing | | | | want to bring something to help you claim your |
| flocks of geese into landing nearby, bringing them | | | | kills if you hunt over a lake or pond. While not |
| into range of the hunter's gun. Anther product | | | | exactly classified as equipment items, some types |
| designed for hunters to attract geese is a goose | | | | of dogs, such as the golden retriever, are bred |
| call, or a device that projects noises very similar | | | | specifically for hunting. These dogs can be trained |
| to those that geese make. A goose hears the | | | | to swim out into the water to retrieve downed |
| sound and thinks that another goose is nearby, | | | | birds, or even to run over and retrieve downed |
| which makes the goose instinctively seek out the | | | | geese on land if their owner doesn't want to walk |
| sound, thereby causing it to move closer and | | | | the distance himself. |
| closer to the waiting hunter. | | | | |