Hunter knocked unconscious by dead goose falling from sky

Erno86 · February 3, 2018, 01:08 PM

2/2/2018:

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"The Maryland hunter was severely injured after the goose plummeted towards the ground after being shot by a group of hunters. The 51 year old was taken to a hospital in Baltimore, after suffering injuries to his head and face."

A senior Maryland DNR game warden was interviewed after the incident, and said he heard of similar incidents happening like that in the past.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8192596.html

T. O'Heir · February 3, 2018, 01:57 PM

A 10 to 14 pound lump of meat and feathers would do that. There's math involve. Velocity = -9.81 m/s^2 * time.

Erno86 · February 3, 2018, 02:18 PM

Before the next time I go goose hunting...I wonder if I should buy a camo hard hat?

zipspyder · February 3, 2018, 03:48 PM

The goose still got the worst of it...

Panfisher · February 3, 2018, 07:35 PM

Having had doves smack me before I can believe that a goose hitting you would ruin your day.

Slamfire · February 3, 2018, 07:49 PM

I thought more humorous the story about a Japanese fishing trawler sunk by cows falling from an airplane. Too bad that was a hoax.

https://www.snopes.com/critters/farce/cowtao.asp

It may not have been a fair fight but at least the goose took out one of his aggressors. Be thankful geese don't open carry or there would be a lot less goose hunting going on.

Scorch · February 3, 2018, 08:20 PM

I heard of an incident like this 30+ years ago, goose knocked out a hunter by falling on him.

I remember a story about a wounded goose pummeling a hunter that tried to grab it by the neck. Try explaining that to the boys at the bar next Friday night!

Kvon2 · February 3, 2018, 08:58 PM

Takes fight or flight to a whole new level...

I'll see myself out

Thomas Clarke · February 4, 2018, 12:15 PM

I actually was surprised to see this carried forward here. I went to the trouble to find the actual source of this. No credible witness. The retweet is from the UK. Lots of reports but no substantiation. No actual person reporting that they actually saw this happen. No LEO or Fish and Game. No Hospital. No Sheriff. No Ambulance Driver. Fake News. Humorous. Nice story. Apocryphal. Not responsible hunting etiquette to be hit by falling game. Sounds like hunting grouse with Dick Cheney. That happened. To a Lawyer. Not Fake News. Lousy hunter.

Erno86 · February 4, 2018, 12:56 PM

I heard about the incident...on a Baltimore, Maryland - CBS Local Evening News TV station - 2/2/18.

The other hunters had to carry the victim from the field to a main road for an ambulance pickup to Easton Airport, then transported by helicopter to UMMS hospital in Baltimore.

https://news.sky.com/story/hunter-kn...-shot-11236301

langenc · February 4, 2018, 06:37 PM

I recall a pheasant hunt that I shot one and could have 'fair catched' it. I didnd and it landed about 4' in front of me.

FrankenMauser · February 4, 2018, 07:09 PM

It's better than the dead elephant that J.A. Hunter is said to have had fall on him after its last charge. (Or was it his tracker that ended up under it? -- I need to read the book again.)
Though, according to the stories, the goose did more damage than the elephant.

Thomas Clarke:
Having a highly political attitude about everything won't last long here - especially when doing such in your very first post.
Ease off. Get a feel for the place. And READ THE FORUM RULES.
Otherwise, getting political about everything will end up with a moderator showing you the door.

Pathfinder45 · February 4, 2018, 08:55 PM

Geese falling out of sky so fast you have to dodge them? Sound like a target-rich environment; must be a great place to hunt!

Blindstitch · February 4, 2018, 10:18 PM

When waterfowl hunting one must know when to duck.

**44 AMP** · February 4, 2018, 11:44 PM

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Hunter Knocked Unconscious by dead goose Fake News

This report may be fake news, I don't see that it matters all that much, because this kind of thing DOES happen. Rare, indeed, but it has happened before and likely will happen again.

I personally knew someone it happened to, back in the early 80s. He was one of the guys I worked with, avid duck hunter. Shot one, saw it crumple, swung on the bird ahead, and was struck in the head by the duck he just shot.

Missed 3 days of work and had a slight concussion. Whole side of his face was black and blue for a week, and it took a couple days before both eye would focus together...

He got quite a bit of teasing, about "forgetting to duck" , and the Kamikaze duck, etc. Also temporarily changed the usual warning cry from "heads up! / duck" to "mallard!!!!" around the worksite, for a little while...

Given how much heavier a goose is, given the choice, I'd choose duck!

buck460XVR · February 5, 2018, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by 44 AMP

This report may be fake news, I don't see that it matters all that much, because this kind of thing DOES happen. Rare, indeed, but it has happened before and likely will happen again.

Considering the millions of waterfowl falling dead to earth every year while millions of waterfowl hunters sit in blinds below them, hard to believe it doesn't happen more often. Especially if the action is hot and one is focusing on a bird other than the one falling towards him. I've been on Snow Goose hunts out west, where there are multiple birds falling outta the sky around you as you continue to focus/look down your barrel in an attempt to get another. I'd think a 10-12 pound goose falling from 90 feet after having a initial flight velocity of 40-50 MPH, could not only knock you out, but break your neck.

Back when I was a kid, there were several of us kids squirrel hunting. One of my friends had just put a scope on his .22, was not used to it and was having a hard time finding the squirrels in the trees with it. While looking thru his scope trying to find a squirrel high above him, someone else shot it and it fell right on my friends gun barrel driving the scope into his face. Only time I ever saw someone get a scope "bite" without firing the gun.......

zipspyder · February 5, 2018, 09:43 AM

Gotta agree, if it didn't happen yet it eventually will...

Lohman446 · February 5, 2018, 10:36 AM

I was once duck hunting from a blind and had a mallard sneak in on a flight path that would have been over us. I shot it and it plummeted towards us. I had to duck and it ended up hitting the post that the blind was built on (inside the blind, upper post) and fell at my feet VERY dead. On attempting to clean it I will tell you the post did FAR more damage than the shot. They are fairly solid animals

I did have a duck "bite" me when I went to retrieve it in the canoe as my friend and I (16 or so at the time) did not have a retriever dog. Friend still laughs about it. Says I went to grab it, moved my hand back, wiggled it off, and then both beat it with the canoe paddle and attempted to drown it with said paddle.

Erno86 · February 5, 2018, 12:46 PM

"Dead Goose Falls From Sky, Sends Waterfowl Hunter To Shock Trauma"

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/0...by-dead-goose/

Mk VII · February 5, 2018, 05:33 PM

It's surprising this doesn't happen more often. When the target is on an intercept course and the bearing is not changing, only range and elevation, then a solution is easier.

Thomas Clarke · February 5, 2018, 10:30 PM

FrankenMauser,

Your comments are accepted in the kind manner they are given. I have lurked and not posted for years, because I had nothing to add. I will refrain from further comment. Thank you. It is the lack of politics that I like about virtually all posts. I have hunted responsibly for more than sixty years. Until this post never thought I had something to contribute.

zipspyder · February 6, 2018, 09:30 AM

Thomas, don't worry we all have had our eye's opened about fake news and the consequences that come with it. Doesn't hurt to point that out whether you are right or wrong. Like I said if it hasn't happened, which it seems it has, it would eventually. I've seen someone peppered with shot, it ain't fun but they were OK. Hate to have a 10LB goose fall on you like a mortar....yikes!

JWT · February 6, 2018, 12:57 PM

Damn those geese are vindictive!

Lohman446 · February 6, 2018, 01:33 PM

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Damn those geese are vindictive!

Its like they have taken exception to being hunted and killed.

Erno86 · February 6, 2018, 04:41 PM

I had a male Canadian goose that tried to attack me on the wing at a construction site, when I got to close to his mate with a hidden nest. He took-off an flew up behind me as he came in from the direction of the sun...when I saw his shadow on the ground as he hissed, it made me duck an run from the close call.

Those Canadian geese are highly territorial during there nesting season, and they do have spectacular fights, between nesting pairs; over breeding grounds and mates.

February 3, 2018, 01:57 PM	#2
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	A 10 to 14 pound lump of meat and feathers would do that. There's math involve. Velocity = -9.81 m/s^2 * time. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

February 3, 2018, 02:18 PM	#3
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	Before the next time I go goose hunting...I wonder if I should buy a camo hard hat? __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell

February 3, 2018, 07:49 PM	#6
Slamfire Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2007 Posts: 5,261	I thought more humorous the story about a Japanese fishing trawler sunk by cows falling from an airplane. Too bad that was a hoax. https://www.snopes.com/critters/farce/cowtao.asp It may not have been a fair fight but at least the goose took out one of his aggressors. Be thankful geese don't open carry or there would be a lot less goose hunting going on. __________________ If I'm not shooting, I'm reloading.

February 3, 2018, 08:20 PM	#7
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	I heard of an incident like this 30+ years ago, goose knocked out a hunter by falling on him. I remember a story about a wounded goose pummeling a hunter that tried to grab it by the neck. Try explaining that to the boys at the bar next Friday night! __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

February 4, 2018, 12:15 PM	#9
Thomas Clarke Member Join Date: March 11, 2012 Posts: 43	Hunter Knocked Unconscious by dead goose Fake News I actually was surprised to see this carried forward here. I went to the trouble to find the actual source of this. No credible witness. The retweet is from the UK. Lots of reports but no substantiation. No actual person reporting that they actually saw this happen. No LEO or Fish and Game. No Hospital. No Sheriff. No Ambulance Driver. Fake News. Humorous. Nice story. Apocryphal. Not responsible hunting etiquette to be hit by falling game. Sounds like hunting grouse with Dick Cheney. That happened. To a Lawyer. Not Fake News. Lousy hunter.

February 3, 2018, 03:48 PM	#4
zipspyder Junior member Join Date: June 13, 2017 Posts: 429	The goose still got the worst of it...

February 3, 2018, 07:35 PM	#5
Panfisher Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,337	Having had doves smack me before I can believe that a goose hitting you would ruin your day.

February 3, 2018, 08:58 PM	#8
Kvon2 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2016 Posts: 757	Takes fight or flight to a whole new level... I'll see myself out

February 4, 2018, 12:56 PM	#10
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	I heard about the incident...on a Baltimore, Maryland - CBS Local Evening News TV station - 2/2/18. The other hunters had to carry the victim from the field to a main road for an ambulance pickup to Easton Airport, then transported by helicopter to UMMS hospital in Baltimore. https://news.sky.com/story/hunter-kn...-shot-11236301 __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell Last edited by Erno86; February 4, 2018 at 01:37 PM.

February 4, 2018, 06:37 PM	#11
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	I recall a pheasant hunt that I shot one and could have 'fair catched' it. I didnd and it landed about 4' in front of me.

February 4, 2018, 07:09 PM	#12
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	It's better than the dead elephant that J.A. Hunter is said to have had fall on him after its last charge. (Or was it his tracker that ended up under it? -- I need to read the book again.) Though, according to the stories, the goose did more damage than the elephant. Thomas Clarke: Having a highly political attitude about everything won't last long here - especially when doing such in your very first post. Ease off. Get a feel for the place. And READ THE FORUM RULES. Otherwise, getting political about everything will end up with a moderator showing you the door. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

February 4, 2018, 08:55 PM	#13
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	Geese falling out of sky so fast you have to dodge them? Sound like a target-rich environment; must be a great place to hunt!

February 4, 2018, 10:18 PM	#14
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,692	When waterfowl hunting one must know when to duck. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

February 5, 2018, 09:43 AM	#17
zipspyder Junior member Join Date: June 13, 2017 Posts: 429	Gotta agree, if it didn't happen yet it eventually will...

February 5, 2018, 10:36 AM	#18
Lohman446 Senior Member Join Date: April 22, 2016 Posts: 2,192	I was once duck hunting from a blind and had a mallard sneak in on a flight path that would have been over us. I shot it and it plummeted towards us. I had to duck and it ended up hitting the post that the blind was built on (inside the blind, upper post) and fell at my feet VERY dead. On attempting to clean it I will tell you the post did FAR more damage than the shot. They are fairly solid animals I did have a duck "bite" me when I went to retrieve it in the canoe as my friend and I (16 or so at the time) did not have a retriever dog. Friend still laughs about it. Says I went to grab it, moved my hand back, wiggled it off, and then both beat it with the canoe paddle and attempted to drown it with said paddle.

February 5, 2018, 12:46 PM	#19
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	"Dead Goose Falls From Sky, Sends Waterfowl Hunter To Shock Trauma" http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/0...by-dead-goose/ __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell

February 5, 2018, 05:33 PM	#20
Mk VII Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2000 Location: England Posts: 455	It's surprising this doesn't happen more often. When the target is on an intercept course and the bearing is not changing, only range and elevation, then a solution is easier.

February 5, 2018, 10:30 PM	#21
Thomas Clarke Member Join Date: March 11, 2012 Posts: 43	FrankenMauser, Your comments are accepted in the kind manner they are given. I have lurked and not posted for years, because I had nothing to add. I will refrain from further comment. Thank you. It is the lack of politics that I like about virtually all posts. I have hunted responsibly for more than sixty years. Until this post never thought I had something to contribute.

February 6, 2018, 09:30 AM	#22
zipspyder Junior member Join Date: June 13, 2017 Posts: 429	Thomas, don't worry we all have had our eye's opened about fake news and the consequences that come with it. Doesn't hurt to point that out whether you are right or wrong. Like I said if it hasn't happened, which it seems it has, it would eventually. I've seen someone peppered with shot, it ain't fun but they were OK. Hate to have a 10LB goose fall on you like a mortar....yikes!

February 6, 2018, 12:57 PM	#23
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	Damn those geese are vindictive!

February 6, 2018, 04:41 PM	#25
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	I had a male Canadian goose that tried to attack me on the wing at a construction site, when I got to close to his mate with a hidden nest. He took-off an flew up behind me as he came in from the direction of the sun...when I saw his shadow on the ground as he hissed, it made me duck an run from the close call. Those Canadian geese are highly territorial during there nesting season, and they do have spectacular fights, between nesting pairs; over breeding grounds and mates. __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell Last edited by Erno86; February 6, 2018 at 04:55 PM.