Army & Navy 12ga Jungle Gun ?

[Hunter-Habib]

Had to cut some trees down & up for a friend who has a Peacock & Canadian Geese problem, so took the A&N Jungle Gun which was most likely used on Peacocks back in the day & my Big Tolley 8 bore, managed to shoot Geese & Peacocks with both, the A&N 12ga struggled a bit on the Geese & had to shoot them on or just off the ponds.

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For goose shooting, you will want tighter chokes than the improved cylinder boring on the Jungle Gun. Great shooting, Sarge

I prefer #4 for peacocks, BB for bar headed geese & AAA for greylag geese.

 

[Sarg]

For goose shooting, you will want tighter chokes than the improved cylinder boring on the Jungle Gun. Great shooting, Sarge

I prefer #4 for peacocks, BB for bar headed geese & AAA for greylag geese.

Thank you.

Yes correct on the Jungle Gun & Goose shooting but I have regularly shot rabbits over 40yds with it & I used #4 & #3 on the Peacocks & #3 & #2 Geese, I think at least BBs are called for, saying that the 8Bore smoked the Geese way out with #3s but twice as much shot in each shot lol !

What size are the Bar Headed & Greylag Geese compared to Giant (not sure what ours are but they are twice the size of the Geese I saw in Alaska) Canadian Geese ?

Had a Quick Look & the Greylag look very much like our Feral Geese which build up to problem birds also ?

Also ours are meant to be B. canadensis maxima. so Giant Canadian Geese !

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Thank you.

Yes correct on the Jungle Gun & Goose shooting but I have regularly shot rabbits over 40yds with it & I used #4 & #3 on the Peacocks & #3 & #2 Geese, I think at least BBs are called for, saying that the 8Bore smoked the Geese way out with #3s but twice as much shot in each shot lol !

What size are the Bar Headed & Greylag Geese compared to Giant (not sure what ours are but they are twice the size of the Geese I saw in Alaska) Canadian Geese ?

Had a Quick Look & the Greylag look very much like our Feral Geese which build up to problem birds also ?

Also ours are meant to be B. canadensis maxima. so Giant Canadian Geese !

Hi, Sarge.

These are our bar headed geese. They weigh just over 5 LB.

These are our greylag geese. They weigh about 6 Oz heavier than bar headed geese on average. But I have also seen bar headed geese which are heavier than greylags.

They are extremely devastating towards our maize fields, but their diet of maize makes them exceptionally good eating.

If I could only eat two types of wild game meat forever, it would have to be bar headed geese and impala.