Post by bsutravis on Oct 7, 2006 7:17:10 GMT -5
October 7, 2006
Noblesville, Indiana
BSUTravis' first attempt at mounting a Canadian goose that he had killed during the early waterfowl season ended tragically yesterday. After going through the motions of skinning, fleshing, and preserving the hide Travis discovered that the plummage was too immature for this bird to be properly mounted. After slipping the skin over the manequin the feathers were falling out at an alarming pace due to the large amount of pin-feathers still contained on the goose. "I'm very sad that the goose wont become a permanent fixture to my trophy room wall, " said BSU. High hopes of mounting the goose were on his mind as Travis discovered it had been "banded" by Fish & Wildlife personnel. The goose was killed on the final day of the early goose season.
"Thank you God" said Travis' wife as she learned the ill-fate of the goose. "That thing looked like it had been run over by a truck...there was no way he was hanging it up in MY house!" stated the wife. Friends of BSU have gathered to support him in this time of grief. John Collins was seen with tears in his eyes after getting word of the tragedy. "I was there with him when he killed it... sad, it's just sad" said Collins. Kyle E. says that it's important for BSU to get back out into the field and kill another goose. "He's having trouble dealing with this.... right now he just needs to concentrate on Oct 21st so he can go kill some more geese and ducks" says Kyle.
Burial services for the goose will be handled by Noblesville Sanitation Department Monday morning somewhere between about 9am and noon. Donations can be sent to Ducks Unlimited in BSU's behalf... or to Kyle's Water-Foul Guydin' Survices.
Noblesville, Indiana
BSUTravis' first attempt at mounting a Canadian goose that he had killed during the early waterfowl season ended tragically yesterday. After going through the motions of skinning, fleshing, and preserving the hide Travis discovered that the plummage was too immature for this bird to be properly mounted. After slipping the skin over the manequin the feathers were falling out at an alarming pace due to the large amount of pin-feathers still contained on the goose. "I'm very sad that the goose wont become a permanent fixture to my trophy room wall, " said BSU. High hopes of mounting the goose were on his mind as Travis discovered it had been "banded" by Fish & Wildlife personnel. The goose was killed on the final day of the early goose season.
"Thank you God" said Travis' wife as she learned the ill-fate of the goose. "That thing looked like it had been run over by a truck...there was no way he was hanging it up in MY house!" stated the wife. Friends of BSU have gathered to support him in this time of grief. John Collins was seen with tears in his eyes after getting word of the tragedy. "I was there with him when he killed it... sad, it's just sad" said Collins. Kyle E. says that it's important for BSU to get back out into the field and kill another goose. "He's having trouble dealing with this.... right now he just needs to concentrate on Oct 21st so he can go kill some more geese and ducks" says Kyle.
Burial services for the goose will be handled by Noblesville Sanitation Department Monday morning somewhere between about 9am and noon. Donations can be sent to Ducks Unlimited in BSU's behalf... or to Kyle's Water-Foul Guydin' Survices.
