We used to stalk ducks on sand pits and got a couple of ducks floating rivers with canoes. When you see ducks ahead beach the boat and stalk from the bank. One day I got a couple giant canadas. the snow goose in question, we saw a flock feeding in a large bean field. We noticed that the geese were over flying each other progressing across the field. We covered ourselves with grass in a waterway and let feed to us. When they got almost on top of us we sat up and shot. My buddy got one on the ground and I got one about five feet up. We would have gotten another chance on a fly by, but the farmer got so excited he came flying across the field with his pickup. the snow goose was really tough coming out of the oven tried stewing it, it was still pretty tough. the boot is just a joke, but it couldn't have hurt. You can miss by a mile on fly by ducks, 30 ft. leads come close.