I have not gotten hit, but I have had to duck (no pun intended) because I was going to get hit by one. Those geese are big birds! A 10-15 lbs goose falling out of the sky has some great force behind it. Believe me!!

This is a straight up no BS story witnessed by many, so...

A few years back, I was hunting in one of my fields with a buddy. It had been a slow day and we joked that we'd have been better off going across the road to the golf course and playing a round.

Just as we were getting ready to call it a day, I heard a lone goose in the distance. He was winging in from the south and headed to the ponds on the golf course. His path was taking right over us, so when he was in range, I fired. Instead of folding, like I had hoped, he started a slow, gradual fall. Obviously, I had hit him, just not hard enough to fold him.

The goose sailed across the road and folded up, falling to the earth. At the same time, a golfer was teeing off on the first hole. My now-departed goose hit him squarely in the back while he was in his back-swing and took him down.

I hoofed it over in full camo with shotgun in hand, to collect my goose and apologize. But the golfer simply got up and started playing his round. I was treated to round of applause from the clubhouse; they took my picture with the bird. The photo still hangs on the walls on the clubhouse today!

Yes. This really happened.