Hunter Airlifted To Hospital After Goose Falls From Sky, Crashes Into Head...

Rick · Feb 2, 2018

I hope he's okay. I heard this as it happened on the scanner. His partners were on the phone with the dispatcher updating them with their location as they carried him out of the woods. Then, the EMS units decided he needed to be flown to Shock Trauma, but because there was not a convenient location for a landing, they transported him to Easton airport were they met the helicopter. I didn't hear what happened to him until the OP posted the link above. I had thought that it may have been a shooting accident. Glad it wasn't and hope he recovers quickly.

inkd · Feb 2, 2018

John from MD said:
Back in my ANG days, one of our Radar Intercept Officers was killed in a collision with a Canada goose. It was pretty amazing because this happened in a F4 aircraft which doesn't have much space between the pilots ejection seat and the canopy, not to mention the RIO's instrument panel. From what I recall from the investigation, and this was a looong time ago, the pilot bent down to adjust his rudder pedals (crank is in front of the stick) just as the goose came through the windshield otherwise he may have been killed.

I've seen quite a bit of damage to aircraft from bird strikes, but this is the first Kamikaze Canada Goose I have encountered.

I've repaired quite a few leading edges and replaced a couple windshields from bird strikes. It's amazing, the damage that can be done.

3paul10 · Feb 2, 2018

Damn! That sucks. I hope he's going to be OK.

Brychan · Feb 2, 2018

Revenge of the goose. PETA cheers.

Seagrave1963 · Feb 2, 2018

Klunatic · Feb 2, 2018

Happens more often than one would think, don't believe this is the same hunter but probably looked like this:

Chris · Feb 2, 2018

Always hunt in a blind with a half roof. Chris

I wish him well, he's going to be ribbed for the rest of his hunting life

Mark75H · Feb 2, 2018

The news story I heard said when he woke up in Easton all he could tell the Dr.s was his name, not his age or where he lived etc. That's why he went for the chopper ride.

AlanInSilverSpring · Feb 2, 2018

Klunatic said:
Happens more often than one would think, don't believe this is the same hunter but probably looked like this:

Is this really how people hunt geese ? Everybody just fires into a flock and hopes they hit one ?

MigraineMan · Feb 2, 2018

MigraineMan · Feb 2, 2018

John from MD said:
I've seen quite a bit of damage to aircraft from bird strikes, but this is the first Kamikaze Canada Goose I have encountered.

I was on a commercial flight from DCA to SRQ, and we had a birdstrike leaving the DC area. Took the top skin off the starboard wingtip. I saw it happen, and reported it to the pilot. The flight was otherwise uneventful.

There's a lot of energy in a 10lb. bird closing at a couple-hundred mph.

boatbod · Feb 2, 2018

Rick said:
I hope he's okay. I heard this as it happened on the scanner. His partners were on the phone with the dispatcher updating them with their location as they carried him out of the woods. Then, the EMS units decided he needed to be flown to Shock Trauma, but because there was not a convenient location for a landing, they transported him to Easton airport were they met the helicopter. I didn't hear what happened to him until the OP posted the link above. I had thought that it may have been a shooting accident. Glad it wasn't and hope he recovers quickly.

Mark75H said:
The news story I heard said when he woke up in Easton all he could tell the Dr.s was his name, not his age or where he lived etc. That's why he went for the chopper ride.

I was listening in on that call too. EMS Captain called in the medevac Cat A, Prio 2 so we can infer that his head injury had caused a decreased level of consciousness (GCS <= 13) which would be consistent with not knowing one's age or where he lived. If I were the on-scene provider I would likely have made the same call.

Flying direct from the hangar at Easton airport is a pretty common occurrence, especially for incidents located in the Easton area. I recall the initial assignment being Trooper 7 with a 27 minutes ETA. That gave the EMS crew plenty of time to relocate to the airport, and as it happens, SYSCOM later made the decision to re-task to Trooper 6 (already in the hangar at the airport) so in the end it probably worked out quicker anyway.

The one remaining question in my mind is whether the hunting party were responsible for the goose being dead and dropping out of the sky, or was this a previously injured goose that just didn't know it was dead yet?

Jim12 · Feb 2, 2018

boatbod said:
I was listening in on that call too. EMS Captain called in the medevac Cat A, Prio 2 so we can infer that his head injury had caused a decreased level of consciousness (GCS <= 13) which would be consistent with not knowing one's age or where he lived. If I were the on-scene provider I would likely have made the same call.

Flying direct from the hangar at Easton airport is a pretty common occurrence, especially for incidents located in the Easton area. I recall the initial assignment being Trooper 7 with a 27 minutes ETA. That gave the EMS crew plenty of time to relocate to the airport, and as it happens, SYSCOM later made the decision to re-task to Trooper 6 (already in the hangar at the airport) so in the end it probably worked out quicker anyway.

The one remaining question in my mind is whether the hunting party were responsible for the goose being dead and dropping out of the sky, or was this a previously injured goose that just didn't know it was dead yet?

Odd headline, and no connection between the goose and hunters in the body of that piece.

Do geese often just fall from the sky for no apparent reason on the Eastern Shore? Should people start wearing head protection just in case they're walking down a sidewalk in Easton when a goose falls from they sky??

Blaster229 · Feb 2, 2018

CrazySanMan · Feb 2, 2018

He got goosed!

DaemonAssassin · Feb 2, 2018

Might have been GUNMANSUPERSTAR...

ROBAR35 · Feb 2, 2018

I actually know a guy who got knocked of a roof by a duck flying in a snowstorm :lol:

AlBeight · Feb 2, 2018

Had a couple of close calls myself back in the 80’s with this. You hunt geese enough and eventually you’ll be “ducking” one. Closest one I was about 16 and had just opened my thermos of hot chocolate and opened my turkey sandwich, a single snow goose set up and came in. I hadn’t even closed the thermos yet, raised up & popped the incoming snow goose coming directly at me about 30 yds out and folded it like a lawn chair. Lowering the gun I realized it was heading right for me. I ducked under the front of the plywood blind just in time as it crashed with a thunderous thump onto the bench where my sandwich and open thermos of hot coco was. There went lunch and my warm-up drink on that frigid day. Funny part was I thought at first about catching it. After seeing and feeling that impact, that wouldn’t have turned out well for me. Glad I decided otherwise.

Bsmtboy2 · Feb 3, 2018

Objects of dead weight fall at 32ft per second squared according to newtons law of gravity. The impact of a goose definitely gave him a concussion similar to a Lawrence Taylor or Ray Lewis hit........ouch

adit · Feb 3, 2018

It knocked out a few of his teeth as well.

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