Pile of dead Canada geese discovered near Garson, Man.

Manitoba Conservation says it's investigating after a man operating a grader discovered a pile of dead Canada geese in a ditch just north of Garson, Man., on Friday morning.

Scott Peluk works as a grader operator for the RM of Brokenhead. He says he was blading the road near Mile 33 Road just north of Garson, when he saw about "15 to 20" geese carcasses.

"I look to my right hand side, I'm looking, 'oh, OK, Whole bunch of carcasses of geese,' and it's not that somebody gutted them, you know, like took the meat or anything — it was whole bodies of the geese," Peluk said.

Peluk says he didn't get out of his grater to see them up close, but says he says he noticed a few of them with "blood spots" on them.

Scott Peluk, a grater operator in the RM of Brokenhead, says he discovered a pile of about 15-20 dead geese in a ditch just north of Garson, Man., on Friday morning. (Submitted by Scott Peluk)

At this point it's unconfirmed if the geese were shot, but Peluk suspects that if so, someone may have gone over the number of geese that hunters are legally allowed to harvest in a single day.

"I'm kind of guessing that because there's a limit, so I'm probably thinking they 'uh, we're way over, so let's just dispose of these because we don't want to get a fine,'" said Peluk.

According to Manitoba's 2026 hunting guide, within the province's game bird hunting zones, licensed hunters are allowed to harvest eight Canada geese in a single day, and to have 24 in their possession.

Having lived his whole life in the country, Peluk says it's foul play to waste meat. That's why he took a photo of the carcasses and posted it to social media.

"I just hope that these people get caught or smarten up and not do something like that anymore," he said.

"It's just not right wasting that — like if you want to already, if you're going to shoot them all, give them meat to somebody else, like people that can use it because food is expensive nowadays, right?"

"You got to take everything you can and freeze it."

Peluk says Manitoba Conservation has picked up the carcasses.

In an email to CBC News, Manitoba Conservation says it's aware of the incident and is currently investigating.