Let's talk geese

First of all...$50 per bird at stores? What's the deal with this?

Golf courses in the North would hire snipers to exterminate these "rats" which were very abundant. I enjoyed quite a few geese when I was young because my father would hunt them, but never thought that I'd see them being sold for fifty bucks, especially for a meat that can become joyless and dry if not cooked properly.

I haven't had goose in decades, but when I do see it in stores and look at the price tag, I pass.

I guess I'm not understanding why an inferior protein can command such a high price.