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Thursday, October 18. 2007

Two more Manitoba hunting trip photos

Limits on Canada Goose in a hayfield one morning last week:

 Decoys at sunset:

 

Posted by Gwynnie in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 05:12 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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I've never been duck hunting but down south a good deal of dove hunting takes place. Once on a hunt with my father and World Skeeet Doubles Champ "Lucky Waller" we started to tak'em down.

On one shot my father hit the bird whose trajectory was right toward my dad. He caught the bird in deadfall and casually placed it in his jacket. I wry smile crossed his face. (he was a 3x All America baseball player with four offers...WWII stopped that.
#1 Habu on 2007-10-18 09:53 (Reply)
Don't try that trick with a goose.
#1.1 BD on 2007-10-18 11:52 (Reply)
I've heard some good huntin' stories in my life--and that one is up there--
:-D
#1.2 buddy larsen on 2007-10-18 12:16 (Reply)
Your dad understood: never, never, never take your eyes off of the ball!

Now, I have a very important question pertaining to eating of birds. What is the best way to pull feathers and do those other nasty chores that one needs to do before one can proceed to cook the dang thing? ;-)
#2 apple pie on 2007-10-18 13:15 (Reply)
heavy scissors--shears--to remove all extremities, then pluck, pluck, drink beer, pluck, pluck, change to bourbon, pluck, pluck, pluck---
#2.1 buddy larsen on 2007-10-18 13:22 (Reply)
I just breast them out, usually. Not much else there to eat. Sometimes I do a confit of the thighs/legs.

Best tool is a feather machine. Calbela's has them.
#2.1.1 BD on 2007-10-18 14:05 (Reply)
Hand them to a Metis Indian/First Nation person who is delighted with an opportunity for income, and who then uses a rotary plucking maching and returns the bird in a plastic wrap with a wing attached as required by US Customs.

Fly two limits home, thaw, stuff with orange quarters, and roast 25 minutes at 500 degrees. Some folks cook wild ducks longer than they do chickens and are rewarded with tough grey pieces of sawdust. Our method yields tender, pick, flavorful meat.
#2.2 Gwynnie on 2007-10-19 10:34 (Reply)
Glad to see you taking out the geese...they've become a damned nuisance in Georgia as well as our area in Minnesota. They're way past endangered.
#3 Phil G on 2007-10-18 15:35 (Reply)
Different geese, same species. These are migratory geese. The pests are the non-migratory ones who crap on the golf courses and parks all summer.

However, they all taste great. You can grill a Canada goose breast like a steak. Dark meat.
#3.1 BD on 2007-10-18 21:00 (Reply)
Hi,
I am working on a book about decoys and am interested to include your photo of DECOYS AT SUNSET. I would need a high resolution image. You would get credit in the book for the photo.
Gene
#4 Gene Kangas (Link) on 2010-08-25 09:58 (Reply)

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