Calif. Snows

[Brian Stucker]

The geese poured in this morning and caught me flat footed.

We were just heading to the craft store for the wife's project. Convinced a wind would be blowing when we returned, I left dreaming of goose for dinner.

No wind, no geese, but a very happy wife. She loves Michaels. That's her Cabellas or Bass Pro I guess.

We'll see if we can get a crack at 'em tomorrow.

[charlie cleveland]

all i can say is wow... charlie

[Peter Clark]

Looks great. Only "snows" we have is on the ground. Finally have water but with temps dropping into the -20 to -35 range every night the birds don't move unless they have to. There are probably 6000 mallards within 1/2 mile of my open water but they don't see it if they don't fly. Looks like we will be flirting with -40 for the next several nights. Getting mighty tiresome. My neighbor has a bunch of geese on his place and we could hunt them but it's too damn cold and I feel kind of sorry for them anyway in this weather.
Shoot some snows for me Brian. I learned over the years that the little ones, Ross geese, are the ones to eat. Other white geese and the XXL dark geese are good jerky material.
-plc-

[Richard Flanders]

I tried slicing goose breast thin and making strogonof with it last weekend. It was like chewing on an old well-used lariat...

[Peter Clark]

I tried slicing goose breast thin and making strogonof with it last weekend. It was like chewing on an old well-used lariat...

Sort of like filet of sole, with the boot!

[Brian Stucker]

Specs and Tule geese are the best eating ones in our area. The Tule geese being more from the Tule Lakes area, not so much down our way.

Richard, I made the same mistake in college 40 years ago. Shot a nice snow goose, cut strips to marinade for a few days, and haven't eaten the damned things since!

[Larry Mason]

Please send some mallards to Virginia. It has been too warm here and we need some new birds.
Thanks,
Larry

[Brian Stucker]

Please send some mallards to Virginia. It has been too warm here and we need some new birds.
Thanks,
Larry

Will give it a try Larry

[charlie cleveland]

im still in short sleves yesterday and today...and aint seen over 10 ducks the whole year on the little creek i deer hunt on... charlie

[Peter Clark]

Please send some mallards to Virginia. It has been too warm here and we need some new birds.
Thanks,
Larry
If we could stike a happy medium, I'll send mallards and you send warmer weather. -32 again this AM, high yesterday was 7.
I plowed out the back road yesterday and there were several thousand mallards on the drain ditch, can't hunt there cuz it's refuge, and they just flew a little ways and landed again. I did see some pteradactyl size geese fly over my pond whil I was plowing. Birds will not move any more than the bare minimum in this weather.

Agree with you Brian on the specks and tule geese. I also like the small races of Canadas. Unfortunately, where I live now we only have the gigantic ones like in this picture.

Guaranteed to be tougher than bridle leather. You can cook in liquid, in a bag, in a dutch oven and it is always the same, tough and dry. They don't carry much fat for their size and that is a real problem. They are better in early season before cold stresses them. Jerky is the answer.

[Rick Losey]

thats a lot of bird

reminds me of a receipe I once saw for swan, stuff it - baste it, put it in the oven at 350 degs, and check it once a week until done.

[charlie cleveland]

now thats some good cooking recipe...thats funny... charlie

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Dunnigan,

Always been keen to get out there and try for a tule goose. I hear there are more of them than there used to be. Is that true?


Destry

[David Weber]

We got some good pass shooting yesterday, south of Cape Girareau, Mo. Heavy fog all day. Ended up with 8 ducks and 8 geese. Crappy weather means I leave the pretty guns at home and take the plastic stocks:cuss::cuss::cuss::cuss:

Oh well.

[Brian Stucker]

Hey Destry, there are tons of spec's is the area and they are very smart. Lots of out-smarted hunters. The tule goose population is currently in the 10-12 k range and are protected through a two white front limit since most guys, including me, wouldn't be able to tell them apart on the fly.

David, what a nice limit of birds...love those eagle heads. Must've been a great hunt.

[charlie cleveland]

what a hunt it must have been..these are the hunts when we get old and can not go anymore we set around and tell friends how it use to be...thats what i like about hunting the memories... and you sure have a good tale to tale here... charlie

[Christopher Piercey]

Guaranteed to be tougher than bridle leather. You can cook in liquid, in a bag, in a dutch oven and it is always the same, tough and dry. They don't carry much fat for their size and that is a real problem. They are better in early season before cold stresses them. Jerky is the answer.

I wrap them in bacon and grill them. They're best when they're pretty rare, like all meat :p

[Peter Clark]

Hey Destry, there are tons of spec's is the area and they are very smart. Lots of out-smarted hunters. The tule goose population is currently in the 10-12 k range and are protected through a two white front limit since most guys, including me, wouldn't be able to tell them apart on the fly.

David, what a nice limit of birds...love those eagle heads. Must've been a great hunt.

When I was a kid, which was a long tome ago, they tried to protect both the tule goose and the Ross' goose. Now there are a lot more Ross geese but sounds like tules are still a rather small population.