Calif. Snows
 

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.

all i can say is wow... charlie

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-

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Pass shooting
 

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.

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.

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

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

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.