Another Local Hunt

[Bird Watcher]

I wish I had an exotic recipe for the sausage, but all I use is the High Mountain kit. It comes with seasoning and casings. You can get about 4 or 5 different recipes, but my favorite is the maple and brown sugar. We coarse grind the goose and then mix it 1:1 or 2:1 with a pork butt and seasoning and grind it again. We put it in a bowl and let it chill again for about 2-4 hrs, then stuff the casings. Pack them 5 or 6 to a bag and vaccum seal them.

As for the Jerky, I slice it all on the meat slicer, then I put about 5 pounds of it in a bowl with 2-3 cups of soy sauce, 1/4 cup of sesame oil, 2-3T of crushed red pepper, 2-3T of mustard seed, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 2-3T Garlic Powder let it marinate 24 hrs, tossing it once half way through. Put it on the dehydrator for about 5 hrs or until dry but still pliable.

[BilletHead]

Chris that all sounds good. Where did you get the corned goose recipie? I bet sliced thin that would make some good sandwhich meat. Are you going to make it up to hunt Mike's again? Remember I have a hostage plastic goose It has been treated real well.

Marty

[Bird Watcher]

Chris that all sounds good. Where did you get the corned goose recipie? I bet sliced thin that would make some good sandwhich meat. Are you going to make it up to hunt Mike's again? Remember I have a hostage plastic goose It has been treated real well.

Marty

Marty, I know the goose is in good hands. I would trust you to decoy sit for me anytime. I'm sure he's having a good life and getting to do what he loves to do:)

I don't know when I'll get back up there. I probably will before the season is over, but I'm going out past Wichita this weekend for 4 days to pheasant and quail hunt so I know it won't be this weekend. It pains me to say that because goose season is still open, but a buddy has been after me to go on this hunt for three years so I guess that's what we're doing. I'm sure it will be a good time, even if it isn't goose hunting.

Here is the corned goose recipe. I copied it from another website, so I won't link it on Phil's site here.

This recipe has been adapted (slightly) from a corned beef recipe in the Morton Home Meat Curing Guide Quite simple.... and very tasty!

6 to 8 goose breast filets (4 to 6 lbs)

5 tablespoons Morton Tenderquick mix

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon ground paprika

1 teaspoon ground bay leaves

1 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Trim, skin, and clean up breast filets (or beef brisket or boneless cut of deer, elk, etc)

In a small bowl, mix Morton Tender Quick and remaining dry ingredients and spices (Do NOT substitute any "meat tenderizer" for Morton Tender Quick)

Thoroughly rub mixture into all sides of breast filets.

Place filets into a plastic bag and close securely. Place in refrigerator and allow to cure 5 days per inch of meat thickness (a week seems to work fine for goose breasts).

Place filets in Dutch Oven or stock pot or crock pot and add water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Simmer until tender and meat can be separated with a fork, about 3-4 hours.

[BilletHead]

Thanks Chris,

Pat and I will try that for sure. Yes the hostage goose is being treated well and having a good time. He is even in a heated shop when not in use. He might even resist going back to his flock. Why I asked about you coming back up is there was about 200 geese on the pond next to Mike's house this morning. He told me to get after them if you were not hunting but my reply was I would not get into your hard scouting. I even felt bad about the windmill hunt. Mike told me he did not think you were hunting there so that is why I went. i am going to go Friday and Saturday somewhere to finish out duck and then may quit for the season, that is a maybe?

Marty

[Bird Watcher]

Heck, that's awful nice of you to be considerate like that, but don't worry about me Marty. I'd go shoot em up if I were you. I probably can't goose hunt again until sometime around the last weekend anyway and who knows where those geese would be by then. I'm a big believer in shoot them while you can, because I have never been successful at stockpiling birds. They move around too much. I'd like to try and take off a day or two during the next week or maybe even the 30th or 31st to hunt a couple more times before the season is over and was thinking about trying to hook up with you for one of those days, but I don't know how my workload here is shaking out yet. I'd go bang on those geese at his house though. He doesn't like them and I feel bad that I don't get up there to keep them ran out like I used to. Do you have anyone going with you in the morning or are you going by yourself?

[BilletHead]

Cannot go in the morning. The guy that I hunted with two days the week after Christmas will be here Friday and Saturday morning. Looking for a place to get him a bird or two. I would go anytime you would like to try. There at Mike's was a few of those little Richardson's canadas. Man they looked so funny with the big ones.

Marty

[Bird Watcher]

I hate those little things! They are always messing up my hunt. They usually fly around in those great big flocks and work the spread about like snow geese. It seems like just about the time I have a nice group of honkers on the approach, a big flock of those chickens come spinning through squawking and they flare the big geese off, then the little geese never get in range and they end up sliding off too. I do think they are a little easier to decoy over water though. Good luck! I hope you get some.

[BilletHead]

I remember the first two of them I shot. Pretty close to the house. There were a bunch of snows flying that day so I called Pat to pick up the little squawkers thinking I might get some snows, NOT. I carried them out of the field to her. She giggled and said what the heck are these? Couldn't you have killed some bigger ones? She had them cleaned and we ate them for lunch. I hope to have you a report for the next couple of days. I really want more ducks, I lack a good duck day,

Marty

[BilletHead]

Hey Chris,

I made the circuit this morning and the geese were still there.. Found Mike too. He wanted to know if season was still on. I replyed yes and he said he was getting ready to call someone to get into them. I told him I had talked to you and would like to try. He said to get after them.. Only problem is they have been roosting there at night and staying all day. Question I have is Saturday will be the day most likely. Going to be 20 that morning. Most ponds will be iced over. If I bust them off do you think they will trickle back in being it will be mostly open? Also there was some mature pintails too. Never have taken a fully mature drake

[Bird Watcher]

Hard to say. Usually they will, but I think it's key to get in there early and get set up. I always like to be completely set up 30 mins before shooting time when I hunt a scenario like that. The last thing I want to do is let them see me setting up at shooting time. After that? who knows? I guess it all depends on if there is any more open water around and where they are feeding. I saw them using that two Fridays ago, so by the time you hunt them, they will have been in there at least two weeks and they haven't been hunted there all season. You should catch a few by suprise, I think. Good luck on getting a big old sprig too.