Possession limits vary by type and sex of waterfowl... this identifies the bird for the game warden.

PPS Brown the bones in an oven first to add flavor and color.

I agree with whut blackdawgz said, except I think there is a special dispensation for coyote hunters.

You don't have to keep the wings. No one would cite you for chopping off the one not required for identification. There is a bit of meat on a goose's forewing (shoulder to elbow) but even I can't justify messing with it. And those birds fly thousand of miles every year. Obviously, their wing meat is going to be pretty tough! Haven't shot my first turkey yet but I imagine their wings have a fair amount of good meat on them.

The thigh meat on geese is delicious! I like it better than the breast meat. Bone it out and it is great on the grill. The thighs often have a lot of fat in them, especially for the grain-fed geese. If that's the case, pull off as much fat as possible and definitely put the meat on the grill. Skin the breast meat and most of the fat on those parts goes in the garbage with skin and feathers. The drumsticks are full of tendons but very tasty. I'd definitely save them for soup. Twenty minutes in the pressure cooker first and you will have no trouble sorting the drumstick meat from bones and tendons. I have a great marinade recipe that I reserve for grilled thigh meat and strips of breast meat. Remember to cut the breast up before grilling. The stuff is so dense that you'll literally have to burn a whole half-breast to a crisp on the outside before it's cooked through sufficiently.

By far the most tasty wild meat is teal legs - if you can cook them without drying to shoeleather. Absolutely delicious. A bit of a nutty taste. However, I bet nine hunters out of ten simply toss those little morsels. What a shame!

Every breed of duck has a specific wing that only that species has. Some breeds such as the Pintail both the drake and hen have a specific wing different than any other duck. The drake Pintail has tan greater coverts, green speculum, and secondary flights are tipped in white, while the drake and hen Mallard have white greater coverts, purple-blue speculum, and secondary flights tipped in white. Hen Mallards have a larger speculum than the drake so the sex can be distinguished between the two by wing only. Now Shovelers, Blue Winged Teal, and Cinnamon Teal have almost identical wings, but can be distinguished by very small differences.