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Bird Hunting

how do you butcher your geese

Uploaded on September 01, 2010

I have plucked, I have skineed, I have breasted them out... I have roasted, I have smoked, grilled, soups (creame type) and wrapped with bacon and covered with sauce, and of course jerky...

WHAT I want to know is how do you care for your birds?

I even ground and mixed with pork and made breakfast sausage...

I running out of ideas and I think I'm trimming too much off the breast when I do breast by themself...

SO send me some info, tell me your best recipe!

Rubs? certain wood for smoker?

Opening day (9.1.10) was a GREAT success, limited out in 25 minutes, 5 geese!!!

oh, and the new xpert steel shot from winchester= awesome

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from Sayfu wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

Breast them out unless you luv to clean ducks/geese ! And make a duck/goose burger! I saw this in "Taps Tips" years ago, and have now eaten more duck/goose burgers then MAC with the funny red hair has eaten Big Macs.
I fillet off a patty on each side of the breast on mallards (geese will have more than one patty per breast side, then tenderize it with a tenderizer mallet, unions, and bacon on the sandwich, and it is very good.
Pound it thin, and it takes little fry time, which doesn't dry it out like the longer baking time of the whole bird. "Would you like fries with that goose burger sir?"....Please.

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from machinegunner wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

well ok, I have never did a breast burger, did the ground kind with a pork mix, but hey this seems simple and good, thanks.

plucking geese can be work, but you ask for it when shooting ? right? lately I have been saving carcasses (frozen) minus breast and using for bait for coyotes later this winter.

thanks.

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from Huntingwithdaughters wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

Pluck them, clean them and cook as follows:

Braised Goose a la Normandy - Here is a recipe that will make the whole goose moist and tender.

Ingredients
• a Canada or Snow Goose, plucked and cleaned
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 pound ground pork
• 1 cup milk
• 4 cups dry bread, diced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• ¼ cup butter (French butter if possible)
• 2 sage leaves or ¼ teaspoon of dried sage
• 1 goose liver, finely chopped
• 6 apples: granny smith, Rome, Macintosh, Fuji
o 1 apple peeled, cored and diced into ¼ inch cubes
o The other 5 should be cored and quartered
• Salt and pepper
• 4 cups hard cider (French hard cider if possible)
• 4 cups beef stock
• ¼ lb pate de foie gras or pate de campagne
• ¼ cup Calvados
• 5 tablespoons of flour
• ½ lb bacon

For the rest of the recipe go to http://huntingwithdaughters.com/?page_id=346

David Bershtein
http://www.huntingwithdaughters.com
http://www.fishingwithdaughters.com
'88 Vintage 11-87 12 ga.
Current Vintage 1100 28 ga.
Winchester 131 .22LR

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from sebmetz wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

you can also take a beef bourguignon recipe, take the beef out and replace it by goose!

I also make country style paté with it, perfect for guest on crackers!

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from timhansford wrote 1 year 18 weeks ago

Cubed breast in flour with a bit of salt and pepper then fried. Delicious=yes, healthy=no.

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from VT wrote 1 year 17 weeks ago

Breast em, the guy I hunt with owns a butcher shop so we cube em all there. Before we do that we cut each breast to make it skinnier and check for pellets. Then we fry em in butter and steakhouse seasoning with garlic. Mmmmmmm. Cholesterol. I love goose season dinners.

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from VT wrote 1 year 17 weeks ago

I stay away from shake and bake though, the bread stuffs sorta mushy and gross on something like goose

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from jaredrobbins wrote 1 year 13 weeks ago

i own my own small scale butchering business and i end up doing a lot of ducks and geese. we pluck them and clean them just like a chicken at the supermarket. What we do is dunk the birds in water that is around 200 degrees before we pluck them. I don't know if you do this, but its a lot easier then dry pulcking because it opens up the pores to the feathers and makes it a hell of a lot easier to pull them out. when using this method you can get a goose naked in five minuets or less. As for cooking i like my ducks ala orange and i like to smoke my geese and turkeys.

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from machinegunner wrote 1 year 11 weeks ago

thanks for the water tip, will try soon!

keep the recipes coming!

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from Sayfu wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

jared..good tip..ever hear of the hot wax dipping method? I saw a dog trainer, and his buddies that shot lots of ducks, and geese that bought a commercial picker, and dipped birds in hot wax before using it.

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from Fall Brawl wrote 1 year 7 weeks ago

Google BirdHitch, you won't regret it, super fast and easy to use provided you have the strength to pull them through.

You name it, we've cooked it but I find cutting goose breasts up into stewing beef size, throwing in the slow cooker with two packages of pot roast seasoning, lots of water or beer and carrots and mushrooms is about the best comfort food I know.

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from machinegunner wrote 1 year 6 days ago

I think this thread helped write the current article in the magaizine with small game and upland/waterfowl....

that guy who stole our thread to write a article owes everyone and I, who contributed a coca-cola.

what a hack!

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from sebmetz wrote 47 weeks 1 day ago

Find yourself a good meat fondue recipes! It's awesome. I know most butcher bring the meat to almost frozen temperature before the cut it paper thin. The butcher I visit got me into thicker fondue meat, about 1/4"

With a few sauce and some raw veggies! it's a nice way to spend a full evening around the table with good friends

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from machinegunner wrote 46 weeks 6 days ago

fondue wow I m going to bust that out, my folks gave me theres years ago for a party, never even thought of that! maybe attach some onion to meat, or some bacon to!!

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from Huntingwithdaughters wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

Pluck them, clean them and cook as follows:

Braised Goose a la Normandy - Here is a recipe that will make the whole goose moist and tender.

Ingredients
• a Canada or Snow Goose, plucked and cleaned
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 pound ground pork
• 1 cup milk
• 4 cups dry bread, diced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• ¼ cup butter (French butter if possible)
• 2 sage leaves or ¼ teaspoon of dried sage
• 1 goose liver, finely chopped
• 6 apples: granny smith, Rome, Macintosh, Fuji
o 1 apple peeled, cored and diced into ¼ inch cubes
o The other 5 should be cored and quartered
• Salt and pepper
• 4 cups hard cider (French hard cider if possible)
• 4 cups beef stock
• ¼ lb pate de foie gras or pate de campagne
• ¼ cup Calvados
• 5 tablespoons of flour
• ½ lb bacon

For the rest of the recipe go to http://huntingwithdaughters.com/?page_id=346

David Bershtein
http://www.huntingwithdaughters.com
http://www.fishingwithdaughters.com
'88 Vintage 11-87 12 ga.
Current Vintage 1100 28 ga.
Winchester 131 .22LR

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from sebmetz wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

you can also take a beef bourguignon recipe, take the beef out and replace it by goose!

I also make country style paté with it, perfect for guest on crackers!

+1 Good Comment? | | Report
from jaredrobbins wrote 1 year 13 weeks ago

i own my own small scale butchering business and i end up doing a lot of ducks and geese. we pluck them and clean them just like a chicken at the supermarket. What we do is dunk the birds in water that is around 200 degrees before we pluck them. I don't know if you do this, but its a lot easier then dry pulcking because it opens up the pores to the feathers and makes it a hell of a lot easier to pull them out. when using this method you can get a goose naked in five minuets or less. As for cooking i like my ducks ala orange and i like to smoke my geese and turkeys.

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from Sayfu wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

Breast them out unless you luv to clean ducks/geese ! And make a duck/goose burger! I saw this in "Taps Tips" years ago, and have now eaten more duck/goose burgers then MAC with the funny red hair has eaten Big Macs.
I fillet off a patty on each side of the breast on mallards (geese will have more than one patty per breast side, then tenderize it with a tenderizer mallet, unions, and bacon on the sandwich, and it is very good.
Pound it thin, and it takes little fry time, which doesn't dry it out like the longer baking time of the whole bird. "Would you like fries with that goose burger sir?"....Please.

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from machinegunner wrote 1 year 22 weeks ago

well ok, I have never did a breast burger, did the ground kind with a pork mix, but hey this seems simple and good, thanks.

plucking geese can be work, but you ask for it when shooting ? right? lately I have been saving carcasses (frozen) minus breast and using for bait for coyotes later this winter.

thanks.

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from timhansford wrote 1 year 18 weeks ago

Cubed breast in flour with a bit of salt and pepper then fried. Delicious=yes, healthy=no.

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from VT wrote 1 year 17 weeks ago

Breast em, the guy I hunt with owns a butcher shop so we cube em all there. Before we do that we cut each breast to make it skinnier and check for pellets. Then we fry em in butter and steakhouse seasoning with garlic. Mmmmmmm. Cholesterol. I love goose season dinners.

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from VT wrote 1 year 17 weeks ago

I stay away from shake and bake though, the bread stuffs sorta mushy and gross on something like goose

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from machinegunner wrote 1 year 11 weeks ago

thanks for the water tip, will try soon!

keep the recipes coming!

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from Sayfu wrote 1 year 10 weeks ago

jared..good tip..ever hear of the hot wax dipping method? I saw a dog trainer, and his buddies that shot lots of ducks, and geese that bought a commercial picker, and dipped birds in hot wax before using it.

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from machinegunner wrote 1 year 6 days ago

I think this thread helped write the current article in the magaizine with small game and upland/waterfowl....

that guy who stole our thread to write a article owes everyone and I, who contributed a coca-cola.

what a hack!

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from sebmetz wrote 47 weeks 1 day ago

Find yourself a good meat fondue recipes! It's awesome. I know most butcher bring the meat to almost frozen temperature before the cut it paper thin. The butcher I visit got me into thicker fondue meat, about 1/4"

With a few sauce and some raw veggies! it's a nice way to spend a full evening around the table with good friends

0 Good Comment? | | Report
from machinegunner wrote 46 weeks 6 days ago

fondue wow I m going to bust that out, my folks gave me theres years ago for a party, never even thought of that! maybe attach some onion to meat, or some bacon to!!

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from Fall Brawl wrote 1 year 7 weeks ago

Google BirdHitch, you won't regret it, super fast and easy to use provided you have the strength to pull them through.

You name it, we've cooked it but I find cutting goose breasts up into stewing beef size, throwing in the slow cooker with two packages of pot roast seasoning, lots of water or beer and carrots and mushrooms is about the best comfort food I know.

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