Finally got the first goose of the season

**shoey** · 11-03-2009, 12:04 AM

Well, got out hunting this morning before work at 8 am. Luckily, my buddy had all morning and agreed to pick up the decoys later so I could just leave.

Anyways, finally got my first goose after mising a couple earlier. The pair we shot wanted to go into a pond across the road but some hard calling brought em back around and got em locked up. Then of course I winged the sucker and had to sprint after it to go get it. Oh well. Was worth it! Goin again tomorrow morning. Switched out my choke to hopefully tighten the pattern a bit and drop em like a rock!

For any interested, my goose gun is a Mossberg 835. I generally load her up with 3 inch BB, but had some 3.5's on hand and bought more tonight cause they were on sale. I like the extra pellets that the 3.5's offer with steel.

**Popeye** · 11-03-2009, 01:04 AM

Congrats

**lookingforthewayback** · 11-03-2009, 01:08 AM

Congrats. How do you cook it?

**Seamaster** · 11-03-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lookingforthewayback

Congrats. How do you cook it?

Hey that was my question.

**shoey** · 11-03-2009, 11:57 AM

Wild goose I tend to use in either chili or a heavily seasoned stew. The birds are very inconsistant in flavor. One will be delicious and tender, the next tough and extremely gamey.

I also like to slice it thin, and quickly sear it in oil and butter and eat it mid rare. But if its one of them gamey birds, this doesnt work so well.

11-03-2009, 12:04 AM	#1
shoey Join Date: February 18 2005 Location: WI Posts: 3,383	Finally got the first goose of the season Well, got out hunting this morning before work at 8 am. Luckily, my buddy had all morning and agreed to pick up the decoys later so I could just leave. Anyways, finally got my first goose after mising a couple earlier. The pair we shot wanted to go into a pond across the road but some hard calling brought em back around and got em locked up. Then of course I winged the sucker and had to sprint after it to go get it. Oh well. Was worth it! Goin again tomorrow morning. Switched out my choke to hopefully tighten the pattern a bit and drop em like a rock! For any interested, my goose gun is a Mossberg 835. I generally load her up with 3 inch BB, but had some 3.5's on hand and bought more tonight cause they were on sale. I like the extra pellets that the 3.5's offer with steel. shoey "If ignorance is bliss, why are there so many unhappy people in this world?" "Don't believe everything you think." "I reject your reality and substitute my own." -Adam Savage "Cooks are either alcoholics or drug addicts, and sometimes both." -Anthony Bourdain (paraphrase )

11-03-2009, 01:04 AM	#2
Popeye Join Date: July 12 2003 Location: Sacramento area, CA Posts: 63,104	Congrats The difference between a Socialist and a Communist is that the Socialist doesn't have all the guns yet.

11-03-2009, 01:08 AM	#3
lookingforthewayback Join Date: March 25 2009 Location: Panhandle of Florida Posts: 3,503	Congrats. How do you cook it? Tact: Making someone feel at home when you wish they were. "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." Patrick Henry Our enemies have trained our teachers and professors. Our teachers have trained our children. "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. " Thomas Jefferson “If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams Gary

11-03-2009, 11:57 AM	#5
shoey Join Date: February 18 2005 Location: WI Posts: 3,383	Wild goose I tend to use in either chili or a heavily seasoned stew. The birds are very inconsistant in flavor. One will be delicious and tender, the next tough and extremely gamey. I also like to slice it thin, and quickly sear it in oil and butter and eat it mid rare. But if its one of them gamey birds, this doesnt work so well. shoey "If ignorance is bliss, why are there so many unhappy people in this world?" "Don't believe everything you think." "I reject your reality and substitute my own." -Adam Savage "Cooks are either alcoholics or drug addicts, and sometimes both." -Anthony Bourdain (paraphrase )

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