2019/20 limit on Canadian Geese will be 1

fabsroman · Jan 31, 2019

Mack C-85 said:
The lowered limits prior to the nineties moratorium is what brought Sporting Clays to the shore. Several of the guides built ranges so they could offer package deals...morning hunt, lunch, afternoon round of clays. Tommy Dodd in Queenstown and Johnny George of J&P in Sudlersville come to mind.

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Think I shot the course that Tommy Dodd set up. Went there with a buddy from law school who told me that the guy was a guide. Told me that he had also been charged with a ton of violations by the feds several years ago. Wondering if it is the same guy/course. We shot that course in the morning, and then drove to J&P and shot that course in the afternoon. J&P was a lot nicer of a course.

Sporting clays is probably the result of a lot less hunting opportunities for those of us that grew up hunting whenever we wanted. I so need to buy a farm to get over that hump. Then again, might need to have my kids grow up a little more before I can get out and hunt more.

fabsroman · Jan 31, 2019

babalou said:
never had Canada Goose. Are they tasty?

I make jerky out of them, but pbharvey keeps telling me he has a great recipe for them in the smoker or slow cooker.

pbharvey, now that I think about our conversation at Toucan Taco, can you e-mail or pm that recipe to me? fabsroman@aol.com

Thanks

Mack C-85 · Jan 31, 2019

fabsroman said:
Think I shot the course that Tommy Dodd set up. Went there with a buddy from law school who told me that the guy was a guide. Told me that he had also been charged with a ton of violations by the feds several years ago. Wondering if it is the same guy/course. We shot that course in the morning, and then drove to J&P and shot that course in the afternoon. J&P was a lot nicer of a course.

Sporting clays is probably the result of a lot less hunting opportunities for those of us that grew up hunting whenever we wanted. I so need to buy a farm to get over that hump. Then again, might need to have my kids grow up a little more before I can get out and hunt more.

Tommy Dodd's was literally across the street from Pintail Point. He closed when they opened. Rumors were that Pintail offered him the job running thier course, but they had a falling out.

Yes, J&P was the premiere course on the shore in my opinion. Johnny and Penny were top notch people and ran the operation that way. Johnny passed away from Cancer shortly after they closed. Do you remember the Yellow Labs they had hanging around all the time? They were my lab Ranger's mom and dad!! My biggest regret with him was he was in his prime during the 90's moratorium.

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babalou · Jan 31, 2019

oh cool

fabsroman said:
I make jerky out of them, but pbharvey keeps telling me he has a great recipe for them in the smoker or slow cooker.

pbharvey, now that I think about our conversation at Toucan Taco, can you e-mail or pm that recipe to me? fabsroman@aol.com

Thanks

Thanks!!

fabsroman · Jan 31, 2019

Mack C-85 said:
Tommy Dodd's was literally across the street from Pintail Point. He closed when they opened. Rumors were that Pintail offered him the job running thier course, but they had a falling out.

Yes, J&P was the premiere course on the shore in my opinion. Johnny and Penny were top notch people and ran the operation that way. Johnny passed away from Cancer shortly after they closed. Do you remember the Yellow Labs they had hanging around all the time? They were my lab Ranger's mom and dad!! My biggest regret with him was he was in his prime during the 90's moratorium.

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Yep, that was the course I shot. Pintail Pointe is pretty nice. Shot there a couple of times. If you are from the Queen Anne's area, maybe you know Carl Radtke. Shot Pintail with him and my dad and Carl beat me by a clay.

I remember the labs at J&P. Got my yellow from a breeder in Queen Anne's. Augie Argabright. My boy passed on nearly two years ago. Sent Augie an e-mail to see if he is still breeding dogs and never heard back from him. Nitro's grandma, who was featured on ESPN retriever trials, was a Candlewood lab. So, debating heading out to Wisconsin for a couple of labs.

My biggest regret with Nitro was that I took hardly any field pics of him. Quite sad actually. Will not make that mistake with my next dog.

Mack C-85 · Jan 31, 2019

fabsroman said:
Yep, that was the course I shot. Pintail Pointe is pretty nice. Shot there a couple of times. If you are from the Queen Anne's area, maybe you know Carl Radtke. Shot Pintail with him and my dad and Carl beat me by a clay.

I remember the labs at J&P. Got my yellow from a breeder in Queen Anne's. Augie Argabright. My boy passed on nearly two years ago. Sent Augie an e-mail to see if he is still breeding dogs and never heard back from him. Nitro's grandma, who was featured on ESPN retriever trials, was a Candlewood lab. So, debating heading out to Wisconsin for a couple of labs.

My biggest regret with Nitro was that I took hardly any field pics of him. Quite sad actually. Will not make that mistake with my next dog.

Not originally from the shore, but lived outside of Federalsburg for four years ('89-'93), then on Kent Island for 11('93- '04).

Yeah, cameras weren't around as much as cell phones are now. I would have loved to had a video of Ranger doing his imitation of a submarine, as a 10 month old "trainee", retrieving a wounded duck off the bottom of the farm pond!! Including coming almost completely out of the water upon surfacing.

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3paul10 · Jan 31, 2019

I have about 1 billion of them in front of my window right now. I guess they weren't counted.

fabsroman · Jan 31, 2019

3paul10 said:
I have about 1 billion of them in front of my window right now. I guess they weren't counted.

Guessing those are mostly resident birds, so that billion birds was left off the county. If you can legally shoot them in your front yard, you are golden. Pretty decent limit in western Maryland.

Mark75H · Jan 31, 2019

babalou said:
never had Canada Goose. Are they tasty?

All dark meat and often gamey. Sort of an acquired taste; I love it.

Mark75H · Jan 31, 2019

3paul10 said:
I have about 1 billion of them in front of my window right now. I guess they weren't counted.

fabsroman said:
Guessing those are mostly resident birds, so that billion birds was left off the county. If you can legally shoot them in your front yard, you are golden. Pretty decent limit in western Maryland.

On Facebook I saw several pics of huge flocks, but, yes, there are times in MD when you might see 90% of all the birds migrating all at once. I bet Paul is seeing migratory birds; residents don't flock up like the migrators do.

Archeryrob · Feb 1, 2019

Mark75H said:
All dark meat and often gamey. Sort of an acquired taste; I love it.

It is, I used to cover it with Worcestershire and soy for others. I have since learned that curing goose changes it for the better more than any other meat I have seen. I have cured goose and deer and people prefer the goose over deer once cured. So Pastrami od goose it is now.

pbharvey · Feb 1, 2019

Simple rub with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and toss in the smoker. The key is to not overcook it. BB’s don’t ruin the meat, over cooking it does. Seriously you can barely recognize that it’s the same meat when you over cook it vs. getting it right on the sweet spot. I always tolerated goose until I got it right. Now I thoroughly enjoy it.

Derwood · Feb 1, 2019

I really enjoy goose meat. Hanging the geese in the feathers for 3-5 days as long as it's cold outside makes it much more tender. I usually just cook it in a pan in butter and oil like a steak. Salt/pepper/worchestershire and it's good to go. Smoking the whole bird is also really good if you are patient enough to pluck it.

billyclay · Feb 13, 2019

not again

cww · Feb 13, 2019

I usually only get out a few times as a guest or winning member of an auction. For me it will be interesting to see what guides/outfitters do as a result. Just give it up, lower their rates, or include duck with goose.

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