13.2 pound goose

[MichelD]

I don't often get a crack at Canada geese due to lack of permission in goose fields, but there's a chunk of waterfront I go to occasionally that might have one passing by.

Got a gander today that weighted 13.2 pounds, plucked gutted and freezer ready.

Gonna have to invite the neighbours I guess.

[Buck]

Nice out here in Pitt?

[Spy]

Lol that's a pig,any pics;-) Anyone ever thrown a whole goose in the deep fryer?

[Foxton Gundogs]

I have deep fried both goose and duck....AWESOME!!!

[MichelD]

Lol that's a pig,any pics;-) Anyone ever thrown a whole goose in the deep fryer?


Filled the sink, and I got a pic but there's no real perspective for comparison.

[Ride Red]

That’s a beast; will be a good dinner for sure.

[Boner]

Awesome! How are you going to cook it?

I had a terrible experience with a Canada goose, I wasn’t taught how to dress and prepare it properly. I’ve never ate it cooked the right way.

[walks with deer]

now thats a honker..got to love late season smaller flocks equals more shots.

how are you to cook such treat.

[f350ps]

That's a once in a lifetime bird, there was a contest going on The Refuge for a long time that offered a dozen Custom decoys for the first bird that hit I think it was 13#. I'm sure I'll be corrected shortly, regardless that's a hell of bird, I've weighed lots but have never hit the teens. Well done! K

[MichelD]

Awesome! How are you going to cook it?

I had a terrible experience with a Canada goose, I wasn’t taught how to dress and prepare it properly. I’ve never ate it cooked the right way.

My Mrs. is an expert.

Roasted really slow in a covered roaster in the oven, likely with apples and onions inside. Really lightly spiced, maybe a bit of marjoram and thyme with some strips of bacon across the breast

It is conceivably the best game meat meal I have ever eaten.

[f350ps]

That's a once in a lifetime bird, there was a contest going on The Refuge for a long time that offered a dozen Custom decoys for the first bird that hit I think it was 13#. I'm sure I'll be corrected shortly, regardless that's a hell of bird, I've weighed lots but have never hit the teens. Well done! K
To add to this, the 13# bird was to be weighed guts in and unplucked! K

[deltawaterfowler]

holy shit! That's a big goose!

[Foxton Gundogs]

Largest authenticated Canada on record was taken in Manitoba and weighed 26 lbs, another(3rd largest on record was also taken in Manitoba) it tipped the scales at just over 22 lbs. I personally have weighed one( non officially with a good quality fish scale) at over 18 lbs. some years back. There are monsters out there to be sure.

[IronNoggin]

Largest authenticated Canada on record was taken in Manitoba and weighed 26 lbs, another(3rd largest on record was also taken in Manitoba) it tipped the scales at just over 22 lbs. I personally have weighed one( non officially with a good quality fish scale) at over 18 lbs. some years back. There are monsters out there to be sure.

Hunting ducks over a field shoot outside of Wakaw Lake Saskatchewan in the mid 70's, we had a group of Greater Canadas come in.
Had a few goose deeks out, and knew they were in the area, so not overly surprising.
What was surprising was the size of several we shot.
Biggest fell to my Wingmaster, and was the largest any of us had ever seen.

So, we stopped off in Wakaw to register it for the goose derby there.
Weighed bang on 24 pounds. :shock:
Then ran to Saskatoon, and entered it there as well. You could do that back then and no-one complained.
That goose took both derbies. Name & pix in the paper (one Proud little Rooster I was!)
Collected 750 clams, and a free mount.
Unfortunately a big spending Yank got to the taxidermist, paid huge, and wandered off with the mount. :cry:

I still have yet to see any goose near that size again.
Perhaps I never will...

Cheers,
Nog

[Bunner]

that's one well fed goose

[f350ps]

Maybe it was a Giant Canada??:) K