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My hunting partner and I hit our blind early Saturday morning for the opening day in our area. Woke up at 4, in the boat by 4:30, at the blind by 5, flipped the canoe at 5:30. Blasting birds at 6:30, limited out by 8.

 

The first flock that came in was 5 strong. My hunting partner dropped 3, and I hit the other 2. Great start to the morning. Half way to the limit, and we've only fired 5 shots!

 

We ended the day with 8 woodies, 1 mallard, 2 teel, and 1 accidental mud hen (not picture worthy)

 

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Hope nobody gets offended seeing some pictures of daffy all shot up..

 

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The birds were FULL of pin feathers, so we ended up skinning most of them.

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Duck is excellent on the grill. Skin or no, they taste great both ways. With no skin, I just keep basting them in BBQ sauce.

 

My geese I cook two ways. Slow cooker, with lots of sauce and a few slices of orange. Once their done, you pull them apart just like pulled pork, and make a sloppy Joe, or wraps.

 

The other good way is to make jerky out of them, as long as you cut 90° to the grain.

 

Oh man, my mouth is starting to water.. Can't wait till Saturday to do it all over again :thumbsup_anim:

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I didn't get out for the central opener yet, but we put a hurting on the geese a couple times to get things started :)

 

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Got a mutant goose too........pretty cool!

 

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congrats on a successful opener Nick! Keep the reports coming!

 

S.

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I was wondering how you've been doing this season Sinker. Nice pile a grease there.

 

I have two breasts from last year in the slow cooker as we speak!

 

Never seen a goose look like that before. Looks like a giant hen mallard / goose cross.

 

If you ever need an extra gun when your in the field, let me know.

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STOP you 2.......you're killing me here...... :wallbash:

 

Found out yesterday I and my partners were not picked AGAIN to hunt opening day on the federal reserve....FRUSTRATING.

 

You should be booking a canada hunt up here next year for our early goose season to get things rolling. I know this guy who could get you out :whistling:;)

 

S.

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How much is a hunting license and what kind of hassles is it to bring a shotgun over the boarder ???

 

I don't know anything about bringing a gun over the boarder.

 

I can tell you what I paid for my licenses. You need a small game hunting license for the year. I think that's about $30 (i do the three year thing, so I'm not sure what the yearly cost is). Then you need a Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seal. that's about $20.

 

I'm sure the non-resident pricing will be a little different.

 

Here's a few links. Might have to copy and paste.

 

http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/default.asp?lang=en&n=99FDEC59-1

 

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/FW/Publication/MNR_E001275P.html

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The license is reasonable, but I'm not sure about the price for non res.

Getting the gun over the border isn't too bad either, from what I hear, but I've never done it. I guess you have to fill out some paperwork, but its supposed to be pretty straight forward.

 

A couple buddies of mine drove down to Texas for a turkey hunt this spring, and the border guards didn't even ask to see paperwork for any guns, even though they told them they had them in the truck!

 

S.

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Got out today.....my old fishing buddy Don called and invited me to hunt Canada geese at the last minute.....not great but pretty good....only 2 small flocks came over and we bagged 9 birds in all....1 had a leg tag.

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I actually got 3 birds and that's pretty good for me... :thumbsup_anim:

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Got out today.....my old fishing buddy Don called and invited me to hunt Canada geese at the last minute.....not great but pretty good....only 2 small flocks came over and we bagged 9 birds in all....1 had a leg tag.

I actually got 3 birds and that's pretty good for me... :thumbsup_anim:

 

Nice. 9 birds out of 2 flocks. That's good shooting!

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