Ageing Geese and ducks.

[Ranger_scout92]

I don’t age them out. It clean them right away then into the fridge for a day or 2 before prep or storage of any kind. Tastes just fine to me. If you want the meat even more tender you can use a meat mallet before prep.

 

[time4t]

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[Butcherbill]

If you hang or let them rest for a few days which is fine in my opinion, first order of business would be to get the guts out and clean them up. I haven't got into waterfoul hunting yet but we kill and process our own chickens, after we kill them they get plucked and gutted. They then get washed out and put into the fridge for 2-3 days to rest, I've done the same thing with grouse. I will breast them out and snip off the legs in the woods, once home I will wash them clean and either filet the breasts off the bone or put them in the fridge on the bone for a day or so.

 

[sherlockbonez]

I hang them head down to let a y juice drip into a garbage can.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Dress then asap.
You dont want to have a days limit sitting at home when your out the next day for another limit.
You'll have twice the number of birds and more work ahead of you than you can shake a stick at.
Depending on where you live they could freeze too if not thought out before hand.
Rob

 

[Wendell]

Not to many people hang fowl from the neck until it drops to the floor anymore, but the fact we live longer is a upside.

Do you remember watching Shogun?

 

[mr.e moose]

Do you remember watching Shogun?

Not sure what you mean? Half the family says let them age, and the other half says clean them now. I take the middle ground, when I am gone a few days,I throw them on ice and clean them when I get home.

 

[Wendell]

Not too many people hang fowl from the neck until it drops to the floor anymore, but the fact we live longer is a upside.

Do you remember watching Shogun?

Not sure what you mean?

In Shogun an Englishman was the guest of a Japanese Lord. After hunting, the Englishman hung his pheasant. He intended to let it drop, like you said. A servant took it down (not letting it hang until it dropped) because he knew it was spoiled. Learning this, the Englishman was very angry with the servant, so...the Lord had the servant killed.

Bottom line...had the Englishman not hung his pheasant, the servant would have lived longer.