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phishroy

phishroy

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Thinking of either building or getting a bird hitch.
It will primarily be used for geese.
I would appreciate any info to find out if the hitch will work well on large Canada geese.
The videos I find on YouTube are all ducks and a few small snow geese but with this hitch be able to make easy work of a large Canada goose?
 
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phishroy said:
Thinking of either building or getting a bird hitch.
It will primarily be used for geese.
I would appreciate any info to find out if the hitch will work well on large Canada geese.
The videos I find on YouTube are all ducks and a few small snow geese but with this hitch be able to make easy work of a large Canada goose?
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My buddy has one....... We used it on all the geese we shot in Sask last month..... w:h:

Slightly more effort with a large canada, still easy , but trust me...

YOU'll LOVE the thing...

Makes the clean up after a shoot nearly effortless!

LUCKY
 
Please consider saving the legs from geese. There is a lot of good eating in the legs from a limit of geese! I consider them to be better meat than the breast. Just a suggestion.
 
sorry i'm living out of a hotel and don't have the patentce(sp) to upload videos so can some one explain this to me as "hitch" or anything close to that term has to do with tractor/truck and trailers or weddings
 
Longwalker said:
Please consider saving the legs from geese. There is a lot of good eating in the legs from a limit of geese! I consider them to be better meat than the breast. Just a suggestion.
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I do not waste the leg meat.
I always take them. I find they are amazing for stews, low and slow in the slow cooker.
The other thing i do with the legs is i debone and use for making smoked goose kielbasa.
Its just that im looking for a faster way to separate the breasts.
i find that taking off the legs is no problem and i can do it really fast.
De joint and cut along with a sharp knife along the joint, goes really fast and smooth usually.
I just wanted opinions to find out if the hitch will work as well on geese as it does on ducks.

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I've heard they work well except on the larger Canada's where the bones are bigger. Some American hunters I watched were giving it a hand by making a cut on the bigger birds.
 
We picked one up three seasons ago. Used it once and it hasnt seen the light of day since. IMO they are a waste of $$$. I never had to contend with such a dirty job of cleaning up breasts after that thing literally tore them to shreds. Be prepared as well to lose a digit if you are not paying 100% attention as you line a bird up on it and pull it through. Also be prepared to go have your rectum put back in place after trying to pull a large goose through the thing. The serrated edges for sawing the wings off after are absolutely flat out dangerous. If the oneI used wasn't purchased by someone else in our group I would send it to you. I can do a much better job of breasting with a sharp fillet knife thank you very much. No I may not have a wing attached after for transportation but then I bring my birds home to clean at the conclusion of a morning's hunt so the whole bird is intact until I am home. If I were going out od town I would simply skin the birds and cut the breast out with a wing attached.

P.S If the bird has a broken wing you are screwed, you can't pull it through the cutter. You need both wings solidly attached as you have to apply a lot of force to cut through the bird! I did about 50 geese one morning with the one my buddy picked up and it took us twice as long as fileting and 5 times the mess!!
 
IH8ATTN said:
yea I am shocked how much people waste off a geese. The legs and other parts are good meat too....to each their own I guess..I prefer to use every bit possible.
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Dont forget the thighs too...
It doesnt take much effort to separate that meet from the back, a sharp knife or a good set of kitchen sheers and find the joints and your in business.
Enjoy,
Rob
 
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