Sandhill Cranes

[Grain]

 

[DGY]

We have them up here and they are Legal to hunt up here too. But we don’t have fields where they hang out, so I wouldn’t know how or where to go at it. Same for most ducks and geese, not many fields up here so a different way to hunt them would be needed for sure.
I feel that “duck” hunting is something you grew up with and learn from others and not something you learn yourself ?!?!

 

[woodlotowner]

We have a very good population of sandhill cranes in northern part of Ontario, but no season. The federal agency responsible for this is now considering creating an open season, possibly as early as this fall, in the Hudson/James Bay Lowlands, and the Algoma, Manitoulin, and Temiskaming districts in agricultural fields. They are becoming a problem for some farmers in terms of their numbers and damage to crops. I see large groups of them in the fields along the North Shore of Lake Huron in the Algoma district in my travels. They do look tasty...

 

[fingers284]

Boil the bird with a rock, then throw the bird away and eat the rock.

 

[mcpiper]

Boil the bird with a rock, then throw the bird away and eat the rock.

Has anyone here ever ate one? When I lived in Northern Ontario people called them "Ribeye of the Sky".

 

[mojoman]

Has anyone here ever ate one? When I lived in Northern Ontario people called them "Ribeye of the Sky".

Here's your answer

 

[iron cat]

Has anyone here ever ate one? When I lived in Northern Ontario people called them "Ribeye of the Sky".

I have a friend who shot some last years, and cooked them ala Meateater's instructions- he said the breasts were great as long as they weren't overcooked.
Cat

 

[Longwalker]

I shoot some cranes most years. They do taste OK, and are great in a stir fry. But beware of over cooking! The meat makes a pretty good leather substitute if over cooked. The worst thing you can do with crane is roast one. Great breast meat when sliced thin, with a light marinade, and cooked quick and hot and not too much, on a BBQ.

 

[jbmauser]

When I was a teenager we shot a few and my friends mom made jerky out of them. It was not good.

 

[homer76]

We can't hunt them in BC but if I could I would sous vide the breasts to medium rare and sear them

 

[DGY]

I have a friend who shot some last years, and cooked them ala Meateater's instructions- he said the breasts were great as long as they weren't overcooked.
Cat

I think this is the key element here is lots of people like there meat cooked all the way through. I’m more of a rare to medium rare but never more type of guy.

 

[DGY]

Boil the bird with a rock, then throw the bird away and eat the rock.

That is the recipe for merganser

 

[Titan 08]

Has anyone here ever ate one? When I lived in Northern Ontario people called them "Ribeye of the Sky".

I have and it was excellent. The breasts make great burgers when ground and my wife does it in a Tagine, also great.

 

[FLHTCUI]

I have a friend who shot some last years, and cooked them ala Meateater's instructions- he said the breasts were great as long as they weren't overcooked.
Cat

As is with cooking any kind of meat....

 

[FLHTCUI]

That is the recipe for merganser

And you know this how
Guys from Skuttel Butt Lodge might have something to say
Rob

 

[iron cat]

As is with cooking any kind of meat....

Anybody who tells me they cook their meat well done gets unfriended right now! LOL
Cat

 

[Waterfowler]

Boil the bird with a rock, then throw the bird away and eat the rock.

No idea what you are talking about eh.....

 

[Waterfowler]

Has anyone here ever ate one? When I lived in Northern Ontario people called them "Ribeye of the Sky".

I've hunted and eaten them several times.

They are very good, maybe not as good as canvasbacks tho, but definitely one of the best fowl to eat.

However, I think most that refer to them as "ribeye of the sky" have likely never eaten them and just parroting what they have heard.

Yes, they are very good, but I'd take a real ribeye over a crane any day

 

[DragonFire]

Love me some Sandhill. Legal to hunt in Manitoba. Good eats. Jerky, burger, stirfry, soups. Cut breast lengthwise into thirds(they are big), pound flat, bread and make schnitzel.
DF

 

[reddog]

Yes have shot them many times in Sask, they are faster than they look and deadly if they are crippled ,try and stab you with their beaks however med rare they are pretty fine .