Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

I hadn’t seen him in a while till I caught that. Want to try and catch his show when he comes around again.

 

With our group that hunts pheasants in SD if you shoot a hen instead of a rooster your punishment is you have to slam one as fast as you can. Helps keep the newbies from shooting hens, that is for sure.

In the MidWest and other parts of the US it is snow geese and light geese, AKA sky carp. They are causing quite the problem in the Arctic and other places. Friends of mine will fill the bed of a pickup truck with them and ask if I want some. No thanks.

The Giant Canadian Geese was thought to be extinct and someone discovered the last remaining flock here where I live in Mn. back in the 50's IIRC. Now they are everywhere, they started a breeding and recovery program for them. As the name implies they are the largest sub species of geese and people come here from all over to hunt them. You can tell when you shoot a Giant Goose because they hit the ground with a lot louder thud than normal Canadian's.

 

They were captured before they could fly and released here too. They return to nest where they learned to fly, so they say. Now, they are a nuisance.

 

The internet is real mothafucka!

 

Things are good! We’re having a warm and rainy winter this year, but I suppose that just means I use less fuel when I smoke. You up north or down south for a bit?

I have not, but the geese are welcome so long as they don’t bring Clamato with them.

 

I am at the mine, we have been hammered this last month

 

Yikes. And the storms are on their way again, looking at the weather map.

Do any barbecue up there?

 

Ya I know we are in between them now. Now BBQ up here except in the ovens

 

I’m familiar. Most resident geese in the US stem from that, and trap and transfer programs early on, as Curt noted below. We have snow geese all over SE PA right now as well. They are a potential issue at neatby airports, and hit the winter wheat pretty hard when there is no snow cover. Thankfully the wheat generally recovers, depending on when it’s hit, and how hard.

Ha, they no longer do that. They captured them when they molted as well. Now, they are captured and not relocated. If you know what i mean.
I do some work with resident Canada geese.

 

They probably bring Clamato poop with them.

 

recipe??

 

The only person that understands. There is no such thing as a Canadian goose, (they don’t have nationality). It’s a Canada goose, or geese.

 

Got 2 briskets on the smoker right now. Should be ready to pull off around 2 tomorrow and eat at 4. Everyone wants to eat it, but the only ones out here with me waiting on the rain to make it more interesting are the dogs.....and they just want the drippings. Oh well, at leaat im smokin brisket!!!

 

Yeesh...I bet you're fun at parties.

 

The highlight....

 

How is the cook going.

 

No man I’m pretty sure as they fly overhead they go honk honk eh. Honk honk eh hoser.

 

People say that all the time. It used to bother me, but i let it go these days. Worst example, my ornithology professor said it in class.

I have never smoked a goose!

 

Honestly, almost "too good". Usually im trying to slow it down, or push it a little to keep on schedule. But the fire has been cooperating and ive been able to keep it within 25° all night with a 100% hand fed fire. Im pretty excited, but have also learned enough to know when things are going this good, something is about to go at least slightly wrong