In the Field with Jeff Kurrus – Photos from the South
As promised, take a look at a few gopro images from my trip back south to TN.
The first is on a hawk perch with a breasted snow goose as bait.
Following this set of images, dad and I staked another breasted snow to the ground and captured several images the following night including the following:
It’s been a perfect scenario to do more research with these cameras. What I have found out so far is both encouraging and disturbing. First, battery life is not as impressive as I think it should be. We’ve had moderately warm weather and we’re having to recharge batteries every day. Second, syncing up to the remote system has about an 80% success rate when it should be 100%. Not a major problem until you’re trying to find out if the latest predator on your bait pile is a house cat or a bobcat but you can’t shoot a photo to determine for sure. Lastly, the camera freezes at times if the unit is left on but a shot is not taken for several minutes. I’ve taken the battery out of the Hero 3 more times than I can count.
The upside is portability, photo quality, and underwater capabilities. In less than two weeks I have shot arrows at the camera, attached it to a dog, and shot close-up raccoon images. Plus, I’ll be shooting video tomorrow night of more animals near my parents’ home.
And I can’t wait for springtime fishing. We also experimented underwater the other day and while I’m not in love with the image below, it does show cool possibilities.
All for now. If I come across anything else worth showing over the next few days, I’ll definitely share.
Stay warm up there.
JK
Good photos as always.
Sorry to see the geese killed just for the breast meat. I was brought up to respect the animals I hunted by making use of the meat, feathers, hide, whatever. I am, however, glad to see the snow goose population decreased by your effort. Too bad there is virtually no public access to hunt geese in NE. If there were, I’d be out there with you.
I know it is a common practice but to just take the breast from a goose and leave the legs and thighs attached seems to fit the wanton waste statute under our game laws. In this case the “breasted” snow geese were put to some beneficial use but in general, and in my humble opinion, the routine “breasting” of geese with the legs, thighs, etc. all going in the trash is a practice that should be discouraged not encouraged.
Guys,
That is awesome to hear that you use the entire birds! Question: how do you cook the legs and thighs? I need a recipe!
We always bake our birds whole, but I am sure the thighs and legs could be baked without a problem. Place the meat in a covered baking dish with a bit of water, a diced white onion, paprika, black pepper and minced garlic. You can add other spices to taste. Bake at 320 degrees until the meat falls off the bone, about 2 1/2 hours. Add water as needed during the cooking process. An added use for dark geese is to debone the meat and run it thru a grinder. Add mayo, spice to taste and you have a great sandwich spread. We bake coarse Irish breads for our goose sandwiches.
FYI: This recipe works well for raccoon as well. You will want to put the animal on a raised rack to allow the fat to drain. Leave the onion whole and place in the chest cavity to absorb the gamey flavor. The result is akin to the best beef pot roast you’ve ever had.
This sounds wonderful. I’m going to try this recipe this week. Thanks!
Man, you are doing some neat stuff with that GoPro, Kurrus!
Thanks Justin. Dad and I had a blast learning more about these cameras. It became some of those father and son moments of staring out the window waiting for something to happen. Fun stuff for both of us. We also shot a lot of video and it was cool to watch the raccoons (and a cat!) feed.