I believe banding definitely has more pros than cons. As much as I love putting new bands on my lanyard, species that get over banded get over targeted. On long island where I hunt for example, the Brant are heavily banded for research purposes obviously, but are also targeted heavily because of...
Legs and thighs in the crock pot is great. I cook em low and slow in chicken stock with a little soy and W sauce. Take them out pull the meat off add some bbq sauce and make pulled turkey or add mayonnaise and celery to make a turkey salad. Absolutely delicious!
Last day for me to hunt, our Canada goose season ends tomorrow. Hunted yesterday as well and shot my first neck collar goose, truly a bird of a lifetime. Today we went out and had a feeling the birds would fly late due to the cold. Did pretty well for a mid morning hunt before work scratching...