I immediately pluck turkeys starting at the extremities because the feathers pull best when the bird is still warm and the extremities,(wings and legs) cool the fastest. When I get them plucked then I put them in the kitchen sink and clean them. Gut from the back end and remove the gullet from the neck end then rinse out the body cavity with cold water to clean and cool the carcass. Same basic procedure as with any bird that you want to cook whole.

The feathers have many obvious uses. The down is really good for any of the usual things that are stuffed with goose down. Fat can be used for cooking, oiling things that need it, like wood surfaces, leather items, or for fat lamps.
Wing and leg bones are hollow and very light. They can be used for whistles, beads, or for drinking tubes. A drinking tube can be very handy for drinking straight out of a small puddle or a small spring without stirring up sediment.

I would not feel bad about harvesting eggs, especially in urban areas. Up here in BC most municipalities are trying like hell to figure out how to reduce or at least control the goose population without offending tourists, yuppies and animal rights people. Not that these folks don’t want to get rid of the geese, they just don’t want to have to watch it being done. I’m pretty sure they are nesting right now it may even be too late in some areas. The eggs may be hatched.

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When baby geese, or goslings, hatch their eyes are open, their bodies covered with down, and they have the ability to walk.
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Baby geese, or goslings, hatch with open eyes, their bodies covered in down, and they have the ability to walk.
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Due to their aggressive nature of choosing fight over flight, one may get close enough in proximity (if the geese are on land) to use a simple lance, throwing stick or club.
Revision:
Due to their aggressive nature of choosing fight over flight, one may get close enough in proximity to a goose on land to use a simple lance, throwing stick or club.
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Humans need a certain amount of fat in their diets to get the amino acids that are found there.
Revision:
In order to get enough amino acids, humans need a certain amount of fat in their diets.
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Geese seem to be the best source for low-toxin fats in an urban environment.
Revision:
Geese provide the best source for low-toxin fats in an urban environment.
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Geese have long been mythologized. In the past they have been recognized for their fidelity towards family;
Revision: (already provided by sonnymoonie)
Geese have long figured in mythology. In the past they have earned recognition for their fidelity towards family;

forms not found: am, is, was, were, being

forms found: are, be, been

“are”:

>When baby geese, or goslings, hatch their eyes are open, their bodies covered with down, and they have the ability to walk.

You’ve connected a noun to an adjective using “are.” You didn’t make “are” the only verb in the sentence. In overall effect you haven’t strayed far from E-prime.

>Due to their aggressive nature of choosing fight over flight, one may get close enough in proximity (if the geese are on land) to use a simple lance, throwing stick or club.

You’ve connected a noun to a prepositional phrase using “are.” Still not far from E-prime.

>Humans need a certain amount of fat in their diets to get the amino acids that are found there.

You’ve connected a noun to a past participle verb phrase using “that are,” superfluously. Still not far from E-prime. When a passive voice construction without a be-verb comes naturally, it probably doesn’t deserve rewriting to specify a subject.

“be”:

>Geese seem to be the best source for low-toxin fats in an urban environment.

You’ve gone to the worst extreme of B-English, not simply connecting a noun with a noun phrase, but equating a living thing with a use for it by humans. Your insertion of “seem” here simply takes the sentence further from the ideals of clarity and strong verbs associated with E-prime. Who does the seeming? The geese? Geese seem to themselves to constitute essentially a source of fats? For humans? (Of course I can understand and accept the sentence as very well put, so long as I’m not judging it in terms of E-prime.)

“been”:

>Geese have long been mythologized. In the past they have been recognized for their fidelity towards family; …

Here by using the passive voice construction, repeatedly, you avoid specifying a subject. If you want to maintain the effect of avoiding mention of the implied subject, humans, when speaking of geese as people, you can do that within the limits of E-prime. For example, I would rewrite it as “Geese have long figured in mythology. In the past they have earned recognition for their fidelity towards family; …” That makes a good example of how E-prime forces a higher vocabulary count, just to say the same thing. Using a higher vocabulary count may improve your writing or make it stilted or diffuse, depending on how well you choose different words.

This gives me an idea. I have logged a lot of time playing MMORPGs over the last few years. Often a tactic used in playing called “pulling” is used. Pulling is the art of trying to get a lone enemy to chase after you to where you can get him alone and beat him up without all his friends to back him up. Pulling is possible because of “aggro” (short for aggravation) — the game mechanic where by the enemy decides to target you and engage in combat.

It seems to me that geese have a lot of aggro, and I’m wondering if you can use that to your advantage in trying to hunt them. Since their aggressive nature will cause them to chase you, you could perhaps get one away from the rest of their flock (so as not to startle the other birds to flight) to where you can “engage” it in “combat”–either by striking it with a missile of some sort (be it atlatl dart, arrow, spear or sling-shot rock) or hitting it with your rabbitstick to break its neck. There’s also the way my grandmother used to kill chickens: wringing their necks. Although, I imagine a 15 pound bird would be hard to sling. But hopefully, by drawing ones aggro, you can get within striking distance.

The mental image I have is of the Urban Scout in a city park by a pond, in his loin cloth and mud camo, being chased by an angry gander who is madly trying to “goose” Scout on the back of the knee. Scout swiftly turns about to face the bird and with one fierce and swift swing of his stick, the gander is a goner. With one more fluid motion, Scout has scooped up the corpse, stuffed it in a bag. He then dives into the underbrush, invisible to the unsuspecting park visitors.

Geese. Who would’ve thought? Long live the Geese Family! Ahonk-hink!