Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Jasper69]
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09/12/20 01:59 PM
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J.Morse
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^^^^ wow, didn't know that. However, a good mallard is a lot better than a pheasant if cooked correctly. I lived on them in college. Put one in the oven, set the timer, and come home from class to a nice hot meal. I've been hunting both waterfowl and pheasants for over 50 years. I love pheasant meat. I think most waterfowl are just ok, or occasionally great...........PLEASE give me the recipe that makes duck better than pheasnt!!!!!
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Tray]
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09/12/20 11:52 PM
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Willy Firewood
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Beautiful photos! I would love to hunt your neighborhood at least once.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Tray]
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09/13/20 02:41 AM
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Ringneck1
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Watching winter plumed mallards circle the decoys against a sunny November sky is one of life's most satisfying moments. As is watching a flock of Canada geese from an underground pit shift from "we're not sure" to "yea lets land". Sometimes almost regretted shooting them. But I believe if ducks tasted like pheasants or quail, they would be extinct by now since its so much fun to hunt them. Cooked them nearly every way and the result is at best marginal table fare. I remember shooting 4 green wing teal one time and trying to impress my future wife, I picked them, washed them, soaked them in salt water, stuffed them with apple chunks and oranges, and roasted them. Honestly they looked fantastic as the skin turned golden brown. Until an odd smell started leaking from the oven. Odd soon graduated to awful as the ducks finished . still the visual looked so good we tried, but they were completely inedible. I still try one new recipe a year, but have yet to find a good one.
Canada geese are better but not great. One winter I largely lived on bbq goose sandwiches. A bit chewy but decent. Duck cooked in that manner was awful. Goose jerkey with lots of garlic and cracked pepper is great. All of mine are made into Jerky now.
Pheasant on the other hand is wonderful meat. Once you figure out to remove all the tendons, ligaments and shot up areas, that is. I dipped mine in egg wash,\milk, powdered saltines and slow.fry, basically temp is the key, get them golden brown then lower the heat to where they steam. Don't overcook them or they can get chewy. I once served this for Christmas dinner. Electric stoves don't really do them justice cause it takes too long to reduce the heat. Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread.
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Ringneck1]
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09/13/20 08:20 AM
09/13/20 08:20 AM
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Watching winter plumed mallards circle the decoys against a sunny November sky is one of life's most satisfying moments. As is watching a flock of Canada geese from an underground pit shift from "we're not sure" to "yea lets land". Sometimes almost regretted shooting them. But I believe if ducks tasted like pheasants or quail, they would be extinct by now since its so much fun to hunt them. Cooked them nearly every way and the result is at best marginal table fare. I remember shooting 4 green wing teal one time and trying to impress my future wife, I picked them, washed them, soaked them in salt water, stuffed them with apple chunks and oranges, and roasted them. Honestly they looked fantastic as the skin turned golden brown. Until an odd smell started leaking from the oven. Odd soon graduated to awful as the ducks finished . still the visual looked so good we tried, but they were completely inedible. I still try one new recipe a year, but have yet to find a good one.
Canada geese are better but not great. One winter I largely lived on bbq goose sandwiches. A bit chewy but decent. Duck cooked in that manner was awful. Goose jerkey with lots of garlic and cracked pepper is great. All of mine are made into Jerky now.
Pheasant on the other hand is wonderful meat. Once you figure out to remove all the tendons, ligaments and shot up areas, that is. I dipped mine in egg wash,\milk, powdered saltines and slow.fry, basically temp is the key, get them golden brown then lower the heat to where they steam. Don't overcook them or they can get chewy. I once served this for Christmas dinner. Electric stoves don't really do them justice cause it takes too long to reduce the heat. Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread. Absolutely something special about late season, full plumage mallards that gets the heart pumping. Probably some of my most memorable hunts are field hunting mallards in a driving snowstorm while being so cold I could barely pull the trigger. Those are usually the last hunts of the season. Another is mallards in flooded corn. I’ve hunted long enough that it’s no longer about killing but the experience, I love to target certain ducks at certain times, shooting a limit of drake gadwall, or drake green-wings can be just as enjoyable as a limit of mallards to me. Here’s a few more pics.
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Tray]
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09/13/20 02:10 PM
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Willy Firewood
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We used to hunt big water in layout boats on Lake Erie. One year on December 21 we had the best waterfowl show of our lives. Hunted from daylight to dark.
I have hunted cornfields for geese and ducks. I have an enclosed trailer loaded with decoys and blinds. It is for sale.
Also Inland lakes and swamps. Still have blinds and decoys.
Even boat blinds too. Still have a fantastic boat with a blind and the big water decoy spread.
The best involved my black labs. After living with labs and training them for 35 years I no longer have a lab.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: stinkypete]
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09/13/20 04:18 PM
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I was a little younger then The other fellow is Dick Doll from MN. Great picture, one thing I wish is I would have spent more time taking pictures when I was younger and my kids were along. It’s fun to go back and look at the old pics I do have with them and reminisce.
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Tray]
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09/13/20 05:32 PM
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Leftlane
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Yeah if your even half as handy with a scatter gun as you are with that camera the ducks will have to change their migration patterns!
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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