Coots
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12/18/20 09:39 PM
12/18/20 09:39 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 535 MI
Supergoose
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Anybody ever see large rafts of coots anymore. Haven’t seen any in several years here in W Michigan.....the occasional 3-6 but not the huge 100 plus rafts anymore.
A goose may honk....but he won't wave
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Re: Coots
[Re: Supergoose]
#7096020
12/18/20 09:42 PM
12/18/20 09:42 PM
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Posts: 34,872 Central, SD
Law Dog
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They hung around here longer then normal this year maybe 30-40 birds sometimes more.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Coots
[Re: Supergoose]
#7096078
12/18/20 10:30 PM
12/18/20 10:30 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
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ol' dad
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I'm convinced they only migrate under the cover of darkness...
ol'dad
"I season my food with hunger"
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Re: Coots
[Re: Law Dog]
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12/18/20 10:37 PM
12/18/20 10:37 PM
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KeithC
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They hung around here longer then normal this year maybe 30-40 birds sometimes more. I haven't seen 30 coots in my entire life. They're just not common around here. Canadian geese, mallards and wood ducks are very common here. Keith
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Re: Coots
[Re: Supergoose]
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12/18/20 10:38 PM
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ol' dad
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Use to hunt Bayou Gauche in south LA with some local coonasses.... They call coots "pouldeau" and weren't afraid to display them proudly. There's be a few times I've scooped coot feet out of their gumbo.
ol'dad
"I season my food with hunger"
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Re: Coots
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#7096091
12/18/20 10:39 PM
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MJM
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I'm convinced they only migrate under the cover of darkness... ol'dad That is 100% Here in the fall they raft up, 100's in places. Then one morning they are all gone.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: Coots
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#7096151
12/18/20 11:23 PM
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Mac McAtee
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My Great Grandfathers recipe for coot goes like this:
Put 2 gallons of water in a pot. Clean coot and put it in the pot. Put a brick in the pot with the coot. Salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, put lid on pot and turn the heat down to a very slow boil. Leave on stove for at least 8 hours. When you think it's ready, throw the coot away and eat the brick.
NCTA, FTA, FBU,NTA
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Re: Coots
[Re: ol' dad]
#7096164
12/18/20 11:36 PM
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Posts: 2,116 Washington
cat daddy
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Use to hunt Bayou Gauche in south LA with some local coonasses.... They call coots "pouldeau" and weren't afraid to display them proudly. There's be a few times I've scooped coot feet out of their gumbo.
ol'dad My uncles were born and raised in East New Orleans. They not only ate puldeau, they also ate griebs which they dogre’s.
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Re: Coots
[Re: Supergoose]
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12/19/20 12:13 AM
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J.Morse
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Coots are extremely common here at the right time of the year. They gob up in the marshes in the fall and, like stated above, all at once they all lift off during the night------and head south. I have never seen a flock of coot flying south in a "v" formation.....I visualize the plump son-of-a-guns bouncing south about 4 feet off the ground, feet dangling or paddling like mad to keep them off the deck. I admit to whacking the odd coot every now and again. Heck, once I even shot a daily 15 bird limit of airborne coots on purpose! Unfortunately they are not in the same family as grouse when it comes to eating, so I only did the daily bag limit thing once. Barf. If they did taste like a Pat, I would water swat them by the bushel basket full every fall!
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Re: Coots
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#7096223
12/19/20 12:38 AM
12/19/20 12:38 AM
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Wild_Idaho
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Hundreds sometimes thousands off the bridge where I drive to work everyday, from about October to February, unless the lake freezes.
Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.
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