Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Yellowstone]
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09/26/21 07:22 PM
09/26/21 07:22 PM
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Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 1,781 Wisconsin
Mad Scientist
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Mallards. They are big ducks and good eating. Respond well to calling and decoy well. Agree,with gadwalls second.
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Massac]
#7365115
09/26/21 08:39 PM
09/26/21 08:39 PM
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Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 796 Labrador, Canada
crosspatch
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I like the way gadwalls are fairly easy to convince to decoy.
I like how erratic shovelors can be rocking all over the place at high speeds.
I also really like watching watching a big wad of ringnecks buzz around every which way like a swarm of angry hornets. They'll usually land on the fringes of the decoys for a few minutes and get up and do it again over and over all morning long if there's enough of them.
I think all duck is good to eat and can't hardly taste much of a difference between species. I believe any "sportsman" who thinks certain species are "trash ducks" and not worth eating, mergansers aside, are severely misguided. Wherever people eat whales and seals and sea birds (murres, gulls, shearwaters etc,) mergansers are good birds. It's an acquired taste that you usually got to grow up to. Icelanders, Greenlanders, Inuit (Eshimos), northern coastal peoples in general understand.
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: Massac]
#7365131
09/26/21 08:52 PM
09/26/21 08:52 PM
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,736 Sumner, Mo.
claycreech
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I like the way gadwalls are fairly easy to convince to decoy.
I like how erratic shovelors can be rocking all over the place at high speeds.
I also really like watching watching a big wad of ringnecks buzz around every which way like a swarm of angry hornets. They'll usually land on the fringes of the decoys for a few minutes and get up and do it again over and over all morning long if there's enough of them.
I think all duck is good to eat and can't hardly taste much of a difference between species. I believe any "sportsman" who thinks certain species are "trash ducks" and not worth eating, mergansers aside, are severely misguided. I agree 100%. Shovelers, ringnecks, scaup. They all go in the pot. Some species are better than others baked, but in gumbo, on the grill, in stir fry I can’t tell one from another. (Not counting mergansers)
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: RustyShacklefrd]
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09/26/21 09:19 PM
09/26/21 09:19 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 7,186 Wisconsin
Moosetrot
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I gotta say Canvasback on a cold November day with the wind out of the Northwest spitting snow. Hot thermos of good, strong, black coffee and a couple ham sandwiches and homemade cookies in the pack.
We get a lot of them on the Mississippi and they are fantastic on the table.
Beside Canvasbacks I will never pass on Mallards, Gadwalls, Widgeon, Ringnecks, Bluebills, Blackducks, Shoveler and any other legal duck to fly across my decoys. They are all good on the table when taken care of an cooked properly.
Moosetrot
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Re: Duck hunters
[Re: RustyShacklefrd]
#7365168
09/26/21 09:33 PM
09/26/21 09:33 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,276 Lakeland,Minnesota
Bogmaster
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While I enjoy all waterfowl attracted to my decoys,I get as much enjoyment laying out my spread. When I am able,I set divers,puddlers and goose decoys. I love looking at my spreads,and more than once ,I haven't even bothered to shoot the ducks or geese that have been drawn in and landed--watching them and how they react is a learning experience. I have had eagles grab a decoy and try to fly off with them. I remember one time,I watched as another hunter pulled off the road and got into the ditch,he crawled about 200 yards and was all set to jump up and open up on my decoys--it was then that I yelled that they were decoys.He was so embarrased,he crawled back the entire 200 yards in the ditch,rather than get back on the road near me. I sure do love decoys and waterfowl hunting. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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