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Top 3 Favorite Ducks #8247683
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Listing your top 3 favorite ducks (in order). It can be based off of taste, beauty, etc

1) Wood Duck drake
2) Greenwing Teal drake
3) Mallard drake

Honorable mentions:
Bufflehead drake and Canvasback drake

Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247690
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Wood duck
Mallard
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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247692
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mallard
teal
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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247750
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Black ducks, black ducks, black ducks, anything else is childs play,,,,,, grin

Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247766
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Can - 1
Blue Bill - 2
Any puddler - 3

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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247768
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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247769
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Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247808
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This is a tough question. Black, Canvasback, and ___(almost any other duck here)___

Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247810
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Thats a tough one.

I know for sure I really love the first 3 I shoot!

Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247815
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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247838
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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247856
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For the table...

Corn fed mallard
Rice fed pintail
Green wing teal

For a mount or to see in the marsh

Hooded merganser
Drake woodie
Harlequin.....and I've seen lots in western Canada.

Pete

Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: Rat Masterson] #8247858
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Originally Posted by Rat Masterson
Huey, Dewey, and Louie


Classic choice!


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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247860
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To eat:

Gadwall
Pintail
Wood duck


Looks:

Harlequin (closed season here)
Mr. Hollywood! (Shoveler)
Wood duck


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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247865
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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: 330-Trapper] #8247914
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Delaware Rob....

Just curious about the Gadwall on your list. On the Pacific and Rocky mountain flyway they have a big gamey taste.....even after they eat rice for a month. I've eaten lots of them but never one that was a good table duck.

Maybe where you are it is different.

Pete

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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: swift4me] #8247918
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Originally Posted by swift4me
For the table...
Corn fed mallard


I feed them corn at my job. Hope you find one of them your way , nice and fat.

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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247928
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To eat: Mallard
Black Duck
Wood Duck

To look at: Drake Canvasback
Drake Pintail
Drake Wood Duck

Love them all!!!


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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: swift4me] #8247929
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Originally Posted by swift4me
Delaware Rob....

Just curious about the Gadwall on your list. On the Pacific and Rocky mountain flyway they have a big gamey taste.....even after they eat rice for a month. I've eaten lots of them but never one that was a good table duck.

Maybe where you are it is different.

Pete

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I think they taste nasty!!


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Re: Top 3 Favorite Ducks [Re: conibearguy] #8247946
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Originally Posted by conibearguy
Listing your top 3 favorite ducks (in order). It can be based off of taste, beauty, etc

1) Wood Duck drake
2) Greenwing Teal drake
3) Mallard drake

Honorable mentions:
Bufflehead drake and Canvasback drake


Oh, C'mon . . . Seriously?!?!?!? You left out pintails!!! Dang, how does a greenwing beat our a pintail, or a widgeon even? #disappointed

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