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I.D this duck
12/28/2009 8:52:56 PM
I'm thinking it is a Hooded Marganser.....
12/28/2009 8:58:00 PM
Correct that is a drake hooded merganser.
12/28/2009 9:00:40 PM
Thanks... Know any good recipes?
12/28/2009 9:18:34 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Thanks... Know any good recipes?
Thanks... Know any good recipes?
There no good recipes for any Merganser. Worst tasting "duck" ever...
12/28/2009 9:39:59 PM
But they look cool as hell I shot a Drake and Hen last week,
12/28/2009 10:21:49 PM
Originally Posted By freeflow:
But they look cool as hell I shot a Drake and Hen last week,
But they look cool as hell I shot a Drake and Hen last week,
Indeed, they are a cool looking bird, but usually new duck hunters change their minds about eating Mergansers once they get them open.
12/28/2009 10:25:09 PM
Why is that Dale?
12/28/2009 11:40:33 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Why is that Dale?
Why is that Dale?
They are fisheaters and not fit for table fare.
12/28/2009 11:43:11 PM
That's what I thought, thanks.
12/28/2009 11:52:39 PM
Ducks are classified in two ways:
Puddle ducks
Diving ducks
Puddle ducks are typically grain eaters while diving ducks typically eat fish. An exception to this is the shoveler. While usually a fisheater, they transition to grain eaters during the migration, and are fine to eat.
Puddle ducks
Diving ducks
Puddle ducks are typically grain eaters while diving ducks typically eat fish. An exception to this is the shoveler. While usually a fisheater, they transition to grain eaters during the migration, and are fine to eat.
12/28/2009 11:59:00 PM
You could eat it but you will probably wish you didn't.
12/29/2009 12:33:10 AM
For a bottome feeder:
place the cleaned duck on a 1"x4"x6" pine
cook at 350d for 20 minutes
throw away the duck and eat the board
place the cleaned duck on a 1"x4"x6" pine
cook at 350d for 20 minutes
throw away the duck and eat the board
12/29/2009 11:25:21 AM
Originally Posted By OFFSHORE:
You could eat it but you will probably wish you didn't.
You could eat it but you will probably wish you didn't.
Offshore,
Is your avatar Blackbeard's flag?
12/29/2009 11:56:20 AM
My dog won't even eat them.
12/29/2009 5:42:22 PM
Originally Posted By PanicBuyer:
My dog won't even eat them.
My dog won't even eat them.
First one I cooked, my dog loved it!
12/30/2009 11:12:14 AM
If you shoot ANY duck with a pointed beak do the coyotes and your stomache a favor and throw the damn thing in the woods...... or don't shoot it to begin with.
Of course a drake hoody looks real cool on a piece of drift wood on your wall.
- Dave
Of course a drake hoody looks real cool on a piece of drift wood on your wall.
- Dave
12/31/2009 9:57:24 PM
Hooded Mergansers pluck very easy and clean. Picture perfect. If i were stuck in the woods and needed food to survive, i'd use it for bait and try to catch a buzzard.
12/31/2009 10:48:59 PM
Originally Posted By paul_the_welder:
First one I cooked, my dog loved it!
Originally Posted By PanicBuyer:
My dog won't even eat them.
My dog won't even eat them.
First one I cooked, my dog loved it!
I give to the dog. You can ID a fish eater by the serrations on the beak, dead give-away.
1/25/2010 8:42:00 PM
In NYS the "waterfowler guide" issued every year says they are not fit for consumption.
They are Fish eaters and high mercury content I think.
I shot a Hen a few years back. Ugly as hell. The Drakes look cool though,
They are Fish eaters and high mercury content I think.
I shot a Hen a few years back. Ugly as hell. The Drakes look cool though,
2/5/2010 7:55:02 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
I'm thinking it is a Hooded Marganser.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/roper1488/IMG_1357.jpg
I'm thinking it is a Hooded Marganser.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/roper1488/IMG_1357.jpg
If you ever want to get rid some of the org / brn flank feathers, let me know. I'd be willing to trade some P Mags or some Q3131 or Q3269 in exchange. I tie flies and covet H M flank feathers.
2/5/2010 8:14:56 PM
Originally Posted By Popo:
Ducks are classified in two ways:
Puddle ducks
Diving ducks
Puddle ducks are typically grain eaters while diving ducks typically eat fish. An exception to this is the shoveler. While usually a fisheater, they transition to grain eaters during the migration, and are fine to eat.
Ducks are classified in two ways:
Puddle ducks
Diving ducks
Puddle ducks are typically grain eaters while diving ducks typically eat fish. An exception to this is the shoveler. While usually a fisheater, they transition to grain eaters during the migration, and are fine to eat.
Actually, 3 kinds:
Puddle ducks
Diving ducks, and
Sea ducks (Eiders, Scoters & Old Squaw). The Old Squaw is the deepest diving bird in the world, I think...down to 200 feet!
