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best eating ducks
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01/06/17 06:54 PM
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Hey THF duck masters, in order what are the 3 or 4 best tasting ducks?
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 07:02 PM
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Wood duck Teal Mallard,widgeon,gadwall (all about the same mallard just bigger) really I cant tell the difference from these three and spoonies also
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 07:02 PM
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Teal may get somes pick over wooduck because they are easier to clean
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 07:05 PM
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I thought Canvasbacks were generally regarded as the best tasting duck?
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 07:13 PM
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 07:40 PM
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I thought Canvasbacks were generally regarded as the best tasting duck? I eat them all other than merganser I chop them up and feed them to the cats but hardly shoot them... cans taste like ringers to me but really don't mind eating any of them just on how you cook them
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 08:19 PM
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I had skin-on gadwall breast after shooting one opening weekend for the first time. It was delicious.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 09:02 PM
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teal and wood top of my list- Cans and Reds not bad for divers- rest puddlers about the same- we will pass on ringers unless EXCEPTIONALLY slow
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01/06/17 11:06 PM
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i marinade them for 3 days so they are all good to me. I prefer not to shoot ringers because they are harder to clean.
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 11:19 PM
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/06/17 11:25 PM
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Although teal are small, I find them the best tasting.
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01/07/17 02:40 AM
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HCHunter28
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Coots, Water turkeys, Whooping Crane
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Re: best eating ducks
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#6620457
01/07/17 02:48 AM
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Teal Canvasback/Redhead Gadwall
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01/07/17 03:33 AM
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Charlie817
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Teal Canvasback/Redhead Gadwall
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/07/17 03:13 PM
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Coots, Water turkeys, Whooping Crane
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/07/17 03:14 PM
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Coots, Water turkeys, Whooping Crane
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/07/17 03:43 PM
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All of these are great eating
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/07/17 04:05 PM
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Wood duck Teal Mallard Pintail
Sandhills crane moves to number 1 if that counts
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/07/17 08:16 PM
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Coots, Water turkeys, Whooping Crane Lol, don't forget grebes, kingfishers, sandpiper and of course white beaked black duck with funny feet ...
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/08/17 12:37 AM
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Although teal are small, I find them the best tasting. Are you serious.//COOT..where do you get them..
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/08/17 02:40 AM
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Shoot I just had some fresh Pintail shot Friday tonight . Whew boys it was tasty
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/08/17 02:47 AM
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1) Teal 2) Wood duck 3) Gadwal & Mallard...tie for 3rd
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/08/17 01:58 PM
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Canvasback and ruddy duck were considered prime back in the market hunting days. I'd have to go with teal though.
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/08/17 02:33 PM
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Best three ducks I've eaten #1 Canvasback #2 Pintail #3 Teal I've cooked and ate it all different ways and by far the best is plucked and roasted with a red currant sauce...recipe from honest-food.net Pintail from last season
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/08/17 08:07 PM
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Teal are my favorite
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/09/17 12:58 AM
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Canvasback roasted rare GWT Mallard
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Re: best eating ducks
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#6622956
01/09/17 01:06 AM
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I love fried hominy. Good stuff.
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/09/17 04:50 PM
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1. Ruddy Duck
Very distant 2,3, and 4th would be:
2. Teal 3. Wood Duck 4. Everything else
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/10/17 04:20 AM
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/10/17 04:42 PM
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1. Black Bellied Tree Duck 2. Wood Duck 3. Green Wing Teal
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/10/17 07:33 PM
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"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/11/17 03:09 PM
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/11/17 06:02 PM
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I like Teal and Woodies best but any "Puddler" is okay by me. The main issue for any duck when it comes to taste is what have they been eating. Even Divers are tasty if they have been feasting on Rice or other grains. But you have to actually shoot Divers to discover that sort of thing and I let them pass. LOL
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/11/17 07:07 PM
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wood duck teal mallard pintail
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Re: best eating ducks
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01/13/17 02:59 PM
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Wood duck with his feet sticking out of my memows dressing. Hands down
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01/14/17 04:36 PM
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Best eating duck is the one sitting on my plate.
The secret to tasty duck is aging the bird before cleaning. A week or two in the fridge before breasting works wonders.
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01/14/17 04:39 PM
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Food porn. That last pic made me slobber like my bloodhound.
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/15/17 04:00 PM
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Best three ducks I've eaten
#1 Canvasback #2 Pintail #3 Teal
I've cooked and ate it all different ways and by far the best is plucked and roasted with a red currant sauce...recipe from honest-food.net
Thanks for linking that site. There's some good stuff there.
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/15/17 08:27 PM
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We ate canvas backs, pintails, malards, mergansers, and I think widgeons... they all were about the same to me. We later tried coots and found them to also be about the same.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/15/17 08:46 PM
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We ate canvas backs, pintails, malards, mergansers, and I think widgeons... they all were about the same to me. We later tried coots and found them to also be about the same. You need to try woodies and teal. My list would be woodies, teal, most others except merganzer and coots. Those go in chili or gumbo.
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/16/17 12:27 AM
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I like mallards. I make a whole boneless duck out of them and use the bones to make my stock.
I'd take any of them in duck and sausage gumbo.
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/16/17 12:38 AM
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Coots, Water turkeys, Whooping Crane
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/16/17 12:39 AM
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just fn, wood duck then mallard
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Re: best eating ducks
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03/16/17 03:03 PM
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TEAL and Wood Ducks are my fav. Mallards, Widgeons, Pins are next....all about the same. Any duck you cook do it MED RARE! Or, just eat your boot.
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