best eating ducks

Hey THF duck masters, in order what are the 3 or 4 best tasting ducks?

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

Teal may get somes pick over wooduck because they are easier to clean

I thought Canvasbacks were generally regarded as the best tasting duck?

Med rare
Med rare
Med rare

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

I had skin-on gadwall breast after shooting one opening weekend for the first time. It was delicious.

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

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.

King mallard!

Although teal are small, I find them the best tasting.

Coots, Water turkeys, Whooping Crane

Teal
Canvasback/Redhead
Gadwall

All of these are great eating

Wood duck
Teal
Mallard
Pintail

Sandhills crane moves to number 1 if that counts

Lol, don't forget grebes, kingfishers, sandpiper and of course white beaked black duck with funny feet ...

Are you serious.//COOT..where do you get them..

Shoot I just had some fresh Pintail shot Friday tonight . Whew boys it was tasty

1) Teal
2) Wood duck
3) Gadwal & Mallard...tie for 3rd

Canvasback and ruddy duck were considered prime back in the market hunting days. I'd have to go with teal though.

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

Teal are my favorite

Canvasback roasted rare
GWT
Mallard

I love fried hominy. Good stuff.

1. Ruddy Duck

Very distant 2,3, and 4th would be:

2. Teal
3. Wood Duck
4. Everything else

Spoony

1. Black Bellied Tree Duck
2. Wood Duck
3. Green Wing Teal

Teal,female Mallard

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

wood duck
teal
mallard
pintail

Wood duck with his feet sticking out of my memows dressing. Hands down

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.

Food porn.

That last pic made me slobber like my bloodhound.

Thanks for linking that site. There's some good stuff there.

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.

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.

just fn, wood duck then mallard

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.