Another smart arse comment who doesn't understand English or sarcasm. If u look at my pics, you will rarely see many divers outside of canvasbacks. True sportsman eat what they kill. We pass on shooting bluebills religiously because of table fare- everything outside of teal, woodies and mallards goes to the sausage pile. I will try Larrys recipe for canvasback. Have heard they are as good as any.

Canvasbacks that ate wild celery were the main target of the turn-of-the-century market hunters...

Oh, so you were just trying to be funny?

No, they eat pot.

Makes you talk like that.

Just a little butter to get it going. Skin side first so it renders out some good duck juice. Rare to medium rare of course, but it does take a bit longer than you might think to cook.

i grill ducks regularly the same, and have conducted taste tests with my wife and kids. I'll eat about any waterfowl. their favorite meats are dove, quail, and venison.

My 4 & 6 year old girls eat it with ketchup and say it tastes like steak. Teal, gadwall, widgeon, mallard, redheads, cans, pintails, snows, ross, canadas, specks, sandhills....no complaints.

bluebills, shovelers, ruddy, and ringnecks were the ones they could tell weren't "steak"

With the exception of teal, they ALL taste like liver to me. I make chili out of mine. Grind them up in sausage grinder on course wheel. Then soak in saltwater overnight. Run them through the grinder again on a fine wheel. Then make chili out of them. You can't tell they were ever ducks.


A good friend of mine had a good recipe for ducks also. It was similar to cedar plank tilapia. Get you a good bed of coals going. Take a duck breast and lay in on a thin cedar plank. Add seasoning, onions, peppers, and butter. Lay it in the coals and let her cook. Just about the time it gets done, throw the duck away and eat the board. It will taste better than the duck.

This = overcooked

Soak all the ducks in saltwater for a day or so and don't cook past medium.

My experience has been that duck can taste good. It just takes so much prep and care it's just not worth it to me. I let the other guys eat it while I drink another beer.

Ha!...says the goat and ram hunter.

Yellow dogs sell for a premium at food markets in mainland China. They say they taste better than dark colored dogs.

No BS....

Don't eat goat and ram and I don't believe you have seen me post a pic of one I've taken as well. Mostly because I won't eat one, put one on my wall or know anyone who wants to eat one. Now deer and pig well . . .

pull it off the bone and cook it fresh.. I let it marinade in beer for a few hours... then grill it slow... no bacon no crazy seasoning.. taste good

They resemble closet to black jacks.. don't know why either get such a bad rep I think its cuz most get lazy when its time to clean them

No your doing it right they taste no different... just tuffer to clean.

What? Sir Beaversnipe, master bird hunter and waterfowler never had smashed duck? I figured a man of your stature had tried it all. . It does look good, maybe a little to fancy for an old country boy like me.

I like Teal and Woodduck first. Gadwall, Mallards, and other dabblers all the same to me. Soaking them all in milk overnight before cooking does a world of good to me.

Hogs taste great and it is the best way to make duck taste good is to feed it to a hog and eat the hog. The sickest I have ever been is after eating duck. My opinion and worth exactly what it cost. I am very glad that some folks like to eat duck. I quit hunting them because I did not like them and I could not give them away.

I quit hunting them because of unethical hunters on public water and after my dog died I lost all desire to do it. Borrowed a gun and went with some friends for a couple hunts on private land this year and it was fun. First time in ten years or so. May have to buy another shotgun and go a few times next season. And don't get me wrong. They were good off of the grill. Just so much went into the prep I was 3 beers and a pork chop in before they got them on the grill. By the time they were done I had some chicken and only had room for a bite or two. Lot's of trouble vs. a chop or chicken that you sprinkle some Tony's and grill. They all seemed happy to clean and carry them home so why would I argue with that?

That's crazy. You and I are almost on the same page, except I use quail for hog traps. Hogs love quail, except wild hog taste like crap so I just sell them to old fossil quail hunters so they might be able to taste the faint flavor of wild quail in the hog meat. Wow who would have ever thought.

I tried that once this season, the skin was chewy, not very good. Maybe I didn't cook it long enough with skin down, it certainly was not "blackend". I didn't use butter either, just bacon grease.

It takes 6-8 minutes on skin side and 4-5 on the meat side

I filet the skin back off after cooking too