My son and I went out for a duck hunt yesterday morning, unusually high tides made us change places. The property we hunted today is 18 miles from where we hunted opening day. Ended up having a fantastic hunt shooting a limit of BBWD. Date hunted 11/16/2023. If you ever get a chance to hunt them they are not real smart and come to decoys for easy shots.

Awesome! I’ve never shot one but would really like to.

They are basically “pets” around here….

Recent picture of tree ducks on the bank of Mississippi river bank in New Orleans

very nice, never shot one personally. how do they taste?

I have never shot or eat'n one, funny I never even seen one where I hunt, but hear they eat good, like the rest of the puddle ducks..

I cut the breast meat into strips and my wife made a duck and sausage gumbo I ate over rice last night. Similar taste to other puddle ducks. Very tasty gumbo.

BBWD was my very first duck I ever shot. No decoys or nothing, just sat near a pond on some property my brother owns and waited for them. 20 gauge Maverick 88 pump. Only shot the one because at the time I thought their limit was 1 (TPWD says "Mexican like duck" limit is 1 bird. AKA, their other name.. "Mexican whistlers". I was mislead)

One of the best eating ducks I've had to date. They fly over my house in the suburbs once a day 365 days a year

Nice