I do bird taxi as a hobby.
Here is what you can do to make a nice tail mount.
1) cut the tail off at the body and clean the tail feather quills of all fat/tissue. I use a small pair of sharp scissors and use the scissors slightly open to get down and scrape the fat out between the quills. Use...
What I daydream about is not a trip I haven't made but rather the memories of years gone by. To be truthful what I really would want to do the most is spend a day duck hunting with my past hunting friends, on one of those small pothole ponds around Upham. Something about a duck coming into the...
That would be closer to 4" in length.
It is from a woodcock.
I have several more in the freezer from this fall.
I forgot how good they tasted. Very tender dark meat.
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Perhaps a merganser would fit the bill.
That is one duck I have to doctor up with a bunch of...
Here's one I just fried up this morning.
Light fry in butter with onions and a dash of Lawrey's seasoning salt.
They were awesome.
Guess what game bird it is?
A little over 2" in length.
I like because it has its own unique flavor and texture.
Perhaps most people overcook it.
It doesn't taste like chicken. : )
Another way I like it is thin sliced breast that is saute'd in butter with mushrooms.
I can eat a whole skillet full of this.
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I haven't had much...
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I will take a duck over 99% of the other game out there.
Duck ka bobs with onion and peppers and mushrooms. Tasty!!!
Marinade the duck breast chunks beforehand.
Marinade either soy sauce OR worchestershire sauce
all of it
Our town had a nearby mink farm too. They had trucks that picked up down, sick, and disabled animals (mostly cows) and then ground it all up for feeding their mink. Even the hooves, guywhofishes.