Sea Ducks!

[quackattack90]

I am wanting to try hunting sea ducks in the lower columbia washington side.  Anybody have some info for me about areas to go, tips, teqniques etc.  Thanks!!!

[johnnyaustin44]

I'm no expert but the sea ducks I have shot don't seem to be to difficult to hunt. find some birds and set upe decoys and it honestly us that easy in my experience but as with most waterfowl hunts location makes all the difference

[BiggLuke]

Take some OLD mallard decoys you don't care much about, and paint them all black with a white patch on them.
That'll look like most all sea ducks.
It'll fool the hell out of 'em.
When you decoy for sea divers, remember to keep all the decoys in a long line.
Not in small bunches, like you normally do for mallards.
Good luck.

[Skagit_Hunter]

And remember.... to many nasty sea ducks will ruin a batch of duckaroni

[Kola16]

  The only reason that I don't hunt sea ducks is that I couldn't even begin to eat those things

[RadSav]

They require lots of butter and tarragon.  I prefer them cold too.  Even makes scoter and coot edible.  Not bad durky either.  Though it does take a while for your brain to not expect the taste of elk.

[Skagit_Hunter]

They require lots of butter and tarragon.  I prefer them cold too.  Even makes scoter and coot edible.  Not bad durky either.  Though it does take a while for your brain to not expect the taste of elk.

Ya ok you keep telling yourself that if it works. It is like eating the azz out of a skunk.

[singleshot12]

Seaducks are fun to shoot and i can slay the hell out of them but good lord them suckers taste horrific!

Then why kill them? I'm sure the anti's are just loving your statement

[BigGoonTuna]

i've got a friend who says he likes to soak coots in milk overnight before he cooks them.  says they taste just like a steak...i'm not sure i'm that brave.  i only shoot the ones that quack or whistle!

[Skagit_Hunter]

Seaducks are fun to shoot and i can slay the hell out of them but good lord them suckers taste horrific!

Then why kill them? I'm sure the anti's are just loving your statement

and pointing it out helps to

[singleshot12]

There's just too many people out there just wanting to kill chit! for the fun of it, and it really pisses me off   What do they do with the birds if they don't eat them?? Throw them in the trash or bury them in the garden for fertilizer to justify not wasting
By not pointing it out isn't right either

[BiggLuke]

There's just too many people out there just wanting to kill chit! for the fun of it, and it really pisses me off   What do they do with the birds if they don't eat them?? Throw them in the trash or bury them in the garden for fertilizer to justify not wasting
By not pointing it out isn't right either

Good point....
Don't kill what you don't intend to eat.
Just remember, that "WE" are hunters, not "COOKERS".
lol....
I bet if you went on some chef forums, they'd have a ton a Delicious recipes for all manner of seaducks. It's all in how you cook 'em.
Bacon wraping helps....     

[Special T]

I think we should be shooting the hell out of Mergansers and they don't taste much different. Not all hunting is about food, sometimes its about management. Do you shoot coyotes? do you eat them? how bout crows or skunks?

[h20hunter]

Was it last year a guy posted up a request for a yote....cooked up a hind quarter at Christmas? I think it was. However, If I shoot a yote he is staying where he lies....crow food.

[Kola16]

Bacon wraping helps....     

Maybe. But if you have bacon-wrapped, duck breasts, then you throw out the duck breasts.....it would taste a lot better 

[Cougar125]

They require lots of butter and tarragon.  I prefer them cold too.  Even makes scoter and coot edible.  Not bad durky either.  Though it does take a while for your brain to not expect the taste of elk.

Ya ok you keep telling yourself that if it works. It is like eating the azz out of a skunk.

You'd know something about that, wouldn't you? 

[Fishstiq]

Bacon wraping helps....     

Maybe. But if you have bacon-wrapped, duck breasts, then you throw out the duck breasts.....it would taste a lot better 

I'm trying this recipe when I get home.

[lokidog]

A peppery currie does wonders with some apples and onions.  Or soak (I don't) and fry up like a steak, garlic and onion, nicely browned, decent eating.

[Kola16]

Bacon wraping helps....     

Maybe. But if you have bacon-wrapped, duck breasts, then you throw out the duck breasts.....it would taste a lot better 

I'm trying this recipe when I get home.

So you still have left over sea duck 

[Skagit_Hunter]

Predator hunting is a big diff from waterfowl. I grew up, you shoot it you eat it. That is why I won't shoot clam eaters, Mud hens, or divers. Ya ya cans and reds are good for divers. But the rest taste like azz.
I don't shoot saw bills. even though every one taken out saves a salmon. I also think the State needs to do something about the numbers of double enders.
There are a lot of gomer shooters out there. But talking to them in private is much better for hunting, Than publicly hammering them for the world to see.
The anti's want division.
It seems there are a lot of new hunters. They didn't grow up hunting. They need direction, Not a bashing.

[Special T]

 

[BiggLuke]

I think you guys are way off base.....
This poor guy just wanted help hunting sea ducks.
You know, "advice" on how-to, not Bitching about Why-would-you.

[singleshot12]

No one was bitching at Quackattack, someone had posted how seaducks were so fun to shoot but so terrible to eat. I personally have an axe to grind with that mentality, especially after one of my best duck hunting spots were shut down because of sea duck hunters shooting piles of scoters letting them drift onto a private beach to rot.

[washingtonmuley]

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I think you guys are way off base.....
This poor guy just wanted help hunting sea ducks.
You know, "advice" on how-to, not Bitching about Why-would-you.
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[Skagit_Hunter]

quote author=BiggLuke link=topic=105845.msg1390492#msg1390492 date=1349207944]
I think you guys are way off base.....
This poor guy just wanted help hunting sea ducks.
You know, "advice" on how-to, not Bitching about Why-would-you.

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saltwaterhillbilly deleted his post. about just shooting them.
That is what the bitching was. Not quackattack.
Last minute tension.....