Rice breast alert!

[hdshot]

Just got back home from a 2 day duck hunting trip with a few friends here on the east side.  We bagged 25 mallards total and 2 had rice breast.  Never seen a duck with rice breast before which seems like a very high average.   

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Got any pics of the pre stuffed duck breast? Never seen it???

[deltaops]

 

[hdshot]

Got any pics of the pre stuffed duck breast? Never seen it???

http://www.lsonews.com/hunting-news/2534-mark-england

[h20hunter]

 

[deltaops]

I wouldn't eat it, but i might cook it and feed it to my dog.

[Skillet]

I wouldn't eat it, but i might cook it and feed it to my dog.

That'd probably not be a good idea unless you really charred it up.  It is a protozoan that needs to live in a carnivore's digestive tract as part of its live cycle...

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/chapter_28.pdf

[deltaops]

I wouldn't eat it, but i might cook it and feed it to my dog.

That'd probably not be a good idea unless you really charred it up.  It is a protozoan that needs to live in a carnivore's digestive tract as part of its live cycle...

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/chapter_28.pdf

You do not have to char it to kill it. If you cook it to the right temp, it will be no threat. My dog will be safe. Thanks for the concern though! 

[h2ofowlr]

I usually shoot 2-3 per season.  They say they are safe to consume, but I won't try it.  I pitch the breasts when they are like that.  One of the ones I shot was banded and provided all the data on it, so they could have some info based on the band information.  Never heard back on it.

[ICEMAN]

I bet we have all eaten a few of those over the years without knowing....

[wadu1]

Have taken one and the critters were moving just about  dumped it the Skag never to be seen again.

[LeftCoastLoren]

Got any pics of the pre stuffed duck breast? Never seen it???

I got this one last Saturday, it's my first one of this season but I got at least 3 last year out of 48. It's always a bummer when I get a bird with R.B. because there is no way I'd eat it.   

[Greenhorn]

Looks like a good name for it.

[LeftCoastLoren]

If you ARE planning on eating it serve it with rice and nobody will know.

[Skillet]

I wouldn't eat it, but i might cook it and feed it to my dog.

That'd probably not be a good idea unless you really charred it up.  It is a protozoan that needs to live in a carnivore's digestive tract as part of its live cycle...

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/chapter_28.pdf

You do not have to char it to kill it. If you cook it to the right temp, it will be no threat. My dog will be safe. Thanks for the concern though! 

Sittin here looking at my mutt... he says he'd be willing to take the chance
I'm sure you're right, probably wouldn't hurt them at all if you killed the little buggers.  Hell, I've seen my boy chow down on a steaming log from another dog, so I'd bet a little bit of cooked protozoa ain't going to hurt anything...