Dry aged him in the fridge since last day of season. Just sliced him up, thickly, and cooked him in oil with just a bit of sea salt and black pepper for seasoning. It was good! Chewed slowly and reflected on my season.....and it was good. Spent many days this season out in the blind with my granddaughters. I spent a lot more time teaching them about duck hunting than duck shooting this season. The toughest bird for them to identify on the wing is a lone pintail hen....me too! My best hunt of the year was one me and my oldest granddaughter never fired a shot. There were hundreds (if not more) buzzing/bombing us. We just sat in the blind and watched. I taught her duck ID and behavior as we deep-fried (and ate) egg rolls and drank homemade chocolate milk (and coffee). I did tend to focus a bit on efficiency this season (when I shot) and finished with 64 ducks out of 102 shells (4 boxes), got 2 headed to the taxidermist (Eurasian wigeon drake and a full plumage Northern Shoveler drake, first duck of the year was banded (mine) and last duck of the year was banded (oldest granddaughter). I feel like a blessed son of a gun this year! Here’s to hoping we all have a great season next year!
