Free: Contests & Raffles.
I shot some brant and buffleheads last month for the first time. After searching the interweb for whether folks ate them, I ran across this thread and became very apprehensive. Then I ran across the link below that said that you can make meatballs out of "junk" ducks. Just finished my SECOND plate of spaghetti and thought I'd share the link. They are good! I no longer fear the taste of any "bad" waterfowl, and will take whatever my buddies don't want. Heck, this treatment might make polecat taste palatable. http://honest-food.net/wild-game/goose-recipes/breasts/wild-duck-meatballs/BTW, the meat department at the grocery store gave me the pork fat for free when I asked if they had any for sale.
Actually shot a merg a couple years ago and dressed it out. Was going to eat it but everyone I talked to told me not too, wish I would have though. Try everything once right?
Here on the salt, I seem to have good eats with the Widgeon. Stripped and cracker crum fried. YUM!