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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: Archery King on January 26, 2010, 10:29:30 PM
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Anybody kill any mergansers on the east side?
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Nope ;)
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Tasty :drool:
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One of the few critters I used to kill with no intention of eating. I had a family I gave all my ducks to so I wasn't wasting game for those that think a flame is needed.
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I was just wondering how common they were around the area cause i have never killed any anywhere but around nine mile falls. Shot for last Sunday. My buddies and i have a lot to learn about hunting waterfowl tho cause there about the only dam ducks that will come into are set up :'( .
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I usually pass/jump shoot all mine. They never really decoy to us. I've got a small lake that has a ton of em on it right now. I won't be shooting anymore. I had one of the drakes slung over my shoulder with the goose on the walk out and got a big wiff of powerbait breath :bdid:
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I hear they taste like the mud they eat similar to a coot.
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I hear they taste like the mud they eat similar to a coot.
Uh no, they taste like powerbait and fish, not the good kind of fish either.
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Shot a few in the Ellensburg Area this year.
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They'r not bad in a currie sauce.... when there's nothing else flying. Shot some on Potholes two years ago. Shoot all you can since they eat a lot of fish.
I shot one years ago that had a 10 inch spiny ray in its gut, too decomposed to tell what it was.
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I had a buddy that cooked one up one time and just the smell alone was enough to drive you out of the house. You can imagine how it tasted.... :bdid:
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If you get the in Oct. they taste like salmon. :chuckle: I used to keep the population well maintained in the area where I used to hunt.
Sawbills :cue:
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The best way to use Mergs is to freeze them and use them to train dogs with.
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The best way to use Mergs is to freeze them and use them to train dogs with.
I shot a mergie couple years back and my lab wouldn't touch the dang thing. She got a few mallards that day, but couldn't get over the smell and taste of the merganser. Can't say I blame her!
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Pretty bad when the dog retrieves one and comes back and has to lick its a$$ to get the taste out of its mouth. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Pretty bad when the dog retrieves one and comes back and has to lick its a$$ to get the taste out of its mouth. :chuckle: :chuckle:
:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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I shoot in a sawbill derby every year. I hate them things, shoot a sawbill save a salmon.
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mix them with your other duck and make summer suasage out of them at a butcher and you won't taste and duck flaver
or fish :)
it turns out extremely good
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Pretty bad when the dog retrieves one and comes back and has to lick its a$$ to get the taste out of its mouth
Thats Classic Funny right there.
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I've only shot one and it will be the only one I ever shoot. Went and picked it up after I shot it and it had a 5" squawfish in it's throat. :puke:
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I am going to regret saying this; ...hell..... Nevermind.
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Ice, that was some good decision making there my friend. Your reply probably would have been zapped within a minute. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: I know what you meant though. ;) John
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mix them with your other duck and make summer suasage out of them at a butcher and you won't taste and duck flaver
or fish :)
it turns out extremely good
This works good. Sometimes you can tell when ya get a mergie stick.
I don't recommend trying to cook them up though. Did that once with a big Columbia River Common. Even dipping in sauces it was pretty gross.
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The best way to use Mergs is to freeze them and use them to train dogs with.
I shot a mergie couple years back and my lab wouldn't touch the dang thing. She got a few mallards that day, but couldn't get over the smell and taste of the merganser. Can't say I blame her!
If my dog wouldn't bring back a downed bird.... he would walk home :)