so theres around 20 mallard ducks around a pond just wanted to know can u eat them and if so ill get 1 and post some pics?
Sounds intresting. I might try it, but i dont like game bird soup that much. I tried once dove soup - waste of 5 doves...Yep the whole duck is delicious. Get 2 or 3 in a big pot and you could make some awesome soup(I like soup)
the only game soup i like is grouse and rice soup.. i use quail for it, i make it a lot by slaughtering my domestic quails but its best with wild hunted ones, you can really taste the difference. man i cant even think about getting them with a catty... when i walk around in the hunting areas you can hear there call but can never spot them, when we hunt them we get the whole pack (of dogs) so they would scare them for shooting and retrieve them.Better go with the crispy duck or duck marinade. The soup is kinda gamy but I love it
To be honest I think soaking or leaching of any game is madness. Takes all the gamey flavour away and ruins it. This, of course, is only my opinion and I realise strongly flavoured meats are an aquired taste.Doves. I used to shoot them with a .22 semiauto rifle, scoped, in the head as they lit on Dad's corn crib to have lunch. After plucking/cleaning and leaching overnight in beer/salt water (all wild game I leach) I prepared them exactly like miniature turkeys with a bit of stuffing, sprinkling 10 of them at a time in the baking pan with salt, pepper, sage, oregano, thyme! Basted with oil and red wine, spiced and baked covered for about an hour. Delicious. Of couse the breast was the only meat. Dove drum sticks are for ants.
Some game i soak and some i don't, I dont soak birds, i dont soak deer, hog, goat. but i do soak rabbit, hare and sometimes porcupine (only hunted porcupine 4 times and they taste better grilled if they are soaked and better stewed if the are not soaked).To be honest I think soaking or leaching of any game is madness. Takes all the gamey flavour away and ruins it. This, of course, is only my opinion and I realise strongly flavoured meats are an aquired taste.Doves. I used to shoot them with a .22 semiauto rifle, scoped, in the head as they lit on Dad's corn crib to have lunch. After plucking/cleaning and leaching overnight in beer/salt water (all wild game I leach) I prepared them exactly like miniature turkeys with a bit of stuffing, sprinkling 10 of them at a time in the baking pan with salt, pepper, sage, oregano, thyme! Basted with oil and red wine, spiced and baked covered for about an hour. Delicious. Of couse the breast was the only meat. Dove drum sticks are for ants.
The only one I can understand soaking is Hare as it is very strongly flavoured. Still not something I would do though. Over here we hang Hare like pheasant and it becomes even gamier!Some game i soak and some i don't, I dont soak birds, i dont soak deer, hog, goat. but i do soak rabbit, hare and sometimes porcupine (only hunted porcupine 4 times and they taste better grilled if they are soaked and better stewed if the are not soaked).To be honest I think soaking or leaching of any game is madness. Takes all the gamey flavour away and ruins it. This, of course, is only my opinion and I realise strongly flavoured meats are an aquired taste.Doves. I used to shoot them with a .22 semiauto rifle, scoped, in the head as they lit on Dad's corn crib to have lunch. After plucking/cleaning and leaching overnight in beer/salt water (all wild game I leach) I prepared them exactly like miniature turkeys with a bit of stuffing, sprinkling 10 of them at a time in the baking pan with salt, pepper, sage, oregano, thyme! Basted with oil and red wine, spiced and baked covered for about an hour. Delicious. Of couse the breast was the only meat. Dove drum sticks are for ants.
what do you mean by "hang" ? clean them and tie them from the legs or something like that ? i saw some guys when i was in thailand doing that to a grouse like animal..The only one I can understand soaking is Hare as it is very strongly flavoured. Still not something I would do though. Over here we hang Hare like pheasant and it becomes even gamier!Some game i soak and some i don't, I dont soak birds, i dont soak deer, hog, goat. but i do soak rabbit, hare and sometimes porcupine (only hunted porcupine 4 times and they taste better grilled if they are soaked and better stewed if the are not soaked).To be honest I think soaking or leaching of any game is madness. Takes all the gamey flavour away and ruins it. This, of course, is only my opinion and I realise strongly flavoured meats are an aquired taste.Doves. I used to shoot them with a .22 semiauto rifle, scoped, in the head as they lit on Dad's corn crib to have lunch. After plucking/cleaning and leaching overnight in beer/salt water (all wild game I leach) I prepared them exactly like miniature turkeys with a bit of stuffing, sprinkling 10 of them at a time in the baking pan with salt, pepper, sage, oregano, thyme! Basted with oil and red wine, spiced and baked covered for about an hour. Delicious. Of couse the breast was the only meat. Dove drum sticks are for ants.
Hung with the guts still in if they are not damaged, pheasants, grouse, partridge and hare. For a few days at least but can be longer depending on temperature. Develops the flavour and makes meat more tender.what do you mean by "hang" ? clean them and tie them from the legs or something like that ? i saw some guys when i was in thailand doing that to a grouse like animal..The only one I can understand soaking is Hare as it is very strongly flavoured. Still not something I would do though. Over here we hang Hare like pheasant and it becomes even gamier!Some game i soak and some i don't, I dont soak birds, i dont soak deer, hog, goat. but i do soak rabbit, hare and sometimes porcupine (only hunted porcupine 4 times and they taste better grilled if they are soaked and better stewed if the are not soaked).To be honest I think soaking or leaching of any game is madness. Takes all the gamey flavour away and ruins it. This, of course, is only my opinion and I realise strongly flavoured meats are an aquired taste.Doves. I used to shoot them with a .22 semiauto rifle, scoped, in the head as they lit on Dad's corn crib to have lunch. After plucking/cleaning and leaching overnight in beer/salt water (all wild game I leach) I prepared them exactly like miniature turkeys with a bit of stuffing, sprinkling 10 of them at a time in the baking pan with salt, pepper, sage, oregano, thyme! Basted with oil and red wine, spiced and baked covered for about an hour. Delicious. Of couse the breast was the only meat. Dove drum sticks are for ants.
Plucked ? Or just as he is after being shot ?Hung with the guts still in if they are not damaged, pheasants, grouse, partridge and hare. For a few days at least but can be longer depending on temperature. Develops the flavour and makes meat more tender.what do you mean by "hang" ? clean them and tie them from the legs or something like that ? i saw some guys when i was in thailand doing that to a grouse like animal..The only one I can understand soaking is Hare as it is very strongly flavoured. Still not something I would do though. Over here we hang Hare like pheasant and it becomes even gamier!Some game i soak and some i don't, I dont soak birds, i dont soak deer, hog, goat. but i do soak rabbit, hare and sometimes porcupine (only hunted porcupine 4 times and they taste better grilled if they are soaked and better stewed if the are not soaked).To be honest I think soaking or leaching of any game is madness. Takes all the gamey flavour away and ruins it. This, of course, is only my opinion and I realise strongly flavoured meats are an aquired taste.Doves. I used to shoot them with a .22 semiauto rifle, scoped, in the head as they lit on Dad's corn crib to have lunch. After plucking/cleaning and leaching overnight in beer/salt water (all wild game I leach) I prepared them exactly like miniature turkeys with a bit of stuffing, sprinkling 10 of them at a time in the baking pan with salt, pepper, sage, oregano, thyme! Basted with oil and red wine, spiced and baked covered for about an hour. Delicious. Of couse the breast was the only meat. Dove drum sticks are for ants.
Its not hare season right now so maybe in a couple of months i would try that, but finding a cold enough weather at hare season might be a problem...Just as he is, as long as the guts are not broken.