Ducks Long Island

[Nasone]

Any duck hunters on li that eat what they shoot I hear most don't please tell me why are they that bad tasting

[virgil]

I've always been told not to- or at least to avoid certain species. My friends always breast out the brant and feed it to the dogs. I did take a couple of mallards a few weeks ago and I made jerky- it was awesome. I'm not sure, but I think the thought process around not eating local birds is related to pollution in the local waters.

[meatmuzzy]

Like Virgil says, there are certain types you should stay away from like Mergansers because of the high mercury content in the meat. Besides that they just taste awful. I have heard of guys grinding up divers and making sauage out of them. Puddle ducks like mallards, blacks and widgeon taste great! Never had a bad tasting duck of this type.

[Nasone]

Thanks so much for the info I am new to duck hunting so I will try it I have a few mallards and and a bunch of buffleheads has anyone ever eaten buffleheads

[Big Indian]

I always try to eat what I shoot, that being said it takes a lot of marinade to make them palatable. I've always found brant to taste very "seaweedy" but as others have said the mallards are not too bad.

[Nasone]

Thank you much felt the same but getting into duck hunting has need so much funn but with mixed feeling when I limit out on and have no clue on what to do with the meat

[virgil]

Nasone, what species are you shooting?

[pistolp71]

I do a lot of waterfowl hunting on long island. I make jerky out of all the puddle ducks and geese, and won't even shoot divers. The best ones to eat are teal and wooduck, those I won't jerky. And yes, I have eaten bufflehead and they weren't good. Fast little buggers though.

[Nasone]

Virgil mostly buffleheads ,blue bills , mallards , black duck, merganser hunt up on n.shore