Eating a merganser

[sodfather]

36 minutes ago, TACC said:

Thanks for the info, I was wondering also if wood ducks were in the same category, but see they are contaminated less.

 

I copy and pasted from the link in case someone could not bring it up

 

Health Advisory Mergansers are the most heavily contaminated waterfowl species and should not be eaten. Eat no more than two meals per month of other wild waterfowl; you should skin them and remove all fat before cooking and discard stuffing after cooking. Wood ducks and Canada geese are less contaminated than other wild waterfowl species, and diving ducks are more contaminated than dabbler ducks.

 

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Wood duck is probably the best tasting duck out there. I won’t even shoot Mergansers not worth the spent shell. I tried one once and it was horrendous.

[Larry]

Try it like this. use breading or beer batter and deep fry in oil serve with fries and tartar sauce just like any other fish fry

[Engraver99]

7 hours ago, Engraver99 said:

i used to eat mergies all the time when I duck hunted the jersey shore (shrewsbury river, barnegate bay, mullica). Soak it in some italian dressing for a while and pan cook in the dressing. Not to bad - eat what ya can, give the rest to the dog! Also used to use them for meat baits when catfishing. Luv me a good mergie!