You clean your birds sooner than me. I am 7-10 days belly up in the fridge. Let's them age.sluester said:The wigeon stunk worse than all of them.
I normally wait at least a full day before cleaning them, depending on the weather.
Using the term "stink" is just slang for divers as a whole. You are right, sometimes they don't smell at all.8SteelTown said:Your guys' divers must be different from mine. With the exception of coots, none of my Ruddy's have been stinky and they taste absolutely delicious like a $50 steak.
nicapopolis said:Using the term "stink" is just slang for divers as a whole. You are right, sometimes they don't smell at all.8SteelTown said:Your guys' divers must be different from mine. With the exception of coots, none of my Ruddy's have been stinky and they taste absolutely delicious like a $50 steak.
Here are some divers I tend to pass on and generally my reasoning. Some days no pass.
Ruddies - they are better as live decoys.
Buffies - same as above, but also a bird that will re-decoy 5 times is just sad, they get a pass.
Ring necks - usually get a pass from me. Very tough skin to deal with. I like to breast out my birds and I just haven't had the best luck in the past seperating the skin from the breast easily to justify killing the bird. Also, great live decoys. Lol
Scaup - tend to get a pass as well. Similar reasons to ringers although I have had a little more success with breasting.
Redheads - kill em all!! Haven't had the problems with breasting and they are a bitchin bird.
Canvas back - never shot them. Just not right place at right time I guess. But I plan to as I have heard they are delicious.
Golden eyes - gosh they stink... can't get over that.
Mergansers - unless for the wall.... nope... same thing, fish eater.
These are decisions I have made and my reasoning. They may not be the same as other and of course other people's experiences are different. I turn a lot of my ducks into jerky anyways, but I really don't like wasting meat or having a hard time peeling breast skin off the meat.
I generally setup for certain ducks I know are in an area. Sometimes spoons and teal get a pass, sometimes they don't. It just depends. Sometimes on a low draw we opt to wait for big ducks, it all just depends.
Do it your way, keep it legal, and take what you hear on forums as a grain of salt... if it is legal and you want to kill it ... GIVE THEM HELL!!!
As sluester said, sometjmes dabblers can stink to.
That's a great breakdown, especially for the hunter that keeps their birds. I doubt a duck gifter would subscribe to that, more about a limit pic to show their prowess.nicapopolis said:Using the term "stink" is just slang for divers as a whole. You are right, sometimes they don't smell at all.8SteelTown said:Your guys' divers must be different from mine. With the exception of coots, none of my Ruddy's have been stinky and they taste absolutely delicious like a $50 steak.
Here are some divers I tend to pass on and generally my reasoning. Some days no pass.
Ruddies - they are better as live decoys.
Buffies - same as above, but also a bird that will re-decoy 5 times is just sad, they get a pass.
Ring necks - usually get a pass from me. Very tough skin to deal with. I like to breast out my birds and I just haven't had the best luck in the past seperating the skin from the breast easily to justify killing the bird. Also, great live decoys. Lol
Scaup - tend to get a pass as well. Similar reasons to ringers although I have had a little more success with breasting.
Redheads - kill em all!! Haven't had the problems with breasting and they are a bitchin bird.
Canvas back - never shot them. Just not right place at right time I guess. But I plan to as I have heard they are delicious.
Golden eyes - gosh they stink... can't get over that.
Mergansers - unless for the wall.... nope... same thing, fish eater.
These are decisions I have made and my reasoning. They may not be the same as other and of course other people's experiences are different. I turn a lot of my ducks into jerky anyways, but I really don't like wasting meat or having a hard time peeling breast skin off the meat.
I generally setup for certain ducks I know are in an area. Sometimes spoons and teal get a pass, sometimes they don't. It just depends. Sometimes on a low draw we opt to wait for big ducks, it all just depends.
Do it your way, keep it legal, and take what you hear on forums as a grain of salt... if it is legal and you want to kill it ... GIVE THEM HELL!!!
As sluester said, sometjmes dabblers can stink to.
sluester said:If you gut shoot burdes and leave them for a week....yuk. ;D
Breast them then put em in the fridge for a week.