re: OB's position on spoonies? - ringnecks on page 2

Hey hey.....no reason to speak ill of mammal penis in this thread.

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One thing that always happens is that you never miss when shooting at a spoony, even a long passing shot

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Funny how that always happens, and that group that always cups up while you are taking a piss with no shotgun.

Took a dude hunting with us once, lit a bunch of spoonies and scaupies. We let em pass becasue you could only kill 3 ducks period. The new dude says, you don't shoot these ducks. We said no, wait to see if some better tasting ducks come in. After about 5 bunches land, the dude says, you know a few of those would taste pretty good in a gumbo. We let him limit out.

Rice field spoonies taste fine to me, any way I've tried to cook them.
Like any other duck, it is mostly about the prep. I breast, soak in salted water 24 hrs, freeze. Soak again before cooking.

They aren't teal or woodies, but they are as good as anything else where I hunt. So I shoot'em unless I'm trying to get a brag bag when the mallards are flying.

What about ringnecks?

Ringnecks are OK but Dos Gris are not. Too hard to tell the difference on the wing, so it is a 'no shoot' for me.

Where we hunt big mouth mallards taste fishy. They are a pass. We let kids shoot them only if nothing else is flying.

Please enlighten me; what are "duck bombs"? Would love a recipe!

Let the women & kids practice as long as no other ducks are flying.

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I always have to bite my tongue when someone starts bragging about slaying the mallards, then they show me a pic of about 50% mallard hens

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This x1 billion