re: Best duck to eat?

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Surprised how many said mallard

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Agreed. Your seed eaters (pintail and gwt) and your nut eating woodie have the best flavor. Wigeon are usually mild, and predictable and grain focused so they're usually good and relatively fat.

Mallards are such a damn crap shoot. Some are plump and fresh off corn or rice and taste fine, if a little mild. But others have literally been eating French fries and crackers at a park, are lean and taste pretty rough.