re: Ringnecks and spoonies...

Ya’ll didn’t think to tell them it was a camp rule not to breast ducks?

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As far as ringnecks go

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A drake ringneck is a mountable duck.

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You people are lazy. There is more to cooking duck than frying or grilling the breast.

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There are ducks that I pluck and there are ducks that I breast. And just because I’m breasting them doesn’t mean I can’t save the legs. I think it’s great to encourage people to pluck ducks… but there’s a ton of recipes that are pretty difficult to make out of whole ducks. Sure, some meat goes to waste, but I guarantee more meat gets left on your average deer carcass than gets wasted by breasting out a limit of ducks.

It’s not black and white. And I guarantee I’m not breasting that dosgris because I’m lazy… it would be a whole lot easier to pluck than to try and get that skin off!

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I guarantee more meat gets left on your average deer carcass

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You eat that waxy rib meat?

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Some meat goes to waste and I know I’m not alone. That being said, I do run my knife between the ribs and throw it in the burger pile.

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I don’t want any part of the ribs. That waxy stuff can ruin my ground. I’m incredibly picky regarding deer meat. Ducks on a nice dry beautiful day, picked. Ducks on a hot humid crap day, skinned or breasted.

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I believe Widgeon to be the hardest duck to kill.

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I learned to hunt Ducks in North Georgia back when there were an estimated 200 or less hunters in the state of Georgia who hunted more than twice a year for ducks (according to DNR surveys). Then and now this is almost exclusively wood duck hunting but ringnecks are pretty common. We get MASSIVE flights of Widgeon as well....and I swear had hunted at least 10 seasons before I ever saw a Widgeon flying lower than a commercial airplane. The damned things would enter Georgia from Tennessee, Alabama and the Carolinas and fly to either the coast or Lake Seminole in the SW corner of the state and do so high they needed oxygen masks. When I hear or read about people shooting Widgeon I thought they were lying....the damned things never sat down or flew less than a mile high across Georgia LOL.

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I've killed a bunch of widgeon in Louisiana and Texas. They were common. You must not have anything of substance for them to eat in Georgia.

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Not in North Georgia. They travel non stop to SW and SE Georgia. I have shot a pile of them in the Pacific and the Central flyways though....

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Not much sport since they fly so slow its like shooting chickens

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Plus you can usually whistle at them literally right after you cut into a flock and they will come right back. They aren't the sharpest tool in the shed other than they shag arse way before real duck season starts. We are usually beating them off with a stick during teal season and then in November, nothing. Guess they pack up and head to the golf courses.