Who let the divers out?!?
 

I'm not sure about everyone else but my last three hunts have been swarmed by divers. Nothing but scaup, blackjack, redheads, ring-necks, mergansers and canvasbacks everywhere. All of the good ducks that I see are local birds and know exactly where not to go. Havent seen this many in a loooong time. Not the best quality but then ****s are fun to shoot.

Most of our ducks have been divers this year, scaup and redheads. If it flies like a duck, it dies like a duck. Breast them, take the legs, hearts and gizzards. Good in a gumbo. I draw the line on mergansers, a guy in the refuge told me he breasts them and soaks them in orange juice for a couple of days. They don't seem to me to even fly like a duck, I just let them keep on flying.

We have been covered in them to since the rain started last week. However, we are lucky enough to have good ducks; teal, greys and mallards so really do not have to shoot them on most hunts.

Agreed. We don't shoot the Mergasers aka "flying fish".

Killed a ringneck, 3 woodies(1 banded), and a grey this morning. Seen a flock of canvasbacks on the water on our way out

Canvasbacks and redheads are better than pintail and grays, in my opinion. There was an article in a DU magazine several years ago that was titled "King Duck." It talked about how canvasbacks were prime time table fare back in the day. That's why so many were killed. To me, they are at the top of my list to eat, behind a wood duck.

Ruddy ducks were considered delicacy

One of the guys in the blind was saying the same thing today. That's funny. Don't worry the canvasback shot today will be seeing the croc pot!

I love em plus they huge

Add swrimps and crab claws...seafood gumbo....:D

Lol

Where you hunt at jseth?

I have this article in the john... read the same thing you did. Havent eaten one but would like to try.

http://honest-food.net/

Take a look at this website, its really good for recipes and the guy is a really good writer also. He is a chef and goes into detail about the fat of ducks and what is good and what is bad, even goes into chemistry of it all. Really good site to check out

As for mergansers, they are not technically a duck. They get a pass from me

Around St. Martinville/Catahoula area and in Esther.

I have never seen so many scaup and ringnecks in my life. My friends in pecan island have never either. don't know why they all showed up this year!?