[duckboy32]

Ok ok, i know i will get criticized for this one but, have any of ya'll ever ate a ruddy? we kill them all the time on fish ponds and consider them 'trash birds" we usually clean them and give them away. but i got to reading, and found out they are suppose to be really good, their diet is 75% vegeitarian. I may need to open my mind and try it

 

[Hud_AthensArcher]

I have eaten them. They aren't bad, but I don't care for any kind of duck though.

 

[DeLancey]

We eat the heck out of them I like them just as well as mallards

 

[Oakfam]

Wrapped in bacon, I cannot tell the difference between ruddy and mallard(or merganser for that matter!).

 

[juleo]

I hunted a few weeks back with a bunch of mallard purists and said those "trash ducks" weren't fit to eat... So I cut up and marinated a few mallards, some wood ducks, a goose, and a couple mergansers; did the bacon/cream cheese/jalapeno thing and grilled them. Invited the guys over, every piece was gone by the time everybody was finished eating and never said a word about the taste, except they were good.

Now, cleaning those things isn't much fun, but in the end, nobody knows the difference.

 

[cuppinducks]

I hunted a few weeks back with a bunch of mallard purists and said those "trash ducks" weren't fit to eat... So I cut up and marinated a few mallards, some wood ducks, a goose, and a couple mergansers; did the bacon/cream cheese/jalapeno thing and grilled them. Invited the guys over, every piece was gone by the time everybody was finished eating and never said a word about the taste, except they were good.

Now, cleaning those things isn't much fun, but in the end, nobody knows the difference.

Did you make sure to let them know what they ate?

 

[juleo]

Did you make sure to let them know what they ate?

After the fact, of course.

 

[mathews1012]

All duck taste the same (like crap). I would like to try duck gumbo.

 

[OFD]

Ok ok, i know i will get criticized for this one but, have any of ya'll ever ate a ruddy? we kill them all the time on fish ponds and consider them 'trash birds" we usually clean them and give them away. but i got to reading, and found out they are suppose to be really good, their diet is 75% vegeitarian. I may need to open my mind and try it

I got a feeling I might know one of the boys you hunt with pretty regularly, or at least who you've been hunting with on the fish ponds.

 

[cacheman]

All duck taste the same (like crap). I would like to try duck gumbo.

Somebody needs to teach you how to cook.

 

[rusty]

If cooked correctly duck is fabulous !!!most time it is I'll prepared and over cooked.. I like plain wood duck grilled!! My 6 year old eats duck like it is going out of style..!!