Im looking for your best diving duck recipes?

[Capt Jason Dozier]

I know, I hear everyone talking about how awful diver ducks taste. But I would have to disagree.
What is everyone's favorite recipe?

 

[Doublecluck]

Nail it to a board.. nah just kidding.. freeze the breast, slice it super thin with a meat slicer, marinate it in whatever teriyaki/soy/ginger/garlic recipe you prefer and make broccoli duck with it. Super good. Key is hot and fast.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Pepperoni sticks.

 

[Jnasa]

Partially boil it to get some of the fat out. Then slice it up and make fajitas.

 

[Nick87]

Dogs gotta eat too.

 

[Cmf88]

Mix it in with your mallards, and invite your friends over for duck kabobs. They will never know!

 

[Elktrack]

Mix it in with your mallards, and invite your friends over for duck kabobs. They will never know!

Please don’t ever invite me for duck kabobs

 

[Greybeard]

Gumbo

 

[TheDudeAbides]

Diver Ducks depend on what they are eating.

Aquatic plants eaters are good vs fish/crustaceans are bad

Red Heads, Ruddies, and Cans are quite good.

Scaup, Ringnecks, and Buffleheads are not bad depending on what they are eating.

Goldeneyes and Mergansers aren't worth the shotgun shell to shoot unless they are going on the wall.

Baked Duck

Cut into Cubes Brined in sugar/salt water or sprite for a day.

Marinated in Teriyaki for a day

Wrap in Bacon with a toothpick

Bake at 400 until bacon is crispy.

Enjoy

 

[Goatshoes]

Prepare the same as a puddle duck, just chuck the skin/fat and use butter instead.

 

[2rocky]

Mergansers??? Plucked but raw please

 

[JShane]

Diver Ducks depend on what they are eating.

Aquatic plants eaters are good vs fish/crustaceans are bad

Red Heads, Ruddies, and Cans are quite good.

Scaup, Ringnecks, and Buffleheads are not bad depending on what they are eating.

Goldeneyes and Mergansers aren't worth the shotgun shell to shoot unless they are going on the wall.

Baked Duck

Cut into Cubes Brined in sugar/salt water or sprite for a day.

Marinated in Teriyaki for a day

Wrap in Bacon with a toothpick

Bake at 400 until bacon is crispy.

Enjoy

What this gentleman said right here. Especially about ruddy ducks. Im down here in Florida and the least palatable duck I shoot is a Gadwall. Redheads, ruddy, are high on my list. Cans deserve a category of their own. Ringneck ducks are a primary species for us. They eat just as well as wood ducks and teal. Hank Shaw's Duck Duck Goose. If you dont have it get it.

 

[TheDudeAbides]

What this gentleman said right here. Especially about ruddy ducks. Im down here in Florida and the least palatable duck I shoot is a Gadwall. Redheads, ruddy, are high on my list. Cans deserve a category of their own. Ringneck ducks are a primary species for us. They eat just as well as wood ducks and teal. Hank Shaw's Duck Duck Goose. If you dont have it get it.

Any Ruddy that swims into the decoys is getting BB's.

I know a lot that will not shoot them because they often swim into the decoys rather than fly, but they need to get off their high horse.

They are a good eating duck.