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Hooded Mergansers?
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11/16/17 08:39 PM
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My stand is pink camo
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Kickingbird
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Kickingbird
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Can anyone please tell me about hooded mergansers? I'm not a duck hunter but last Deer season I saw some beautiful ducks on our pond several different times. I looked them up and they are hooded mergansers. Beautiful !!! Do you think they will visit our pond again this year? I'm hoping so. We got our duck stamps and steel shot ready. We would love to have one and if we get one we will have it mounted. I have been told they are not good to eat. Anyone want to share some information please?
I will take a good rain or a new calf whenever I can get it -Jack Ratjen
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6963014
11/16/17 09:05 PM
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BradyBuck
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I passed on about 10 this morning after I had my limit. They do not count toward your limit of 6. You can shoot two hoodies in addition to your 6.
They are not good to eat but do make a nice mount. I had one mounted and probably will never shoot another one.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6963093
11/16/17 10:22 PM
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LarryCopper
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If you are looking to eat a duck, a merganser will make or keep you a deer hunter. Yes, they are the worst eating of waterfowl because they mostly eat fish, whereas your puddle ducks and some divers eat primarily plants with only some invertebrates. My wife calls them "moosh gaggers", kind of explains it. Difficult to clean and do not have a good flavor even if done right.
Like BB said tho, they are great for the wall.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6963240
11/17/17 12:53 AM
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takemking
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I have a great recipe for merganser. Pluck them whole. Put them on the grill over a cedar plank. Cook well done. Throw away the merganser and eat the plank.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: takemking]
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11/17/17 01:01 AM
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Guy
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I have shot one, and it's on the wall! I would post a pic but Photobucket sux!!
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: takemking]
#6963257
11/17/17 01:19 AM
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My stand is pink camo
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Kickingbird
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Thank you all for the input. I will keep my eye on the pond this season and take note of what kind of ducks are visiting, learn about them, and which ones are good to eat, and so forth and prepare for next year, plus the 6 month old lab will have more retrieving training too. I have a great recipe for merganser. Pluck them whole. Put them on the grill over a cedar plank. Cook well done. Throw away the merganser and eat the plank. Guy - please post the pic if you ever figure out a way around photobucket, would like to see as I'm still interested in how pretty they are!
I will take a good rain or a new calf whenever I can get it -Jack Ratjen
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6963356
11/17/17 02:43 AM
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Jacob645
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I doubled up on a pair of hooded mergansers. They were the first two ducks I ever shot.
Last edited by Jacob645; 11/17/17 02:43 AM.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6963403
11/17/17 03:25 AM
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KingHunter17
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I have shot a few and learned they taste terrible. I put 3 on the wall (2 drakes and 1 hen) and probably will never shot one again.
If the trigger is gold, the birds will fold.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
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11/17/17 04:56 AM
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Sniper John
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Then there is the other merganser. So fishy, the fish fall out of them when retrieved. This is my Vizsla Dash, but I have had one porpoise all around Blaze confusing her, then bite her before disappearing to never come up again. I have seen crippled Hoodeds get defensive as well.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6963609
11/17/17 01:47 PM
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rickym
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They will return if you have a good bait fish population, we have them every year. Lots of people believe they are no good to eat, I say lots of people dont know how to use the meat. Grind the meat and use it in gumbo or similar dishes. The fishy taste falls right into place and most wont even know theres duck in it.
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6965916
11/19/17 11:02 PM
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Guy
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Guy - please post the pic if you ever figure out a way around photobucket, would like to see as I'm still interested in how pretty they are!
The hunt, Nov 9th, 2008...My girl Molly on the fetch.. The mount, just took this pic. It needs to be refurbished.. It use to have a fish in its mouth but fell out, I think when I moved 2013...
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Re: Hooded Mergansers?
[Re: My stand is pink camo]
#6967917
11/21/17 03:40 PM
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My stand is pink camo
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Kickingbird
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Very nice merganser mounts Jacob and Guy! Beautiful dogs doing what they love Sniper John and Guy! Thanks for posting pics.
I will take a good rain or a new calf whenever I can get it -Jack Ratjen
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