Rice breast

I don't know about y'all but there is no way that I am eating a bird that has rice breast. I shot a bird today that had both its breast covered.

pics or never happened

Not a chance.

x2

Oh, and they always are fully on both sides. It's not a patchy thing.

I can send a pic to someone if they don't mind posting.

I had a mallard that way yesterday

Don't worry, we all believe you. I've seen dozens of em, don't need to see that again.

Since I haven't hunted duck in years, "What is Rice Breast"?

make Gumbo or Jambalaya and skip cooking the rice since it's already added.

Not his picture just to show Slow#s

I just threw up a little...

Big redfish and black drum sometimes have something that looks very similar. Never seen this in a duck though...

Not for me either. Don't feed it raw to dogs either, I was about too until i did some research on it.

covered in feathers?
Has anyone seen it in ducks other than mallards?

I was thinkin the same thing because the duck I shot this morning was a mallard drake.

Shovelers and pintail are the worst. But I've seen it in several different ones.

Shovelers is where I've seen it

U have harvested alot of ducks and never noticed this.

So is it terrible to eat?

Shovelers and pins is where I've seen it, but I think it can occur in any duck.

Supposedly its fine, cody. Doesn't hurt the ducks either. Do a Google on it, there are some papers from universities that will tell you everything.

I've seen it only in Mallards

Shovelers pintails and greenheads. All last year when it was warm shallow water. not sure if it had anything to do with it or not.

Saw it in a Blue wing teal during teal season.

Makes you sort of wonder when you are plucking the duck instead of skinning it.

Oh yeah, I think about it everytime.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/Hunt_Trap/waterfowl/sarcocystis.asp

I've only seen it in mallards but I don't kill many pintails and I have never cleaned a shoveler.

If you look carefully 99 percent of the fish in the bay have worms likethat. Very rarely do I catch one without them. Even trout that are barely over the limit

Gottcha fixed up!

Another reason for diver only limits...... hello Mr Ringneck and Mr Bluebill
"A wide variety of birds, mammals and reptiles can contract Sarcocystis. Among waterfowl, dabbling ducks (mallard, pintail, shoveler, teal, black duck, gadwall and widgeon) are the species most commonly affected with the visible form of the disease. Diving ducks are only occasionally affected"