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Hooded Merganser? #2661537
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Are they good to eat?

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661543
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Nope, taste like rotted fish.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661550
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nope. Male makes a good looking mount.


I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....

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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661560
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Nope


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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661578
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Well crap

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661582
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Who does a good job mounting them?

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661598
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I know some boys that claim they eat them, they also claim to eat coots so their honesty/sanity might be questionable

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661624
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Originally Posted by Ben2
Who does a good job mounting them?

There's another thread going on for the same thing.


I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661625
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No.....there is nothing you can do to make them taste good...I have tried everything. sick

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Abbhudson] #2661627
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Originally Posted by Abbhudson
I know some boys that claim they eat them, they also claim to eat coots so their honesty/sanity might be questionable

Coots are good to eat....but not a Merganser!

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: AUwrestler] #2661651
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Originally Posted by AUwrestler
Originally Posted by Ben2
Who does a good job mounting them?

There's another thread going on for the same thing.

Got it thanks

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: BhamFred] #2661697
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Originally Posted by BhamFred
nope. Male makes a good looking mount.


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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: top cat] #2661770
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Originally Posted by top cat
Originally Posted by BhamFred
nope. Male makes a good looking mount.


Gonna take yalls advice and just mount him. Was hoping it would be like a wood duck but oh well will know not to shoot another one.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2661824
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What Fred said

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Abbhudson] #2661947
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Originally Posted by Abbhudson
I know some boys that claim they eat them, they also claim to eat coots so their honesty/sanity might be questionable


I've eaten coots. You can make anything edible with enough Italian dressing and bacon.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662017
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Hood rats ain’t good for much of anything unless you’re having a slow day in the timber. I quit shooting them until my buddy killed one that I wouldn’t shoot. It was banded. slap

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662034
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They are NOT tasty!!!! Back in the day, I would shoot them for the dog on slow days. How I got my moniker. A fish duck isn't really good for anything but training dogs.

When I lived in South Bama, we always managed to give them away. The trick was to never give the same person ducks and occasionally throw better ducks into the mix. Once gave some to a group of river rats living on a small houseboat traveling from somewhere up north to Mobile bay. Gave them the mergansers in Gainesville before Thanksgiving. Saw them again in Demopolis and took pity on them by giving them part of a deer. They were still raving about the Thanksgiving mergansers. Took all the romance out of living in a boat Huck Finn style. They were 2 months into the trip and broke and hungry.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662037
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Has anyone eaten a coot? They have to taste better than a merg. They only eat plants.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662041
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Originally Posted by Ben2
Who does a good job mounting them?




Blake Wilson

http://www.trophybirds.com/


He's a member here.


"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."

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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2662095
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Originally Posted by ozarktroutbum
Has anyone eaten a coot? They have to taste better than a merg. They only eat plants.


I never have, just assumed they wouldn't be good cause they look funny. Maybe I'll try them some day. I'll never eat a hood again though.

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