Are they good to eat?

Nope, taste like rotted fish.

nope. Male makes a good looking mount.

Nope

Well crap

Who does a good job mounting them?

I know some boys that claim they eat them, they also claim to eat coots so their honesty/sanity might be questionable

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

No.....there is nothing you can do to make them taste good...I have tried everything.

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

Got it thanks

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.

What Fred said

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

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.

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.

Has anyone eaten a coot? They have to taste better than a merg. They only eat plants.

Blake Wilson

http://www.trophybirds.com/


He's a member here.

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.