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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662101
12/04/18 11:36 AM
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Coot isn’t bad, just make sure and get all the fat off of them.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2662154
12/04/18 12:22 PM
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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.

Coots are good...just make sure and get ALL of the fat and skin off of the breast. I soak the breast fillets in buttermilk for 24 hours...wrap em in bacon and season with Montreal Steak seasoning...then grill em till the bacon is done. Pretty dang tasty!

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2662410
12/04/18 05:28 PM
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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.


Several time. They have big gizzard which is tasty. They also make a good gumbo.

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662439
12/04/18 06:02 PM
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I have heard of cajuns making pouldeau gumbo which is Coot meat. I didn't seriously think they'd be good to eat. Wish I had known. I probably killed about 20 last night. Sounded like hail hitting the bottom of my boat.


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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662455
12/04/18 06:56 PM
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Hell ya we eat coots. Cut the breasts out and clean that big ole gizzard. Cooked down in a black iron pot or a gumbo. Make a puppy pull a freight train. Them mergansers taste way to much like pelican for me. Don't like it.


It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.


Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: BC] #2662566
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Originally Posted by BC
Originally Posted by Ben2
Who does a good job mounting them?




Blake Wilson

http://www.trophybirds.com/


He's a member here.



I got in touch with him. Gonna send him a wood duck or two and the rotten fish duck

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662642
12/04/18 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben2
Originally Posted by BC
Originally Posted by Ben2
Who does a good job mounting them?




Blake Wilson

http://www.trophybirds.com/


He's a member here.



I got in touch with him. Gonna send him a wood duck or two and the rotten fish duck


You won’t be disappointed. He does jam up work.


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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2662905
12/05/18 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Ben2
Originally Posted by BC
Originally Posted by Ben2
Who does a good job mounting them?




Blake Wilson

http://www.trophybirds.com/


He's a member here.



I got in touch with him. Gonna send him a wood duck or two and the rotten fish duck



You will be pleased, he's done several for me.

Upper Midwest, they make jerky out of the mergansers, it's probably the only way I would eat it. When it comes to Coot, I can't get past their smell.


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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: FurFlyin] #2663038
12/05/18 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by FurFlyin
I have heard of cajuns making pouldeau gumbo which is Coot meat. I didn't seriously think they'd be good to eat. Wish I had known. I probably killed about 20 last night. Sounded like hail hitting the bottom of my boat.


rofl

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2666029
12/08/18 12:11 AM
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Years ago when I still duck hunted, we killed 2 hen mergansers and that was all we shot that morning. We were just kids really. Maybe early 20s.
There was an old man at the boat ramp when we got back. He was eyeballing those mergansers hard.
“Is that what they call a wood duck?” he asked.
“I reckon it is,” I said.
It was like Christmas Eve or the day before.
The old man wanted the birds and we let him have them.
“I’m going to have my wife make dressing out of them,” he said. Thanks
Now she may have been a spectacular cook and it might have turned out beautifully. But I’ve always envisioned a horrorible stench coming off that merganser dressing on Christmas morning.


“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”

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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2666030
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lol

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2666038
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Well that just seems a little lousy to me

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: FurFlyin] #2669931
12/11/18 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by FurFlyin
I have heard of cajuns making pouldeau gumbo which is Coot meat. I didn't seriously think they'd be good to eat. Wish I had known. I probably killed about 20 last night. Sounded like hail hitting the bottom of my boat.




Was hunting with a guide in Arkansas years back and we had some coots swimming out around the decoys and jokingly he asked if we wanted a limit of those as well. We laughed it off and he told us he has a group of Cajuns a few days prior that was passing on mallards to shoot the coots that would swim in. He said they was tickeled to death with their limits of coots. It was a fairly expensive guide too. I told him if he ran across anyone else wanting a guided colt hunt to send them to the big G and I’d hook the up for a few $$$.

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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2670578
12/12/18 03:09 PM
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Don’t knock em till you try them. Did a blind taste test of coot to wood duck and my wife picked the coot. Ugly goofy looking bird but they do eat good. Give em a try, you will be surprised

Mergansers on the other hand.......no bueno

Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: Ben2] #2670626
12/12/18 04:00 PM
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Best thing to do with a hoodie is breast it out and use it for catfish bait. Then eat the catfish.


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Re: Hooded Merganser? [Re: deadeyesdad] #2672597
12/14/18 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by deadeyesdad
Best thing to do with a hoodie is breast it out and use it for catfish bait. Then eat the catfish.
rofl


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