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#1 ·
i was out today to hunt and i saw a duck that looked like a coot but wasn't it didn't have webbed feet and it had red and yellow on it's beak i would like info on this bird please
 
#4 ·
they are in the same boat as mudhens, 25 a day. As for taste I don't think i would ever tryone. I haven't had mudhen either so try it next season if you would like. Let me know how it tastes. :mrgreen:

Ask someone who has eaten mudhen, they will tell you to pass on it i'm sure.
 
#6 ·
I've never eaten a coot but your crazy. Just kidding, but not really. I haven't ventured past my dads recomendations on eating duck. I didn't shoot anything he told me tasted bad, knowing he would make me eat it.
 
#8 ·
Yep, that's a moorhen, coot's first cousin. They are a little different eatingwise - coots are dark meat like ducks, moorhens are lighter like pheasants. These guys are very secretive and will flush on you like a grouse or pheasant. Coots will try to swim away first then flush by skittering on the water.

Either way, eat 'em up - but you MUST skin them and remove the fat. Unlike ducks, coot/moorhen skin & fat tastes AWFUL. Meat is like venison. Servie it medium-rare.
 
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