shovelers?

[thomashamm2]

title pretty much says it all i got 1 hen shoveler. Any good?

[rcatron]

I've never been able to tell a difference between a shoveler and what many consider to be the "good" ducks. I figure where I shoot them they are eating the same thing as everything else.

[LiquidA45]

I've never been able to tell a difference between a shoveler and what many consider to be the "good" ducks. I figure where I shoot them they are eating the same thing as everything else.

exactly.

[The Waterfowler]

Biggest problem with Shovelers, aside from bad press from the uninformed, is their feeding habits. Early in the year they are prone to get sarcosis, aka rice breast, from feeding on invertebrates in warm water. They don't fatten up as readily as our Greenwings in Arkansas but after a few weeks in the rice fields they eat just as well as the Teal. We make kabobs, bacon wrapped on the grill stuffed with cream cheese and jalapenos or gumbo with them. Have roasted some along with other ducks just to prove a point and can't tell the difference. But we don't usually shoot them as a rule since we have so many others to choose from. However, late season drakes make fine trophies and are much sought after by the collectors.

[handyandy]

cook them like any other duck you can never go wrong with pounding out the breast with a meat mallet breading and frying them in bacon grease everything taste good that way.

[Dingbatter 2]

cook them like any other duck you can never go wrong with pounding out the breast with a meat mallet breading and frying them in bacon grease everything taste good that way.

Exactly! Bacon is the cure-all for everything. Either wrap it in bacon or fry it in bacon. BACON!


And it works great in keeping Jihadists away too. Just pull out a pound of BACON and watch them run!