WIDGEONATOR said:I just recently found out that mallards and wood ducks eat acorns. Personally I have never found acorns inside of bird, and figured most acorns were too large for a duck to swallow. I was just wondering how many of you have ever found acorns inside of a duck, and how often. Once in awhile or all the time?[/quote
If you ever hunt along the river when the water is up you will see that alot. Ive kill a few woodies at sutter that had eaten acorns. Those dang birds can eat really big stuff ive found whole almonds in doves before.
Acorns?
I just recently found out that mallards and wood ducks eat acorns. Personally I have never found acorns inside of bird, and figured most acorns were too large for a duck to swallow. I was just wondering how many of you have ever found acorns inside of a duck, and how often. Once in awhile or all the time?
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I see it ever dove season. Especialy when they are harvesting. A dove cant get into the shell but when they shake the trees they always brake a few hulls. And more so after the opener when the birds get pushed out of the safflower fields. They have to find something to eat. :thumbsup:
shoot the Hollister club. They got a few. :thumbsup:TealMan said:Too bad there aren't any mallard in the grasslands! :biggrin:duckjumper said:Funny you should mention this - we had a duck hunter's dinner earlier this month and held a "mallard tasting." We had one duck from the Grasslands, a corn-eatin' from the Delta, a rice-fed mallard from the Sac Valley - and an acorn-eating mallard from Amador.
The results were pretty interesting....
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