[gilmore1011]

Do you shoot shovelers?​

Yes	18	69.23%
No	8	30.77%

 

[gilmore1011]

I was reading the harvest report from last year in my state and was suprised to see how many shovelers were taken. Do any of you guys shoot them? I mean on purpose. I have seen a lot earlier in Oklahoma but I never shot one. I wouldn't think they are very good to eat.

 

[had]

here in az i shoot what i can get.

 

[ks_waterfowler]

I'll shoot them. They all tast the same and drakes are really pretty.

 

[quackkiller]

:withstupid: I'll shoot them. I think the drakes are pretty when in full plumage.

 

[donell67]

ill shoot them also. we get a few not many. yet to get a mature drake though.

 

[goosehunter09]

There are 100's where I live I can usually go and pass shoot em and get my limit in about 1/2 hour they are just as fun to shoot as any other duck

 

[Greg Wile]

Never seen one to shoot and I don't think we have them around here though I may be wrong. Would probably hunt them if they were here.

Keep the sport alive take a kid hunting/fishing.

 

[Ducksbeus]

Only on accident :mrgreen:

 

[travo]

on opener last year, i was canoeing a friend of mine aroung the marsh, and saw one. i pretended to get all excited,cuz i was in the front of the canoe and going around some vegetation. i said" Mallard-shoot!shoot!" the canoe drifted forward and jim blows it away. oops-one against your limit,old chum. :laughing:

 

[Blastaduck]

The full plumage drakes are beautiful. They only taste bad if they are feeding on something bad just like any other duck. We don't see them that often, but if they come in, gonna try to kill them.

 

[bgoldhunter]

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[gilmore1011]

I'm with bgoldhunter. I shot one years ago and it tasted like crap. I never have shot one again. I'm not looking down at anyone that does so don't anyone get that idea. I was just suprised to see how many were harvested. Like bgoldhunter said it counts in my limit so I just don't.

 

[stalns]

I haven't been shooting them the past couple of years. I have no problem with anybody shooting them. I don't particularly enjoy eating them. They have a bad reputation as not being a premium bird out here in California. But they splash when they fall, just like the rest. I have had a lot of fun shooting them for years at my old club.

 

[bluegill]

I'll take whatever i can get when it comes to ducks. Spoonies taste fine if you cook them correctly. The drakes are very pretty when they are in plumage.

 

[ol' yeller]

Yes, we shoot spoonies when there are no mallards around which was pretty much the first 30 days of the season this year. I'd much rather shoot a limit of teal, but when those stupid spoonies come into the decoys like it's a runway it's hard to not kill them. Ugly ducks need killin' too.

yeller

 

[dukhnter7]

As a rule in our group, it's usually the rookie that shoots. Everybody else will tell the rook that it's his turn, go ahead and take as many as you can out of this group! Call it rookie hazing!

 

[bgoldhunter]

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[Spoony]

Hell yeah! I like limits, colors, and Holly wood mallards tastes like any other duck when they are turned into jerky, or duck snausage! :getdown:

 

[Mike M.]

I would, but we dont see them very often here in New England. I have seen a few but only in the springtime.