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Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 08 3:55 pm Post subject: Any chance of a duck?
Got two cracking mallard drakes at the little shoot I belong to yestersay - it was a grim day for pheasant as there is so much food everywhere for them that you can't hold them very easily. the duck are hanging in the lean-to and Thomas is staring up at them with love and longing in his eyes. Anyone else had any duck yet?

Silas

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 6848
Location: Staffordshire

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 08 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Any chance of a duck?

Brownbear wrote:

Got two cracking mallard drakes at the little shoot I belong to yestersay - it was a grim day for pheasant as there is so much food everywhere for them that you can't hold them very easily. the duck are hanging in the lean-to and Thomas is staring up at them with love and longing in his eyes.

Anyone else had any duck yet?

Have not had wild mallard for a long time, not much meat on them as I recall.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 08 4:54 pm Post subject:
Not yet this season, looking forward to my first, and wigeon, and pheasant, and woodcock, yum.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 08 4:54 pm Post subject:
No, but the North Wales deer stalking bit of BASC has organised a carcass handling evening (only �5) at a local catering college. Option to buy venison afterwards.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 08 9:02 am Post subject: Re: Any chance of a duck?

Silas wrote:

Have not had wild mallard for a long time, not much meat on them as I recall.

Not much, but probably more than on a supermarket chicken, though.

Just finished the last out of the freezer from last year- only just had the first fresh pheasant of the year last night.

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 08 10:26 am Post subject:
Nope, plenty of geese though Pheasant tonight, stuffed with goats cheese and thyme, wrapped in bacon, panfried then de-glazed with white wine and reduced then some cream added........served with a savoury vegetable rice. Can`t beat the game season for tasty scran eh?

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 08 10:33 am Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

No, but the North Wales deer stalking bit of BASC has organised a carcass handling evening (only �5) at a local catering college. Option to buy venison afterwards.

That sounds like a really good idea.

Deconstructing a carcass I can do, but I'm certain I'd be better with some further instruction.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 08 11:09 am Post subject:
I used to buy wild duck every winter from a poulterers on the market beore we moved, but I much prefer the eating qualities of the Muscovies I breed now.

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