I feed ducks at a local pond daily. About 2000 calories worth of soaked pigeon feed.I plan on harvesting one of the ducks every couple weeks to maintain the ecological balance. Are there any hunters here thwt have tips for killing and preparing a duck in the scenario i described? I have no way of hanging the duck somewhere to ripen so my plan is adapting a chicken soup recipe and relying on a long cooking time to make the meat tender.
If you didn't feed them, they would balance themselves. The only reason there's more than usual is because you're artificially inflating resources.Also, duck meat is nasty as shit
>>3001585Back to Haiti
>>3001585>I plan on harvesting one of the ducks every couple weeksWhere are you? This maybe illegal.
>>3001585Try to grab an egg when you find a nest. Very tasty.
>>3001593It is. I dont care.
>>3001585post pics of its cloaca. then stick your finger inside and take pics
>taking ducks from the park to eatIsn't this what brown people in the UK do? LOL
>>3001588duck is delicious you megapleeb
>>3001585can't help you with that, but if you need advice on how to paint them blue call me
>>3001628You blue ducks?
>>3001585There is zero sportsmanship in feeding wild game.'Hunters' will probably be reluctant about aiding you in any sort of way.You should probably ask about poachers.
>>3001616I have a suspicion that you're confusing indian runner ducks with native ducks. In that case you shouldn't be berating others.In case you unironically enjoy native ducks from the hunt your taste is just very very different.
>>3001585>hanging the duck somewhere to ripenem.. you need to bleed it anyways so just jerryrig a thing to hang it off of. i've never gutted a duck but it should be just like a fish, start from the anus. good luck anon. china has a lot of good waterfowl recipes. you should always try to kill the youngest ducks because they have the best meat, the older ducks will taste like shit. please post pics. duck soup sounds really bad, i wouldnt recommend its too oily. fry a duck by basting it in oil, crisping the skin, and putting it in an oven letting the fat render out. i recommend using a pellet gun to harvest and not a bb i
>>3001658>bleed itfaster way:attach rope at feet of live bird, cut head off cleanly and whirl above headcenteipedal force and beating heart accelerate the process AND you don't need a place to hang
>>30015851. You may not be the only person feeding those ducks, and you have no way of knowing what those people are feeding the ducks. Also, those ducks are eating other things (i.e., trash) when you're not present.2. If you don't have the means or the space to properly process an animal carcass, then don't kill it. Take the money that you're spending on feed and use it to buy meat.
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>>3001685>cut head off cleanly and whirl above headJesus fuck. Just imagine someone did this to you
>>3001608At least tell us what country you’re in. In European mixed wastewater systems, during heavy rains the local ponds receive sewage water which forms a sludge at the bottom into which the ducks dive and dig to find insects Thus pond raised ducks are considered not safe for eating>>3001685> what is this long red stain all around the walls of your kitchen anon
>>3002017>>3002045OP doesn't have a place to hang it. So.
>>3001588That's the point, he's overpopulation them so that he may reap the excess population. Keep up.
>>3002017pic related
>>3003901we eat rabbits several times weekly. we raise Satins & TAMUCs for meat. we are really leaning more to Satins these days, because better live sale market and better pelts. rabbit is one of our main proteins. better than chicken. in fact we ate a Cornish cross tonight that we raised and it reminded me how much I prefer rabbit over chicken. texture is better. flavor is pretty neutral, it just tastes like whatever you season and cool it with. we dont do this wild shit to dress them out. wife just cuts, guts and skins them like anything else.
>>3003915I hope you don't allow your wife to read anything.
>>3003967she actually has a BS in Criminal Science. she graduated Sumo Kum Laude. her parents (strong 2A conservatives) basically forced her into college, even making her move to a different state with them.After graduation, she moved out to a a third, different state and took a basic job in audiology that had nothing to do with her degree. 8 months later we met. she and I started a retail business together until we could afford to buy land, build a farm and now she lives the Farmwife Farm Life. she keeps house, cleans, cooks, food prep, garden, harvest livestock & livestock sales. I work 8-5 in construction with a HS diploma a a trade certificate. single-income household living the good life, debt-free on $65k/yr.our happiness and contentment is immeasurable.
You know... your budget for 2k calories daily of pigeon food could just be used to buy food for yourself. The ducks will live and grow without it.
>>3004165>>3003915Hey it's tradwife anon. I remember you talking about how you help out your wife during sheep dressing times because she needs help and I thought that was wholesome.
>>3001585I raise ducks and let me just say your plan is awesome so allow me to give you some advice. Cut their heads off while hanging em upside down in a cone. Scald the bird in 160°f water for about 30 seconds and most of the feathers should pluck easy. Now, un-like a chicken, ducks have down feathers underneath and those can be a real cocksucker to pull cause theyre tiny. After that you simply snap the feet off, cut their lower belly open, yank everything out, then let it sit in your fridge for 3 days before cooking. Thats very important, unless you like duck a la rigor mortis. And btw, pigeon feed is retardedly expensive, switch to cracked corn.
>>3004531What's the advantage of raising ducks instead of chickens? They seem like way more work and far messier.
>>3004531different anon here.after scalding and plucking outer feathers, we melt/float gulf wax on top of hot water and dip the ducks in it coating the down feathers. we then quickly plunge & remove in ice water to solidify the wax. the hardened wax on the down makes removal quick and easy. the down tears out in big clumps. this cut our duck processing time in half. if you want to reuse the wax for multiple ducks being processed at once, just toss the chunks of wax/down back into your hot water/wax kettle to remelt.
>>3004534Honestly, for me, its because its different. I can buy chicken cheap at the grocery store so raising it seemed like a waste of time to me (I started with chickens). But ducks, especially muscovy, is expensive to buy and if you know how to cook em, theyre fucking delicious. Muscovy meat is lean and red. I also got some black cayugas this year to try and see if I like the meat.
>>3004535Thank you for the tip! Ive heard of this method but have not tried it yet. I ended up buying these cool little handheld tools that spin and yank em out
>>3001698KEK @ those tabs. Perfection.
>>3003901I will never not laugh hysterically at this picture
>>3001585At least dont hide behind ecological balance if you want free duck meat for fucks sake. You're overinflating the economy to justify snatching one when you feel like it.
Don't eat animals for food that lived their lives that proximate to humans. They can carry weird diseases.
>>3001658Duck blood soup is actually delicious, so definitely hang it over a bucket. It's a traditional Polish dish and the blood acts like a thickener in a weird way, kinda like egg does.But yes the meat itself is fatty, not much point using that in soup.
