drone Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 I've spent a few evenings out at the little bit of heaven that I shoot over, 5 acre pond surrounded by trees with a ratrun road on one side and 70 acres of cereal on the other. Dialled in the time the ducks are flighting and the poor ******* can hardly get airborne they are that fat. The resident mallards were boosted tonight by several flocks of teal and there were some tufties. There are also large numbers of pheasants and the amount of pigeon that roost around the pond is amazing. Just getting gee'd up for a freezer filling session on the first. FWIW the first brood of mallard is now nearly 4 months old but the parents are so fat they almost rival brents for size and the young are clearly visible in the gloaming. Funnily enough they don't appear to be hitting the crop next door whereas the teal are. Hope the wigeon get in soon as I prefer them as barbecue fodder more than any other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 bbq wigeon thts a sin...too good t be bbq'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowlingmad Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 My plan is to get something to bbq in the first week or so.. never tried bbq duck before normally fry them. That's does sound a bit like heaven drone! As long some stick around you should be all right for the 1st. My last reccy about a week ago recorded a few pairs of greylags and not a lot else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drone Posted August 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 (edited) What's a sin about marinaded and barbecued duck? Far too often some irk dreams up a recipe for game that's totally ott and it's my view that half a duck marinaded overnight then barbecued and served up with lashings of booze and a salad and some jersey royals can only be bettered by a whole barley fed teal treated the same way. Edited August 28, 2013 by drone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drone Posted September 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Well all the reccy-ing didn't pay off, shed loads of duck but too high and quite a few teal but the little ******* were less than head hight and below the skyline so I didn't get a shot. Lovely to stand and watch them though except my ghillie suit got all tied up with those damn burrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 What's a sin about marinaded and barbecued duck? Far too often some irk dreams up a recipe for game that's totally ott and it's my view that half a duck marinaded overnight then barbecued and served up with lashings of booze and a salad and some jersey royals can only be bettered by a whole barley fed teal treated the same way. +1BBQ is just another way of cooking and can add a load of flavour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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