fenboy Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Eat a shoveler . Oh my god they are bloody awful. At least I gave it a go and the dog seems happy enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Being a moral man you will not be shooting another then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 not nice then i take it hehe colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Being a moral man you will not be shooting another then? Not by design no certainly not. not nice then i take it hehe colin I think I am going to taste it for a month Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillfrbs Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 have heard they are not nice. i suppose it depends what they have been feeding on .you probably want one that has been feeding on corn .lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Tried one once, would have been better to eat a shovel! I did think it might have just been the one i had, but may be not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Eat a shoveler . Oh my god they are bloody awful. At least I gave it a go and the dog seems happy enough Serves you right, you Lincs lot should stop pumping all that stuff into the Wash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 You obviously didnt use enough curry power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayano3 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's the one I see in the pumping station down guys head road. Serves you right for shooting it 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Eat a shoveler . Oh my god they are bloody awful. At least I gave it a go and the dog seems happy enough Well at least you gave it a go " Fenboy ", this is not the best month to eat duck if there been feeding on the estuary or saltings as the taste reflects on what there been eating , and in our case its on mud flats. Geese are all right as most of them are eating grass or beet tops , and I am now going to have the same as I had last night which was goose casserole , mind you two nights running is enough and tomorrow is fish and chips night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Eat a shoveler . Oh my god they are bloody awful. At least I gave it a go and the dog seems happy enough You sure its not been licking its xxxx more often ? to get rid of the taste ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well at least you gave it a go " Fenboy ", this is not the best month to eat duck if there been feeding on the estuary or saltings as the taste reflects on what there been eating , and in our case its on mud flats. Geese are all right as most of them are eating grass or beet tops , and I am now going to have the same as I had last night which was goose casserole , mind you two nights running is enough and tomorrow is fish and chips night. Goose casserole would be a much better bet marsh man, but first I need to shoot the goose which is not looking too likely at the moment ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greylag1 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 shoveller,goldon eye tuffties all taste the same.like **** :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Sounds like the time I tried to eat Mallard heart. Came out as fast as it went in. Edited January 22, 2015 by guest1957 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 shoveller,goldon eye tuffties all taste the same.like **** :) Without a shadow of doubt , the worse bird I ate ( or tried to eat ) was a Curlew , that was when they were on the shooting list . In September there were just about edible but once they started eating off the mud flats they were vile , and if your dog knew he was coming home to one of them " Fenboy " for his dinner he would have kept on the other side of the river for ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 You sure its not been licking its xxxx more often ? to get rid of the taste ! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Not enough curry powder. Mixed game burgers are the way with the less edible stuff, you can still shoot and eat them. Eat a shoveler . Oh my god they are bloody awful. At least I gave it a go and the dog seems happy enough Edited January 23, 2015 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Without a shadow of doubt , the worse bird I ate ( or tried to eat ) was a Curlew , that was when they were on the shooting list . In September there were just about edible but once they started eating off the mud flats they were vile , and if your dog knew he was coming home to one of them " Fenboy " for his dinner he would have kept on the other side of the river for ever. I used to eat Curlew shot off September stubbles. Well I did once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klammer Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 When my father first started wildfowling in the fifties, he shot two Brent geese on the Blackwater marshes (his first ever geese). So being the person who must eat what he shot religiously, he duly roasted the goose for sunday lunch. He told me it was by far the worst thing he had ever eaten, and on giving the remainder to the dog, promptly got the same reaction! The other goose was chopped up and fed to the ferrets, who also turned their noses up at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 All this puts me off wildfowling! Do you blokes shoot anything that doesn't taste rank? I couldn't in all conscience shoot a duck or goose unless someone, preferably me, was going to eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 In order of least palatable from my own limited experience: 1. Goldeneye. 2. Tufted. 3. Shoveler 4. Curlew 5. Gadwall 6. My old leather boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klammer Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've eaten everything that I've ever shot on the marsh which is; Hare, rabbit, snipe, woodcock, pheasant, partridge, mallard, wigeon, pintail (favourite duck), teal, pink footed goose, greylag, and canada goose (favourite goose), and one tufted duck which wasn't to my liking but I still ate it. Not sure after reading this thread if I would put the gun up to a shoveler now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 That's weird. I shot a shoveller on splashes a couple of years ago and it was great, I breasted it and cooked it medium-rare like I would with a Teal. As mentioned I think a lot depends on what it was eating. I would eat that same meal again in an instant. And I'm fussy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Tried most things, curlew, redshank,coot, all the nasty tasting duck and tough old Canada's, but by far the worst thing was a road kill muntjac which my mate finished off, bought home and cooked. It tasted like it had been cooked in diesel ( mate is excellent game/ fish cook ). I can only presume it sufferers for some time before mate put it out of its misery,and it's flesh was pumped with adrenaline!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Tried most things, curlew, redshank,coot, all the nasty tasting duck and tough old Canada's, but by far the worst thing was a road kill muntjac which my mate finished off, bought home and cooked. It tasted like it had been cooked in diesel ( mate is excellent game/ fish cook ). I can only presume it sufferers for some time before mate put it out of its misery,and it's flesh was pumped with adrenaline!? Almost certainly that was the case. The same thing happens with game birds and wildfowl. If they are not shot dead they will bleed and adrenalin will pump round their body creating an unusual chemical taste. I found this out to my cost with a mallard which was not dead when it was shot and I had to kill it. When I cooked it the meat was filled with blood and it had to go in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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