Canvasbacks

[Matt Buckley]

Canvasbacks are the best eating diver in my opinion and one of the best overall ducks to eat. A northern corn feed Mallard is still hard to beat in my book. When you read about the old market hunters targeting canvasbacks they always wanted the ones feeding on wild celery because they were the best eating. I have shot several overtime here in Minnesota and South Dakota but there numbers in our flyway are down compared to what they once were. I live about an hour from Heron Lake which around the turn of the century was one of the premier Canvasback hunting destinations in the country.