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Unread 01-15-2016, 09:38 AM   #11
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What's a "released" mallard?
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Unread 01-15-2016, 01:35 PM   #12
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Justin, released mallards are captive raised mallard ducks that are released to provide increased shooting opportunities. Here are a couple of links to more information.

https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/p...lardReport.pdf

http://www.mynaga.org/wp-content/ass...on-release.pdf


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Unread 01-15-2016, 02:25 PM   #13
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Thanks. It never occurred to me that waterfowl was being raised and released like pheasants. If that is occurring anywhere here in the Northwest, I've never heard about it.
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It is not as bad as released pheasants, as the ducks do sometimes join wild flocks and become wild ducks. Wild duck populations around here have been abysmal this season.
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I witnessed "Released Mallards" at Winchester's Nilo Farms about 35 years ago. Ducklings were trained to walk down a hill to get fed. As they grew, they learned to fly to the food. Shooters were positioned between the launch point and the food. You could have been wearing blaze orange and waved your hat - it wouldn't have made any difference. They were flying to the corn. Maybe the process has changed. Hope so. Not my cup of tea.
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The set up down here is much different than that, fortunately.
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Grits are an acquired taste !

Lived in Virginia pretty much my entire life and never had them until I went to prep school !

I'm more a Cream of Wheat with maple syrup person
Duck is an acquired taste. Love grits! I guess that is why I only hunt turkey.

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Julia cooked one of them and I am getting our to cook the rest. It is an acquired taste but good once you get used to it
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Duck is no problem especially when it's marinated in Veri Yeri Teryaki sauce and slow simmered with mushrooms , carrots and water chestnuts . If you'd said goose I'd have agreed ��
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no need to acquire a taste if you cook it right -

try this one on puddle ducks
http://www.ducks.org/hunting/recipes...-marnier-sauce

AND DON'T OVERCOOK IT
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