Golden eye beat down

[clayton86]

Got my first golden eye Friday the 13th.

[Gundog]

Gonna have to change your name to "Dead Eye Dan".  Great shootin'. 

[clayton86]

Wasn't all me just 4 of the drake golden eye took a newbie with us let him take most the shots 

[gim]

Do you eat them?  I shot a few bluebills years ago and tried eating them.  They were awful.  Took one bite and then ordered a pizza.  Since then its just mallards, woodies, and teal which I've found to taste much better.

[clayton86]

Everyone asks me this and yes I eat them had it for dinner tonight actually. I marinate them in Worcester sauce, minced garlic , onion, hot sauce for 1-24hrs the cook in a pan like a steak since I'm out of propane for the grill. Turns out great I love it my 16mo daughter can't get enough of it. 

 

Got some scoters to try soon shot a drake white wing and a hen last week. The drake is going on the wall such a cool looking bird. 

[Jtrout]

Awesome! What seat do you have on your kayak? 

[clayton86]

It's the air pro max seat. Wilderness systems ATAK 140 is the kayak an absolute beast 

[RoLo]

On 1/16/2017 at 7:12 PM, gimruis said:

Do you eat them?  I shot a few bluebills years ago and tried eating them.  They were awful.  Took one bite and then ordered a pizza.  Since then its just mallards, woodies, and teal which I've found to taste much better.

 

 

Mallards from freshwater are very good, but I've taken mallards from saltwater marshes

that tasted like the killifish they were eating 

 

Roger

On 1/16/2017 at 10:02 PM, clayton86 said:

Everyone asks me this and yes I eat them had it for dinner tonight actually.

 

I will say this, golden eyes taste better than the buffleheads I've eaten 

 

Roger

[clayton86]

9 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

 

Mallards from freshwater are very good, but I've taken mallards from saltwater marshes

that tasted like the killifish they were eating 

 

Roger

 

I will say this, golden eyes taste better than the buffleheads I've eaten 

 

Roger

 Now the buffies I had tasted better then the goldens, but then again I cooked the buffies and my gf cooked the goldens.....

[RoLo]

11 hours ago, clayton86 said:

 Now the buffies I had tasted better then the goldens, but then again I cooked the buffies and my gf cooked the goldens.....

 

interesting!

Perhaps it hinges on indigenous diet. My buffies were taken from Brigantine, NJ (hung high for tenderizing enzymes).

 

As an aside

The golden eye ducks in Jersey habitually flew about 10 ft above the water surface (higher only when alarmed).

Whereas the buffleheads flew juxta water surface, where their wing tips might occasionally tap the water.

 

Roger

[Bluebasser86]

Cool looking ducks!

[clayton86]

19 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

interesting!

Perhaps it hinges on indigenous diet. My buffies were taken from Brigantine, NJ (hung high for tenderizing enzymes).

 

As an aside

The golden eye ducks in Jersey habitually flew about 10 ft above the water surface (higher only when alarmed).

Whereas the buffleheads flew juxta water surface, where their wing tips might occasionally tap the water.

 

Roger

 The bufflehead we shot this year in the finger lakes were all high higher then mallards then would see the spread do a big loop and come in about 10' off the water and decoy in. 

 

Golden eyes were all on Lake Ontario and they flew like 10-20' off the water and would just with out warning cup and drop right in always singles maybe doubles where as the bufflehead we had some good sized flocks come in. 

 

Old squaw and Scoters here on Lake Ontario all fly skimming there bellys off the water it seems the little buggers are hard to see coming some times.