We had a really good year up to november when the corn didnt come out on time and the water froze up too quickly. The birds just flew through with no food available. We ended up with 302 ducks (137 drake mallards) and 230 geese. Of those we had 7 goose bands and one banded drake mallard. This was with a group that went up to 8 guys somedays so. All of the meat is consumed or processed. We take our stuff into the locker plant and have sticks and brats made and they are delicious!

As long as we are listing group harvests, my group of 3-4 guys bagged around 115 ducks and 30 geese. All the ducks were shot on public land. I also personally shot 3 goose bands and a banded mallard this year. 4 bands out of 49 birds isent too bad!

If I figured out the number of birds I shot for the amount of days I hunted, I only averaged about 1.4 birds a day. As soon as I got home those ducks were cleaned and on the grill.
Eating a meal or two of ducks a week is not too hard, and its good for you. You also must remember that goose opened in september, so guys have been shooting geese for 3 months now. All my geese are made into jerky, and that doesent stay around for long. I eat my birds right away, the best tasting wild game is fresh wild game, just because guys shoot allot of birds does not mean they dont eat them in a timely (and legal) manner.

Not everyone does that for sure, but I do, its pretty easy to do that if you know what to do. I eat them a lot after having birds in posession and we make jerky out of them and they go pretty fast.



maybe thats your case, but you can't beat chopped bbq goose for alfredo pasta, goose jerky, bbq goose fajitas, goose wild rice (crockpot), chopped up duck with italian for pasta, bbq duck fajitas, slow cooked duck breast in crockpot with gravy and spice, marinated duck breast with bacon wrapped. There are many ways I cook them and are actually good eating.

well what do I do? finding spots with 500+ mallards, 500+ geese from scouting and go out hunting and all the birds are piling in and I just shoot one and go home...It only takes 4 mallards and 2 geese and I know 95% of you would try to get a limit, then its always fun to watch them come in when you have a limit of mallards or geese or whatsoever!

Its true for me, I just love to get out as much I can but its usually good hunting and I can't resist a limit!

The best season ever, buddies and I limited out pretty much every time in the western metro, slaughtered the geese and ducks.

maybe thats your case, but you can't beat chopped bbq goose for alfredo pasta, goose jerky, bbq goose fajitas, goose wild rice (crockpot), chopped up duck with italian for pasta, bbq duck fajitas, slow cooked duck breast in crockpot with gravy and spice, marinated duck breast with bacon wrapped. There are many ways I cook them and are actually good eating. [/quote]

well said quack and when I throw ducks or geese on the plate my kids come running for the table they are 9 and 12 yrs old
I will eat a duck or goose before those nasty chickens anyday of the week . I dont always kill a limit of birds and the hunt is a very improtant part of it espeacilly with my kids now that they can do it.

5 drake buffies
5 hen buffies
4 drake mallards
2 hen mallards
2 hen teal
1 shoveler
1 drake woodie
1 drake merganser
1 coot came in with 4 buffs (we leveled the whole flock)

I gotta say...impressive numbers everyone! Its really good to see some good hunts from others, because i gotta say there were several points throughout the season that i was left completey baffeled and the reports from others supported that!So...I guess i didnt keep exact numbers down but give or take 10-15 birds i got it pretty close:

340 ducks
120 honkers
50 snows

510 total dead between 6 of us

Still got a month or so of honkers to kill but not sure how much of that i am up to...not to big on sitting out in a frozen field freezing my butt off! lol

Just for me 55 +or- ducks 3 geese. How do you count other people's ducks? I think more important numbers are how many cripples did you lose? How many shells shot per duck? and the most important one how much did you enjoy the experience? I know people that shoot over a hundred and fifty a year but never seem satisfied. Numbers are funny some people will say how it stunk when they got 2-3 in an a.m. shoot. I feel sorry for them.

I think people refer to the total # of birds killed on all hunts they participated in.

Well each time I went out I came back with a few ducks or a goose. So I guess not getting skunked was cool, and enjoying my time out there was fun. the best time was when my 6 year old son was out. He just hung out in the duck blind and was eating a bunch of snacks when dad let a few mallards have it. He was so pumped and surprised. I think he though all we did was call for ducks and geese and ate snacks in the blind.

You are correct.
As for cripples lost I got those numbers also.
6 ducks or 13 percent
2 geese or 17 percent
Having a dog helps allot, unless you hit the bird and it fly's away.

i would agree. hanging out with your hunting buddys, there is nothing better then that. and shooting birds is a plus.

2 trips to nodak duck hunting

159 ducks

3 days duck hunting minnesota

1 ringer
1 hooded