Extreme late season ducking

[Kevin J Legg]

Extreme day of duck hunting. I got a call late last night from Matt Garlock asking about hunting ducks this morning. Drove to a ramp at the lake and it was iced in but we launched and broke ice looking for a place to hunt. The outboard was acting up so we limped back to the launch and were barely able to pull the boat. We tried a second ramp that was also frozen in and finally decide to call it a morning. On our trip home we found a couple open ramps and after resolving the engine problem drove back to the lake at 1130 and had a great afternoon shoot. Ended up with a limit including mallard, black, green winged teal, buffleheads, broadbills and whistlers. We needed to put down rock salt to get the boat out of the ramp and the decoys, boat and our cloths were covered by a sheet of ice.

[SHADE OF GRAY]

Nice job. Can't wait for Western zone to open.

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[ryanrobb52]

Great shoot!

[Kevin J Legg]

Just froze 30 smoked duck breast and took a batch of 18 goose breasts from the smoker. Some good eats !

[flashpoint]

Kevin ...do you marinade the breast before smoking??

If so anything special?

Going to do up some king salmon in the smoker...may do some duck as well!

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[Kevin J Legg]

Matt,

I use the following recipe and have had great results. Everyone loves it. Best not to over smoke or over cook it. Meat thermometer really insures a great product. Let me know how it turns out.

I use the following brine:

1 cup salt

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup Italian seasoning

1/4 cup garlic powder

2 tbs Black pepper

2 tbs red pepper flakes

4 bay leaves (crushed0

Mix with 1 quart of water and simmer for 20 min.

Add 2 more quarts of water and let cool

Add duck or goose breasts and brine in the refrigerator for around 15-24

hours.

Rinse well, pat dry and rub with a little olive oil

Smoke under low heat for 1-4 hours till internal temperature reaches 135-140 degrees

Edited December 16, 2013 by Kevin J Legg

[flashpoint]

Will do Kevin!

Thanks so much for the recipe!

Can't wait to try it!

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