Should Duck be hung or prepared straight away?

Hunter21

As above, after shooting a duck should it be hung for a few says or prepared straight away for cooking?

Grizzly 45

Matter of choice.Some say to hang it.Others go for having it plucked,gutted and in the freezer within 24 hours.I'm for the latter.

Birdnuts

As Grizz says its a matter of preferred taste - I'm a gamey lad so would hang it for between 2 and 4 days depending on seize of said duck. Eithier way enjoy with a nice receipe:)

Hunter21

Thanks lads. Got a good sized mallard about twenty minutes ago at my flight pond so going to prepare him right away, I'll try get a Picture up before he's stripped

FISMA

Hunter21 wrote: »

As above, after shooting a duck should it be hung for a few says or prepared straight away for cooking?

I have heard both: right a way and a few days.

I clean it right away. On a risk/versus reward basis, I just cannot see allowing bacteria to multiple.

Store below 40F and cook over 165F...

steyrman2

i like to hang them in a cooler for 3 days then pluck and clean out and freeze have not had any problems yet have a busy few hours ahead for me on monday

Hunter21

First duck I've ever gutted and can safely say I made a complete balls of it! Small tiny bits of the breast left that can be cooked, raging over it though

Dupont

ya mighten be that bad hunter 21 you get feck all of a breast of a duck,even a good sized drake there isnt much meat on them

Spunk84

Hunter wouldnt be worried;) i butchered my first duck toooo:) just take the bits and bobs and put them altogether and fry them up

pheasntstalker

i usually hang em overnite and nxt day her goodself and my daughter do the rest:D:D im blessed that wifey comes from hunting background, where the men go out and hunt and the women pluck, clean and cook etc,and my seven yr old daughter is happily learning from mam and pestering daddy to go shooting ,but il leave the shooting bit til she gets on a bit;)

kildarejoe

Pluck and clean them out while they are still warm is the easiest.
Leaving them on a plate in the fridge is the same as hanging them but they never usually last more than a couple of days before they end up in my belly ha ha

kildare.17hmr

pheasntstalker wrote: »

i usually hang em overnite and nxt day her goodself and my daughter do the rest:D:D im blessed that wifey comes from hunting background, where the men go out and hunt and the women pluck, clean and cook etc,and my seven yr old daughter is happily learning from mam and pestering daddy to go shooting ,but il leave the shooting bit til she gets on a bit;)

you lucky bastard! Got a good one there man

Glensman

I skin them, I find it faster and I'm good at skinning.

My mate shoots a lot of duck and he just cuts out the breasts...