This was a very helpful video for learning how to take care of a whole duck bought at the grocery store too (head, feet, and innards still present). Thank you!
@lookatmesmile1 you bought a dead bird with its guts still in it?? that is VERY questionable - are you sure it was the innards and not just the lungs and maybe the kidneys? the GI tract of any animal is pretty dangerous if left in contact with meat for too long - getting rid of the intestines is the first order of business once the animal is dead.
Last night we butchered another duck for dinner tonight (today is christmas) still a good method this one. Just make sure the water is good and hot.
@tomriddolls Ha. Yes, I'm positive of what was present and what was not. We brought it fresh not frozen from an Asian market. I'll keep that in mind about the GI tract. Thank you again for the helpful videa though.
Thanks so much for posting this and explaining everything, I plan on doing 3 of my drakes this weekend and was dreading it. I think your video gave me a pretty good idea of what to expect-thanks.
man I hate scalding. I usually just skin em out. yea I know that the flavor comes from the skin, but unless i'm doing a bunch of birds, i don't scald.
@hilikbox That doesn't sound efficient, nor effective. To the heart you need to cut out either through rib-cage, or from the back, but still alot of fuzz and the duck will still be alive. What if you could do a knife, or a needle to penetrate the heart?
@hilikbox Hi. Could you give a link to a video of such, or pictures of how to do this effective and efficient? I did some browsing and didn't find any.
Nice vid but do you believe it to be true what people say chopping off the head and letting it kick around may ruin the meat because of all the adrenaline running through its body. With chickens this person slit the throat and then stabbd the brain didn't seem to move much. Also I seen on tv where they stun the brain first with a shock then slit the throat. Just asking since you are the one who eats it.
Thanks for this video, Tom! :) We have muscovies and are doing a few today. I needed a refresher! :) I also like that you did it in winter. It's December here in Canada right now (no snow yet), and I'm glad that it can be done in the cold weather without issues. I initially wondered it if might chill the duck too much while we were plucking.
I use a killing cone because I am definitely not as coordinated as you, and find my ducks thrash around too much, bruising the meat.
Ooh, the rubber glove idea sounds promising! I had 9 Muscovies to do and took them to a processor because the plucking is SO tedious. How old are these ducks? No pin feathers! Even though she used a plucking machine mine have quite a few; they were 12.5 weeks old. I have a couple of regular ducks I may do at home and will try the gloves. Then hopefully I can find this EXCELLENT video again and post my results.
I have never done this before but am conducting research so I can do it myself. I must admit I was surprised at how quickly the head was removed. Have you always had that success when taking off the heads?
let me get this straight. you boil it, or lightly boil it and cook the skin, and with the rubber gloves makes the plucking easier overall. the cooked skin not holding as well or the feather shafts soften and not being so difficult to wrestle with. those wing feathers are a pain though.
@disabledsportsgirl Lol, no.. Its only the nerves that keep it moving after the head has been cut off.. Once all the blood is drained it stops, lol. FUnny question though
The duck lives a happy life and is well fed and gets to spend time with it's friends. It only experiences about 30 seconds of "what the hell is going on?" and then it feels nothing after that. Clean kill. Ethical. (I'm a member of PETA btw) I support hunting.
I've heard that melting paraffin wax into the scalding water helps by soaking into the duck's feathers and clumping them together, making it easier to pull out the bitty feathers. (So your idiot father doesn't set the kitchen curtains on fire trying to singe the quills with an entire burning Sunday Times.)
@glory2win That's a nervous reflex that all creatures with a brain have when the nervous system is separated from the brain. The body twitches, as nerves send signals out and search for signals back. When they don't get any, they get confused and send confused signals to the muscles.
It's also why you sometimes shake violently if you pinch a nerve.
@efedemirbag - for sure. The duck is not being handled roughly and the string around its neck is not being pulled hard. In commercial slaughter houses the birds are put into a killing cone, their throats are cut and they bleed out. I've done this method too when butchering a friend's stock, that's how he wanted it. To be honest with a sharp knife, the birds don't seem to register pain, but I'm sure it must be awful. Personally, I'll stick to the quick chop.
@efedemirbag This works. A sharp knife to the throat in a cone works fine too. If you get jugular, they bleed out and are gone in a second or two. No blood to brain = no oxygen.
The method that I think is hardest to do humanely is the neck break, although I bet someone who knows how to do it well would disagree. At the end of the day, as long as you kill them right, it's humane. If you bullshit around with it and do it uncleanly (bad cut/etc), then it's not.
@willyd5115 The best way seriously, is just go all duck commander and bite its head where the brain is and crush it completely. This is a hunters appraoch but very effective.
@FalseShadowx we do around these parts, we pronounce fish fillets as "fill-its" and not "fill-aye-s" hence the knives have T's in them - I also pronounce knives with a K (joking).
how come the brains are de-touched already but the body still moving as if it is still alive? i thought Brains control everything... oops, Here come the Mystery of the centries...
@maxinpains No the brains do not control everything. The spinal cord does control many "instinct" and response movements such as the famous "knee-jerk" reaction when they whack you with the little rubber hammer. Also when nervous tissue is severely damaged (like chopping off one's head) the rest of teh system goes haywire with random uncontrolled firing. our nerve and muscle tissues contain all the energy they need to move, the brain just does so in an orderly fashion
Great explanations...so, in this case , this Guy "severely damaged " this Duck's nervous tissue to go heywire.... I've seen a human got decapitaded on WW2 in Europ video but i don't seen any movement much...I wonder why.
ok this is starting to get beyond me. some creatures like pigs (we kill our own pigs) also flop around for about 2 minutes, cows I have heard not so much. Rabbits do and don't one will flail and kick another will stop dead. Obviously the brain and nervous system is an incredibly complicated system and we are likely trying to simplify it beyond reason. I have heard that humans can be pretty active after death - but let's not get too gory here.
no I don't like it at all, shooting a pig is never an enjoyable event. All animals have a right to live - humans being the crappy species it is just breaks all the rules. but we will pay the price in the end...
yep. everybody dies..sadly...I've heard when we dies we'll see all the life events once again so vivitly right in front of eyes... human tends to agains many rules but there is a fine lines . you shall not commit murder and so on....
by the way , if you put vaseline in tub of hot water before you dip your dead ducks will helps you for plucking. the film of wax will clings on feathers & easier to pluck.
@maxinpains cont. - it is a little like removing the steering wheel and gas pedal from a car, by opening the carburetor up the car will still go, just totally out of control.
go duck hunting with a .12 guage ar a 10 guage, have the dog go get em, pull the head off, tear the skin back on the chest,break the wings off, cut along the breast bone, grab the breast.
no rush just a difference in lifestyles, we put 20-30 ducks in the freezer every year along with a few pigs and sheep. We don't buy packaged meat - you gather your way and we gather ours. I still enjoy hunting, it's just not the same pastime as raising animals
Great video. I'm a city girl but want to try my first Christmas goose this year so I'm doing research. I had no idea they kicked so long after being decapitated!
they really do flap around for quite a while but Geese don't squirt blood around so much, I just did two geese and 7 ducks the other day and the difference is night and day. They look the same but ducks spray all over the place. Just remember to keep the birds off feed for 24 hours before processing. Good Luck!
Man I thought that duck was already dead before you chopped him. Looks good though. I think I'm going to just start out hunting and maybe I could be able to butcher them that way,
I see a lot of wasted ducks from hunters, just remember that like deer, you need to process them pretty quick. even if you just plan to take the breasts, remove them as soon as you have the duck in hand if you are going to be sitting in a blind all day, don't let your dead birds sit on a mild day or you may be tempted to toss them out.
I like the dogs at 1:40...waiting for their duck blood snowcones lol.
I have become virtually obsessed with roast duck lately--to the point that I am seriously considering raising ducks. This video was a helpful demonstration of what to expect.
I never eat them until they are a year old, they just are not big enough, I never find them tough or gamey and the guests never seem to notice (we have learned not to ask them too many direct questions). I did serve a old duck to my brother once that was almost inedible, but it was 4-5 years old, tough as boot leather and I recall we roasted it without skin on - a big no-no. That was years ago and we have learned since.
I have never smelled the detergent on the meat, I only add a few drops to help "wet" the feathers, if you it takes ages to get the water deep into the down feathers. plus ducks are the smelliest of livestock, worse than pigs or chickens and anything to cut the stink is a bonus
Hi, Great video. I have been contemplating doing this for Thanksgiving. The local farmer told me that plucking the duck is hard. The hot water trick made it look easy. Can you re-dip the duck if you have trouble getting all the feathers out?
yeah, I really don't like plucking them, but we have really got on to eating roast duck so we gotta. you could kill, clean and dress them (skinned) in minutes. as soon as you want to pluck them its a whole new ballgame.
But just remember this, ducks are fatty and generally you don't eat the skin like some people do on chickens. The skin is really there to seal in the moisture as you roast them. The skin and fat is them stripped off the cooked bird and given to the pigs.
they are but still fatter than chickens. They don't have gobs of in all over but a roasted bird will still drain off up to two cups of grease. the pekins you buy in the store have a lot more
funny you say that, a neighbour who is dying called me and said come over and get his ducks just this morning. He was in a hurry (I guess if your days are numbered you get impatient easy) anyway I was grabbing 2 drakes in each hand and then loading them in my animal box single-handed and one tore a strip down my arm. But worse than their claws is their crap, watch when you grab them, they get nervous and crap their pants - usually all over you - smelliest stuff out there.
my Muscovy hybrids do that. but my drake did tear up my hands when i took him out to clip his wings. i was so paranoid they would fly away lol and he can fly better then you'd think with how fat he is lol
Frankie is a riot, he shows up in a few other videos of mine. he is a pup here, born from the other Jack you see poking her head in shots. We have the mother/son pair and he never grew up - always the bratty child.
lol the peta must be pissed... but hey you killed it quickly and humanely never felt a thing... the only thing i would do different is use the skin for light hide products and use the feathers for my arrows... great video non the less
we keep a few rabbits pelts every year and I keep certain feathers for tying flies but there is just too much left overs when you raise a large proportion of the food you eat as we do.
but I'm glad to hear of people concerned with using more than the breast meat.
forgive my ignorance but why did you soak it in water. i've plucked pigeons and chickens and never had to do this. is it due to water proofing in thier feathers. cheers
if you try to pull the feathers on a larger bird like a chicken duck or goose the skin will tear. The feathers are firmly rooted in large birds and the scalding firms the skin and loosens the feathers. Another way to do it without the boiling kill the bird by sticking a pen knife in its throat cutting the spinal cord. I have never tried this and don;t know why it would be different than chopping with the axe but some old timers tell me if you "stick them" the feathers will all but fall out.
u dont want to piss about with the axe, just swing it to break the nect, the duck wont kiack as long and there is no chanse of it feeling pain as the conection is broken.
Do you enjoy killing plants because if you do thats just sick!! jackass. We enjoy eating them and spending time with ower famileys while we hunt we are geting food enjoying time with family being self safishent and of course making popultions helthyer and we are paying the enviermentilists to do thayer jobs all theas things and then some but some how we are assholes.
so do you eat chicken and duck from the store? If you do you're just sick! Those ducks are way more happy than the chicken/duck you eat in your cozy little suburban home.
@hudsunhudsun We don't necessarily enjoy it, it's just a way of life for some. If you buy meat from a store, it was killed by someone too. Wild animals kill other animals and we dont say that lions are sick. Humans used to hunt all the time. If you don't like the fact that most of the world eats animals and has to kill them themselves, than go watch a salad recipe video.
They are Rouens, they are much bigger than they look I guess. We did have a mallard drake land in our duck yard one day, got some pics, it was the funniest thing, he stood there looking around knowing something was not quite right, we hoped he would stay but he was gone a few hours later.
I have wild mallards and pekins free-range on my pond. I'll harvest enough to thin the flock a bit and stock my freezer for winter. Right now there are dozens of Canada Geese right outside my window on the pond but they are so beautiful I can't kill any. Besides I love their musical calls and they are quite social. I've enjoyed roast goose but ducks will do just fine.
taste? these muskovy ducks are way better than the ones you get in the store, it is all dark meat but not very fatty at all. The muscovy duck being an African bird that perches in trees and does not sleep on the water meaning they do not need the insulation and the reserves for migration (i could be wrong about migration thing since I'm actually talking out of my ass at this point...) they taste good.
I skin some birds, but dicks have that patch of skin on their lower backs that does not come off, it also means you can't roast them. I skin my game birds and chickens if i'm going to pan fry them.
We toss everything into the compost bin (aka we feed the dogs) we have not found a way to keep them from digging in. The dogs don;t actually liek raw stuff, they will kill rats and squirrels but then just sit and guard them all day and wait for them to rot - then they roll in them... great fun I guess.
This was a very helpful video for learning how to take care of a whole duck bought at the grocery store too (head, feet, and innards still present). Thank you!
lookatmesmile1 2 months ago
@lookatmesmile1 you bought a dead bird with its guts still in it?? that is VERY questionable - are you sure it was the innards and not just the lungs and maybe the kidneys? the GI tract of any animal is pretty dangerous if left in contact with meat for too long - getting rid of the intestines is the first order of business once the animal is dead.
Last night we butchered another duck for dinner tonight (today is christmas) still a good method this one. Just make sure the water is good and hot.
tomriddolls 2 months ago
@tomriddolls Ha. Yes, I'm positive of what was present and what was not. We brought it fresh not frozen from an Asian market. I'll keep that in mind about the GI tract. Thank you again for the helpful videa though.
lookatmesmile1 2 months ago
lol yo cut its head off and it was flipping around for so long
Travisdjtg 3 months ago
Great video, I hope to own a farm one day and enjoy fresh food brought up with care and attention.
congarong23 3 months ago
Jeez, that duck woulda ran away with its head cut off.
slinkydog2222 3 months ago
Unlike wild birds you don't have to par boil these to get rid of the fat?
ArticleTen 4 months ago
Thanks so much for posting this and explaining everything, I plan on doing 3 of my drakes this weekend and was dreading it. I think your video gave me a pretty good idea of what to expect-thanks.
nherny 4 months ago
Great video! Very well done and I appreciate the respect that you show for your ducks. Thanks a ton.
Wardeenio 4 months ago
Thanks, that was really useful as I had to do the same thing for the first time yesterday. Your video made it a lot easier.
dhadson 5 months ago
That's the fastest kill I think I've ever seen. The duck never saw it coming. Great job!!
thetrashyboy 5 months ago
What kind of duck is that? A rouen?
HfHumanHfRobot 6 months ago
Insightful, thank you.
myclem6674 7 months ago
Aflac!!!!!!!
AnimaDiSpada 7 months ago
good method ill du that frm on now thanks mate
rachaelreweti 8 months ago
man I hate scalding. I usually just skin em out. yea I know that the flavor comes from the skin, but unless i'm doing a bunch of birds, i don't scald.
irishmankentuckian 9 months ago
this method is not so good. it is better to take out the heart, it will take max 1 min to kill it
hilikbox 11 months ago
@hilikbox You mean cut into breast and rip out heart while its alive?
larsiemannen 5 months ago
@larsiemannen exactly! :) more efficient and effective
hilikbox 5 months ago
@hilikbox That doesn't sound efficient, nor effective. To the heart you need to cut out either through rib-cage, or from the back, but still alot of fuzz and the duck will still be alive. What if you could do a knife, or a needle to penetrate the heart?
larsiemannen 5 months ago
@larsiemannen it is. check out the link I sent you. it shows how efficient this way is.
hilikbox 5 months ago
@larsiemannen check out how chinese people do it. you'll see how effective it is. we do it all the time
hilikbox 5 months ago
@hilikbox Hi. Could you give a link to a video of such, or pictures of how to do this effective and efficient? I did some browsing and didn't find any.
larsiemannen 5 months ago
@larsiemannen check your inbox. sent it
hilikbox 5 months ago
@hilikbox Hi. thx for repost. Do you know of any video of this kind? Did some browsing and didnt know.
larsiemannen 5 months ago
O YUM. :)
Superunner1 11 months ago
Nice vid but do you believe it to be true what people say chopping off the head and letting it kick around may ruin the meat because of all the adrenaline running through its body. With chickens this person slit the throat and then stabbd the brain didn't seem to move much. Also I seen on tv where they stun the brain first with a shock then slit the throat. Just asking since you are the one who eats it.
PorscheORviper 1 year ago
Thanks for this video, Tom! :) We have muscovies and are doing a few today. I needed a refresher! :) I also like that you did it in winter. It's December here in Canada right now (no snow yet), and I'm glad that it can be done in the cold weather without issues. I initially wondered it if might chill the duck too much while we were plucking.
I use a killing cone because I am definitely not as coordinated as you, and find my ducks thrash around too much, bruising the meat.
squeakbrat 1 year ago
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squeakbrat 1 year ago
dangerous to put your axe in that position, it might drop and cut off your toes,
beautifuldurian 1 year ago
Ooh, the rubber glove idea sounds promising! I had 9 Muscovies to do and took them to a processor because the plucking is SO tedious. How old are these ducks? No pin feathers! Even though she used a plucking machine mine have quite a few; they were 12.5 weeks old. I have a couple of regular ducks I may do at home and will try the gloves. Then hopefully I can find this EXCELLENT video again and post my results.
Klutzy68 1 year ago
Can I come over for dinner???
katapultsmash 1 year ago
I suppose you could shoot them....they die really fast when shot on the lake.
Great video, thanks.
keenefx 1 year ago
I suppose you could shoot them....they die really fast when shot on the lake.
keenefx 1 year ago
hey. did you say you put detergent in the water? what kind
autoclubmike 1 year ago
He's a flapin!
shortwavecolt 1 year ago
I wonder if you threw it if it would fly headless?
oregon232 1 year ago
"frankie!"
olegalto 1 year ago 4
I have never done this before but am conducting research so I can do it myself. I must admit I was surprised at how quickly the head was removed. Have you always had that success when taking off the heads?
bebopuk88 1 year ago
Are mallards more delicious than pekins? They are harder to farm since they can fly away, certainly.
dlmaniac 1 year ago
Why can't you roast the duck if you just skin it and rip out the guts?
PerfectParasite 1 year ago
are those rouen ducks?
lebnantaxi 1 year ago
let me get this straight. you boil it, or lightly boil it and cook the skin, and with the rubber gloves makes the plucking easier overall. the cooked skin not holding as well or the feather shafts soften and not being so difficult to wrestle with. those wing feathers are a pain though.
kaldicuct 1 year ago
Can the duck fly away after you cut off its head? Seriously, I'm curious.
disabledsportsgirl 1 year ago
@disabledsportsgirl Lol, no.. Its only the nerves that keep it moving after the head has been cut off.. Once all the blood is drained it stops, lol. FUnny question though
BLSNick 1 year ago
@disabledsportsgirl your soo stupid
youtubsuxfv 1 year ago
no its totally wrong method right method is that.
take knife and cutt its throat first and then all neck
faizangmail 1 year ago
The duck lives a happy life and is well fed and gets to spend time with it's friends. It only experiences about 30 seconds of "what the hell is going on?" and then it feels nothing after that. Clean kill. Ethical. (I'm a member of PETA btw) I support hunting.
Luieburger 1 year ago
I've heard that melting paraffin wax into the scalding water helps by soaking into the duck's feathers and clumping them together, making it easier to pull out the bitty feathers. (So your idiot father doesn't set the kitchen curtains on fire trying to singe the quills with an entire burning Sunday Times.)
jillianmford 1 year ago
what the hell , the duck was moving even after its head got choped off
glory2win 1 year ago
@glory2win That's a nervous reflex that all creatures with a brain have when the nervous system is separated from the brain. The body twitches, as nerves send signals out and search for signals back. When they don't get any, they get confused and send confused signals to the muscles.
It's also why you sometimes shake violently if you pinch a nerve.
DozerfleetProd 1 year ago
@DozerfleetProd thank you very much for your answer, I shal alway remmember this
glory2win 1 year ago
@glory2win It is dead, spasming muscles continue in most animals after being slaughtered.
Goingpostal1000 1 year ago
Awesome
jaketheskater40 1 year ago
is it the best method for the minimum pain for the duck?
efedemirbag 1 year ago
@efedemirbag - for sure. The duck is not being handled roughly and the string around its neck is not being pulled hard. In commercial slaughter houses the birds are put into a killing cone, their throats are cut and they bleed out. I've done this method too when butchering a friend's stock, that's how he wanted it. To be honest with a sharp knife, the birds don't seem to register pain, but I'm sure it must be awful. Personally, I'll stick to the quick chop.
tomriddolls 1 year ago
@efedemirbag This works. A sharp knife to the throat in a cone works fine too. If you get jugular, they bleed out and are gone in a second or two. No blood to brain = no oxygen.
The method that I think is hardest to do humanely is the neck break, although I bet someone who knows how to do it well would disagree. At the end of the day, as long as you kill them right, it's humane. If you bullshit around with it and do it uncleanly (bad cut/etc), then it's not.
willyd5115 2 months ago
@willyd5115 The best way seriously, is just go all duck commander and bite its head where the brain is and crush it completely. This is a hunters appraoch but very effective.
guitarshredder849 2 months ago
Hey Tom good vid mate thanks for posting.
Mrboxo 1 year ago
lol "just how easy it is"....i like that
cjay75217 1 year ago
Oops, some dude just left a message about getting overrun with Muskovies and I removed it on him! sorry mate. no offence!
tomriddolls 2 years ago
You don't pronounce the "t" in filleting knife...
FalseShadowx 2 years ago
@FalseShadowx we do around these parts, we pronounce fish fillets as "fill-its" and not "fill-aye-s" hence the knives have T's in them - I also pronounce knives with a K (joking).
tomriddolls 2 years ago 5
@tomriddolls truth be told, there are people who use both. I'm one of them. lay and let. its just like tomato, potato, and now fillet
kaldicuct 1 year ago
@tomriddolls and english chefs pronounce it fillet with a "t"
lukeluzicka 1 year ago
how come the brains are de-touched already but the body still moving as if it is still alive? i thought Brains control everything... oops, Here come the Mystery of the centries...
maxinpains 2 years ago
@maxinpains No the brains do not control everything. The spinal cord does control many "instinct" and response movements such as the famous "knee-jerk" reaction when they whack you with the little rubber hammer. Also when nervous tissue is severely damaged (like chopping off one's head) the rest of teh system goes haywire with random uncontrolled firing. our nerve and muscle tissues contain all the energy they need to move, the brain just does so in an orderly fashion
tomriddolls 2 years ago
Great explanations...so, in this case , this Guy "severely damaged " this Duck's nervous tissue to go heywire.... I've seen a human got decapitaded on WW2 in Europ video but i don't seen any movement much...I wonder why.
maxinpains 2 years ago
ok this is starting to get beyond me. some creatures like pigs (we kill our own pigs) also flop around for about 2 minutes, cows I have heard not so much. Rabbits do and don't one will flail and kick another will stop dead. Obviously the brain and nervous system is an incredibly complicated system and we are likely trying to simplify it beyond reason. I have heard that humans can be pretty active after death - but let's not get too gory here.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
LOL !! c'mon, you know.... it is already gory.
you must be enjoying any creatures get decapitaded & suffering under your feets right? c'mon, let's be honest.
maxinpains 2 years ago
no I don't like it at all, shooting a pig is never an enjoyable event. All animals have a right to live - humans being the crappy species it is just breaks all the rules. but we will pay the price in the end...
tomriddolls 2 years ago
yep. everybody dies..sadly...I've heard when we dies we'll see all the life events once again so vivitly right in front of eyes... human tends to agains many rules but there is a fine lines . you shall not commit murder and so on....
maxinpains 2 years ago
by the way , if you put vaseline in tub of hot water before you dip your dead ducks will helps you for plucking. the film of wax will clings on feathers & easier to pluck.
maxinpains 2 years ago
@maxinpains cont. - it is a little like removing the steering wheel and gas pedal from a car, by opening the carburetor up the car will still go, just totally out of control.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
OH! God !!! Lord Have Mercy!!
maxinpains 2 years ago
Its better to raise ur own meat since they tend to taste better then the store brands. Plus it free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ichigo1423jfk 2 years ago
Ichigo: They aren't full of antibiotics, strange feed, and bad bacteria either!
pmarie2003 2 years ago
tht has to be the gayest thing ever tho
go duck hunting with a .12 guage ar a 10 guage, have the dog go get em, pull the head off, tear the skin back on the chest,break the wings off, cut along the breast bone, grab the breast.
WhoDatNationStation 2 years ago
its alot faster to shoot em with my browning .12 guage
WhoDatNationStation 2 years ago
HEADSHOT
littleazn17 2 years ago
What kinda ducks is the most suitable, mallard, pekin or sth? Mallard gotta be hard since they fly around.
dlmaniac 2 years ago
@dlmaniac
mallards are smart and fly fast as hell, teal are dumb as hell
WhoDatNationStation 2 years ago
i was wondering the same but do u know if there all good to eat?
666theshred 2 years ago
and you yelled at the dog because might hurt the duck... lol
superdoglick 2 years ago
so the duck don't suffer and isn't stressed till it is killed its nice in a butchery way
nobabiesforyou 2 years ago
Thats wrigth Non painful death.
nelielful 2 years ago
frankie!! LOL
backdoormanjdm 2 years ago
i think ill stick with hunting rather than buying and killing where is the rush?
eaglesclaw69 2 years ago
no rush just a difference in lifestyles, we put 20-30 ducks in the freezer every year along with a few pigs and sheep. We don't buy packaged meat - you gather your way and we gather ours. I still enjoy hunting, it's just not the same pastime as raising animals
tomriddolls 2 years ago
Great video. I'm a city girl but want to try my first Christmas goose this year so I'm doing research. I had no idea they kicked so long after being decapitated!
kreestor 2 years ago
@kreestor
they really do flap around for quite a while but Geese don't squirt blood around so much, I just did two geese and 7 ducks the other day and the difference is night and day. They look the same but ducks spray all over the place. Just remember to keep the birds off feed for 24 hours before processing. Good Luck!
tomriddolls 2 years ago
What was the ducks name...... just kidding. LOL good vid.
grayboz 2 years ago
LOL your dogs certainly looked excited
argetfalcon 2 years ago
Man I thought that duck was already dead before you chopped him. Looks good though. I think I'm going to just start out hunting and maybe I could be able to butcher them that way,
odenflagship 2 years ago
@odenflagship
I see a lot of wasted ducks from hunters, just remember that like deer, you need to process them pretty quick. even if you just plan to take the breasts, remove them as soon as you have the duck in hand if you are going to be sitting in a blind all day, don't let your dead birds sit on a mild day or you may be tempted to toss them out.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
I like the dogs at 1:40...waiting for their duck blood snowcones lol.
I have become virtually obsessed with roast duck lately--to the point that I am seriously considering raising ducks. This video was a helpful demonstration of what to expect.
Thank you =)
brainburrito 2 years ago
NICE CUT
Carismatic1905 2 years ago
Very good video, well done. Off to butcher our first duck. Thank You for making this....
jil101ca 2 years ago
I know it is nearly a year old but how were they to eat? As they were reasonably old birds. Were the guests impressed?
yellinga1 2 years ago
I never eat them until they are a year old, they just are not big enough, I never find them tough or gamey and the guests never seem to notice (we have learned not to ask them too many direct questions). I did serve a old duck to my brother once that was almost inedible, but it was 4-5 years old, tough as boot leather and I recall we roasted it without skin on - a big no-no. That was years ago and we have learned since.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
good man...nicely done, but i wouldn't be too keen on using the detergent! :o)
muckyprawn 2 years ago
@muckyprawn
I have never smelled the detergent on the meat, I only add a few drops to help "wet" the feathers, if you it takes ages to get the water deep into the down feathers. plus ducks are the smelliest of livestock, worse than pigs or chickens and anything to cut the stink is a bonus
tomriddolls 2 years ago
looks like a nice place for it
xXxFellxXx 2 years ago
barbaric
hillbillytrapper 2 years ago
3 dollars, heck of a meal, looks like a nice place and good living, congragulations,
MrBrooksssss 2 years ago 2
you gotta keep that blood cleaned up,
MrBrooksssss 2 years ago
I'll stick to shooting the bastards
04SVTDVR 2 years ago
i agree
theecaleb 2 years ago
Hi, Great video. I have been contemplating doing this for Thanksgiving. The local farmer told me that plucking the duck is hard. The hot water trick made it look easy. Can you re-dip the duck if you have trouble getting all the feathers out?
myway43 2 years ago
Yes, but the water needs to be very hot.
omchomsky 2 years ago
yeah, I really don't like plucking them, but we have really got on to eating roast duck so we gotta. you could kill, clean and dress them (skinned) in minutes. as soon as you want to pluck them its a whole new ballgame.
But just remember this, ducks are fatty and generally you don't eat the skin like some people do on chickens. The skin is really there to seal in the moisture as you roast them. The skin and fat is them stripped off the cooked bird and given to the pigs.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
@tomriddolls
i heard that Muscovy duck are very lean
xXxFellxXx 2 years ago
@xXxFellxXx
they are but still fatter than chickens. They don't have gobs of in all over but a roasted bird will still drain off up to two cups of grease. the pekins you buy in the store have a lot more
tomriddolls 2 years ago
@tomriddolls
yea I just bought some breeding Muscovies. i dont have any laying boxes yet tho. man they have some claws! lol
xXxFellxXx 2 years ago
@xXxFellxXx
funny you say that, a neighbour who is dying called me and said come over and get his ducks just this morning. He was in a hurry (I guess if your days are numbered you get impatient easy) anyway I was grabbing 2 drakes in each hand and then loading them in my animal box single-handed and one tore a strip down my arm. But worse than their claws is their crap, watch when you grab them, they get nervous and crap their pants - usually all over you - smelliest stuff out there.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
@tomriddolls
my Muscovy hybrids do that. but my drake did tear up my hands when i took him out to clip his wings. i was so paranoid they would fly away lol and he can fly better then you'd think with how fat he is lol
xXxFellxXx 2 years ago
Even though this is probably a Sunday duck, don't wear your Sunday shoes.
C3POROBOT1 2 years ago
Interesting video. How long does it normally take to completely pluck the bird?
FCannova 2 years ago
LOL FRANKIE!!! yelling at the dog soo funny
turnpagesfast 2 years ago
Frankie is a riot, he shows up in a few other videos of mine. he is a pup here, born from the other Jack you see poking her head in shots. We have the mother/son pair and he never grew up - always the bratty child.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
lol the peta must be pissed... but hey you killed it quickly and humanely never felt a thing... the only thing i would do different is use the skin for light hide products and use the feathers for my arrows... great video non the less
boredism07 2 years ago
we keep a few rabbits pelts every year and I keep certain feathers for tying flies but there is just too much left overs when you raise a large proportion of the food you eat as we do.
but I'm glad to hear of people concerned with using more than the breast meat.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
what does the inside of it feel like??????
muscabeats 2 years ago
hot and slippery
tomriddolls 2 years ago
I like it........
when can I start catching these??
muscabeats 2 years ago
G D hippies! if u dont like such things. stop looking up hunting videos!
kittypoo1981 2 years ago
forgive my ignorance but why did you soak it in water. i've plucked pigeons and chickens and never had to do this. is it due to water proofing in thier feathers. cheers
skilly05 2 years ago
if you try to pull the feathers on a larger bird like a chicken duck or goose the skin will tear. The feathers are firmly rooted in large birds and the scalding firms the skin and loosens the feathers. Another way to do it without the boiling kill the bird by sticking a pen knife in its throat cutting the spinal cord. I have never tried this and don;t know why it would be different than chopping with the axe but some old timers tell me if you "stick them" the feathers will all but fall out.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
u dont want to piss about with the axe, just swing it to break the nect, the duck wont kiack as long and there is no chanse of it feeling pain as the conection is broken.
DIBS32 2 years ago
the only thing the duck would feel is a little bit of preshure
pfccaleb 2 years ago
Excellent how-to-do-it vid. Well done.
andipeters1 2 years ago
cutting its head of when its alive is cruel. I prefure guns or wild hunting.
meme54100 2 years ago
You do realize that a bird suffers a lot longer when you shoot it with a gun. Decapitation is an instant death.
PaiMeiBSN 2 years ago 5
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thats mean and just sick
gayzer5 2 years ago
No, that's dinner.
1971Copperhead1968 2 years ago 6
And very, very tasty...mmmm, crispy duck!!!
Entelex 2 years ago
Duck actually does taste good.
Pier2pie 2 years ago
Do you enjoy killing plants because if you do thats just sick!! jackass. We enjoy eating them and spending time with ower famileys while we hunt we are geting food enjoying time with family being self safishent and of course making popultions helthyer and we are paying the enviermentilists to do thayer jobs all theas things and then some but some how we are assholes.
gary77777778888888 2 years ago
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do you enjoy killing animal because if you do your just sick.
hudsunhudsun 2 years ago
so do you eat chicken and duck from the store? If you do you're just sick! Those ducks are way more happy than the chicken/duck you eat in your cozy little suburban home.
scottandmarianne 2 years ago
It's called food man... don't make such a big deal out of it, they breed the animal's to eat them.
09Lamperouge 2 years ago
Don't enjoy killing them at all, but sure do enjoy eating them stewed, roasted, pan fried, grilled, in a tagine or a casoulet... and on and on.
Entelex 2 years ago
@hudsunhudsun We don't necessarily enjoy it, it's just a way of life for some. If you buy meat from a store, it was killed by someone too. Wild animals kill other animals and we dont say that lions are sick. Humans used to hunt all the time. If you don't like the fact that most of the world eats animals and has to kill them themselves, than go watch a salad recipe video.
tmiller696 1 year ago
same here i skin the breast then cut out the whole breast plate with all the meat
yolorefugeduckhunter 2 years ago
those are mallards are they raon or wild if they fly there wild and if raon they dont fly
yolorefugeduckhunter 2 years ago
They are Rouens, they are much bigger than they look I guess. We did have a mallard drake land in our duck yard one day, got some pics, it was the funniest thing, he stood there looking around knowing something was not quite right, we hoped he would stay but he was gone a few hours later.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
i thought thats wat they were
yolorefugeduckhunter 2 years ago
I have wild mallards and pekins free-range on my pond. I'll harvest enough to thin the flock a bit and stock my freezer for winter. Right now there are dozens of Canada Geese right outside my window on the pond but they are so beautiful I can't kill any. Besides I love their musical calls and they are quite social. I've enjoyed roast goose but ducks will do just fine.
Entelex 2 years ago
taste? these muskovy ducks are way better than the ones you get in the store, it is all dark meat but not very fatty at all. The muscovy duck being an African bird that perches in trees and does not sleep on the water meaning they do not need the insulation and the reserves for migration (i could be wrong about migration thing since I'm actually talking out of my ass at this point...) they taste good.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
I skin some birds, but dicks have that patch of skin on their lower backs that does not come off, it also means you can't roast them. I skin my game birds and chickens if i'm going to pan fry them.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
lol dicks
vacuumlover1 2 years ago
tomriddolls: "I skin some birds, but dicks have that patch of skin on their lower backs that does not come off"
dicks eh? teehee.
JudyWearing 2 years ago
i never had duck in my life, how does it taste?
bugeyes03 2 years ago
awesome video!! 5 stars.
what did you do with the guts and other inedibles? can the dogs eat them?
JQisAwesome 2 years ago
We toss everything into the compost bin (aka we feed the dogs) we have not found a way to keep them from digging in. The dogs don;t actually liek raw stuff, they will kill rats and squirrels but then just sit and guard them all day and wait for them to rot - then they roll in them... great fun I guess.
tomriddolls 2 years ago
ouch
rkgolf619 2 years ago
Oooo please the duck dont feel nothing!!!!!!
nelielful 2 years ago
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poor duck
starbabe58 3 years ago
was it alive when the head was off
funkyskiller 3 years ago
how did u kill it?
funkyskiller 3 years ago
are u serious? he cut its fuckin head off, it was alive untill that point...
PAKfromFYCB 3 years ago
Great video. HOpe you do another one where you cook it and show us!
kanger80 3 years ago 2
awesome thanks for sharing.
pinkstrawberrypuding 3 years ago 2