Worms in Wood Duck on Tombigbee

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Worms in Wood Duck on Tombigbee

Postby woodrow1 » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:38 am

I remember last month a thread on worms in ducks. And now a wood duck that i killed last Sunday on the Tombigee in Alabama had them. It was pretty obvious that something was wrong with this breast of meat. It looked completely different from any other ducks that I have breasted out. little hard white things that looked like maggets were all over the breast. they seemed to brush off pretty easy but when you cut into the breast, you could tell that something was still wrong. Any one else seen this, esp. in alabama. Any other info would be interesting and helpful.
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Postby Don Miller » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:45 am

Be careful. If you touch the worms you can become infected through osmosis.
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Postby Hole Hunter » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:39 am

Not in Alabama but, have killed two Mallards in MS this year that were infected. Both were some of the larger Mallards that were shot each day. I personally had not seen this infection until this year.
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Postby the doctor » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:43 am

Bird flu!!!

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Postby roussy3 » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:50 am

i have seen this in more than ten ducks in over a 10 year period. i just dont clean them. its nothing new. I've also seen these worms or whatever they are in doves. I dont know????
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Postby Chris Smith » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:09 am

It is called rice breast.

Check this out.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/sarcocystis.html

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Postby Don Miller » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:35 pm

SMITTY wrote:It is called rice breast.

Check this out.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/sarcocystis.html

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We always called them Yankee Brains.
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Postby woundedduck » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:05 pm

one website i went to said they are perfectly safe for humans and another said not to eat them. Got a buddy that has been hunting ducks for 40 years and he says he has eaten a bunch of them like that. said a little more protein won't kill ya. i personally throw them sumbitches in the garbage.
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Postby Don Miller » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:11 pm

woundedduck wrote:one website i went to said they are perfectly safe for humans and another said not to eat them. Got a buddy that has been hunting ducks for 40 years and he says he has eaten a bunch of them like that. said a little more protein won't kill ya. i personally throw them sumbitches in the garbage.

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Postby msoutdoors » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:11 pm

They're safe to eat.
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Postby Hole Hunter » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:25 pm

I am not that hungry. :?
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Postby tunica » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:51 am

Don Miller you aint right yankee brains now now aint no brains if n a yankee had them it would be alot more crowded here.
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Postby woundedduck » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:08 am

i'll put them on dry ice and send em to ya' don.
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Postby fastfzr1k » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:46 pm

I've seen it before. Talked to a game warden in Brinkley, Ar. about it the first time I saw it. He told me they were worms and they were safe to eat. It's not for me though.
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Postby grimes » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:22 am

We killed a green head this morning with it. The first one I have seen.

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