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Worms in Wood Duck on Tombigbee
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:38 am
by woodrow1
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.
Thanks
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:45 am
by Don Miller
Be careful. If you touch the worms you can become infected through osmosis.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:39 am
by Hole Hunter
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:43 am
by the doctor
Bird flu!!!
the doc
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:50 am
by roussy3
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????
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:09 am
by Chris Smith
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:35 pm
by Don Miller
We always called them Yankee Brains.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:05 pm
by woundedduck
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:11 pm
by Don Miller
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.
WANTON WASTE!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:11 pm
by msoutdoors
They're safe to eat.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:25 pm
by Hole Hunter
I am not that hungry.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:51 am
by tunica
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:08 am
by woundedduck
i'll put them on dry ice and send em to ya' don.
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:46 pm
by fastfzr1k
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:22 am
by grimes
We killed a green head this morning with it. The first one I have seen.
