I have yet to find a way to make ducks or geese taste "good", and yes......I've had easily a dozen people tell me over the years "you haven't tried my duck jerky, gumbo, hamburger, X, Y, Z", to which I did and I still can't say it was good. Even when ground up and mixed in with deer/elk/whatever grind with bacon and turned into sausage, I could still taste the.......duck.
I largely quit (but not totally) hunting them for multiple reasons beyond taste, though they are fun as hell to shoot.
I truly believe the subjectiveness of taste buds is a huge part of why some people like ducks but hate whitetail, love elk but hate mule deer, etc. I can't tell the difference between any kind of deer, elk or moose, but can for damn sure taste waterfowl's nastiness.
You are in the best area to hunt duck. None them chit pond lower 48 ducks man.
Yeah, most all of what they ate while down south for the winter has been converted to duck flesh!
Yeah all those salmon eggs add great flavor to a already borderline inedible bird….
