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    Favorite garden vegetable or fruit

    sweet potatoes in the ground already. fingerling potatoes will be going in soon, then the usual peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, okra, etc.
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    hanging up the badge and gun after 36 years

    Congrats, Capt. Get back more than you paid in as has been said already. 14 in 11 to go. pm sent
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    From my own experience, ruddy ducks have been the hardest to pluck of any species I have plucked. Their feathers seem like they are super glued in place.
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    Good ole fashioned elbow grease. I'm dry plucking by hand. When I get an area plucked and the under down feathers are still present, I'm rubbing my thumb forcefully across the skin to pull the down feathers. I'm gonna end up with arthritis one day if I don't come up with something that will...
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    African Bird Hunting, By Linda Egbuna

    Really enjoyed this one as a waterfowler myself.
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    lastly a picture of all the legs from the birds harvested along with the above ruddy. Don't know if this fully fits the OP's initial question for sure but here it is FWIW
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    so here's both sides of the ruddy breast. As you can see no off color in the skin or on the breast anywhere. I use a mini fridge as an aging chamber that holds about 10 to 12 at a time single stacked.
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    drake ruddy duck i shot last Sunday. Not a thick layer of fat under the skin but I chose to pluck him anyway for I guess demonstration purposes.
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    Did we just become best friends please? Holy lord those birds look outstanding. Wigeon bowl will be tried this year thank you for that.
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    My birds go straight in a small fridge right after the hunt. No gutting, no plucking, nothing. Whole bird as it was when I picked it up off the water. I'm in Florida so my weather is much warmer on average. Birds stay in the boat til the hunt is done then straight home to the fridge. I've posted...
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    A lot to agree with here. Its very likely that ruddy's on one coast taste different than their cousins on the other coast. And everything in between. Palates have definitely changed I've only had one Can so my test volume is thin on that discussion. Ruddy's come regular down here and I've...
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    How many Ruddy Ducks can you take legally in 1 day in CA?

    third most expensive bird on the menu in upscale restaurants during market hunting days. For a reason.
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    Whitetail Cysts

    If you're highlighting the somewhat horizontal lines in that circle I'm gonna say thats just small strips of fat laying in the striations of the muscle. I can be wrong possibly.
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    Clicker Training

    Late to the party on this one. "absolutely Positively Gundog training" by Robert Milner of Duckhill Kennels. Clicker training gundog program that he developed
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    The Maasai and Hadza Hunter-Gatherers, By Linda Egbuna

    Much appreciated. Thoroughly enjoyed the article
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