How To Prepare And Cook A Duck.( part 1.),Bird Preparation. 

Finally a video showing exactly what I wanted to see…

Fab instruction, thanks! A drake flew in front of my car this morning and I wasn't going to let him go to waste! My kitchen is full of feathers now!

Great video scott thanks for making this video

this time every year i always find myself stumbling upon your wonderful videos!

Honestly you are the best. I love all your videos. Thank you for being there. Robbie.

This is incredibly helpful, thanks :) This is what youtube was made for.

Did enjoy that. Very good thanks. just had brace of pheasant and brace of duck given. on with it now!

Your channel is great. Not much on this topic. Thx for valuable info.

Really appreciate that people like you got respect for the birds no wast because these days hunter only takes brest rest gone for wast hope hunter learn from this video thanks

Hi Scott, nice videos, thanks a lot. They have helped my transition to a retired hobby farmer. You are plucking birds as it is, but my grandma used to quickly put it to boiling water, before. I remember the smell.

i love all your videos mate great work you have heloed me so much

I'm fairly sure your overall aim is to demonstrate this Scott, but after watching this series on ducks, the one for rabbits and particularly relevant to me recently pheasant, you really do inspire confidence in getting stuck in. I came home with my first two "I those these!" pheasants a fortnight ago, fired up the Nexus 7, started your Pheasant prep video and prepped them along with you. Granted, one of them had caught the full pattern and looked like it had been hit by a hammer rather than some no. 6 shot, but despite that, my wife came into the kitchen, saw two prepped birds and very little gore sprayed all over the walls or me and said "Bloody hell - did you do that". The smugness in my reply was fuelled by your "it really is that easy" videos. Bravo. More on butchery would be my request. What kit is needed (blocks, knives, steels, whetstones, whatever), where all the various cuts are (especially those unpopular cuts like scrag end and the like). What to do with offal, other tricks of the trade, how to spot a poor piece of meat versus a work of art, how to correctly fillet a trout and so forth.

Great, clear instructions. Many thanks for sharing.

Your videos are great. I've watched a dozen and learned something every time. Here's hoping you get more recognition on this site!

You should have the vacuum cleaner nozzle there when you're pealing the duck feather's.

Thanks Bro, got a few from a mate 2 days ago, made life easy

awesome I'll do the same this weekend, thanks man!!!!

great video, keep up the good work!!

Why don't you boil water and then put the duck in it for several minutes. Take it out of the water and it will be easier to pluck the feathers. The duck itself will not be cooked since it is not boiled during the process.

Excellent video.

Hey Scott, we always used to leave the legs on to have a sturdy grip while plucking :) Oh and we used to stick the whole bird into almost boiling water for 2-3 seconds (heated water makes the gland fat come off the feathers) and all the feathers get soaked with water > much easier handling.

Scott, If you shoot multiple ducks a year, I recommend saving the little fillets that you gave to the dog, they are amazing fried,

Very helpful thank you!

I’m going out duck hunting so fingers crossed I will come home with at least one, I love your videos by the way

When you cut the neck of did you cut the windpipe of at the same time?

Have you ever cooked a Muscovy duck? They are very lean with really red meat, more like beef than foul. I have a source for them and would be interested in your opinion for preparation. Thx

Hi Scott. I really enjoy your videos; I've become a fan. I'm curious, I've never done this before, but I'd love to experience duck hunting and do the prep myself. I didn't see you removing any shot from the bird. How difficult is hat without damaging the meat. Do any of your videos demonstrate that step ?

You make plucking look easy.... omg.. so not easy!

how old does the duck have to be before plucking ?

Clog that sink

Hi Scott, how would you remove the bb's from the duck from the shotgun shells

How long do you let them cool and dry out in the fridge? Will be butchering some pekin ducks we've raised, do you have to worry about rigor?

How does the skin/fat taste on wild duck compare to farm raised? Someone told me the reason most hunters just flesh out the breasts is because the fat is foul on a lot of wild duck, I agree with you it seems like a waste to not utilize it...assuming it tastes good I suppose. great video by the way

How look can you freeze a duck for use cook latee

The simplest way to prepare a duck is to pour boiled water on it.

Put the duck in boild water for 1 min then it's comes of like a dove this is best way to remove even you can't rip the skin that much easy to clean

Just picked up a road kill, plucked to your instructions & the oven is on. Curious how it will be without hanging.

Are you a professional cook of some degree?

how do I get the wild strong game taste out?

Ducks have enough meat to fill 3 medium foodtubs when shredded. Theres more than just the breasts...

No hot water bath?

What can the feathers be used for?

Very very good video - ive just had 2 x ducks shot for me and im about to follow the video. Not a clue how I will do but im going to have a go! My attempt will be after the wife goes to bed !!! Feathers over the kitchen - i will be in the dog house!!

do you get a new tattoo for every duck?

where is all the blood?

Do the ducks where you're from have a parasite called rice-breast?

not being funny BUT keep the feathers and make a duvet, quilt.

Shouldn't the guts be removed right away?

I’m not allowed to pluck birds in the house. My wife is the devil

I hate to see waste 50 % of an Animal after it's been killed! My Wife and her Family are Cree First Nation People and the most important thing they' have thought me is to use as much as you're able to from an Animal that gave it's Life to you and your family. Crees believe if you're waste much of the Animal ,then it's 'Spirit" can not return to Mother Earth and will be Wondring the Land, and could cause bad luck tyour family. I mean when you're only take the Breast you're waste both legs the wingettes! Also why waste the Liver Hearts Gizzards ,Lungs? Even if you're don't like it (Which I can't see why anyone wouldn't like) you can still give it to your Dogs and Kitties! The Crees look at their Pets as their Extended Family members, like our Sled Dog Teams! They are like our kids . We make to spend time with'em especially in summer whe there isn't no snow! I don't mean to give you a hard time it's just unfortunate that a Duck dies and 50% of it's meat goes to the Garbage. My Wife and Mother in law Sisters in law even use the Feathers ,creating Art work and use feathers for it like say 'Dreamcathers" Medicine bags or for Pastry brushes, etc!!!

ok i thought there were gonna be angry vegans or people who care about animals arguing here

Animal Abuse!