Duck That Survived Shooting, Refrigeration Has Third Brush With Death

[CSchultz]

SOURCE (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,247838,00.htm l)

Perky entered the headlines last week after a hunter's wife opened her refrigerator door and the should've-been-dead duck lifted its head and looked at her. The bird had been in the fridge for two days since being shot and presumed killed Jan. 15.

Perky is recovering with a pin installed in the fractured wing, and probably will not have more surgery because of her sensitivity to anesthesia, Hale said.



Can someone help me out here?
This guy shot a duck, and stuck it in the fridge.

I'm O.K. so far...

Then, after his wife finds it, they send it to a vet!???

Give it all kinds of surgery, CPR, anesthesia, pins in its wing, etc.???

Now it's on Fox news.

Question: When that bird heals, and lands in the pond in my back yard,....

Would it be best prepared A Lorange?
or roasted, with a fine Port-Garlic sauce?


I just don't git it???!! :confused:

[Lady Navy Vet]

I guess it falls under the rules covering failed executions...... Personally I would have broke it's neck, and dressed it out. Roast duck with a nice wild rice dish on the side come to mind for me. Or maybe a duck comfete, hummm, I'd have to check out a couple of my cookbooks. To be honest I haven't had wild duck since I was a girl, but the memories of my mother's wild fowl dishes has my mouth watering.
Lady Navy Vet

[RW]

OH, yeah, I read this in my paper this morning....needs more surgery but since it "has problems with anesthesia" (vet had to give it mouth to mouth during a procedure) it won't have more surgery.

Yup, a l'orange sounds good, or just roast it...either is fine by me...

[Terri]

This is one of those stories that reminds me why I like animals better than people. I think this guy should lose his hunting license because he's obviously too stupid to carry a firearm.

Now supposing the duck had been dead as it was supposed to be. Do you guys really want to eat a duck that laid in the refrigerator for two days with it's guts and feathers in place?

Maybe you do.

I would not.

[Speedway]

I think I'm gonna :barf: .

sorry

[CSchultz]

Do you guys really want to eat a duck that laid in the refrigerator for two days with it's guts and feathers in place?


I would have field dressed it, just so that it didn't have so much of a gamey taste, but as long as it was in the cold, it should have been fine.

Deer and larger game should hang at least two or three days in the cold.

This mans wife obviously does not agree with hunting.

I want to go on record as stating that I do NOT ever want to see any animal suffer.

That being said, hunting involves the killing of an animal.

Sometimes the hunter misses, and the game may escape, injured. Worse yet, in rare occasions, the hunter may not be able to locate the game after the injury.

Very sad.

I think that before this man had gone hunting, and brought his kill into the home, he should have explained to his wife, what he was about to do, and the possible consequences of putting meat on the table.

Stories like this make me wonder if the people who get so upset over the harvesting of game ever think about the chicken or the steak, in their own fridge?

Or the hamburger, or salami on their sandwich.

The commercial harvest of animals is no "kinder" than sport harvesting. And in some ways would be considered worse.

This article makes the husband out to be the "Bad Guy" and his dear sweet wife saved the day with the help of the vet.

When what actually happened was that a couple, who failed to communicate with one another, shot an animal, and then put it through a tramatic experience to try to save it's life.

I'd like to see a follow up article that concentrated on what these animals endure when they are not properly harvested.

The starvation, and disease that they endure when they become overpopulated.

The injuries that they suffer from getting hit and injured by automobiles.

The diseases that they spread, endure, and share with humans when their populations get out of control.
Foul are among the most dangerous, their droppings often come into direct contact with humans, unlike deer, rabbits, and other wild game.

Again, I think that it is terrible that this duck suffered for two days.

But it would have been much wiser to ring its neck, and have learned a lesson.
(Next time, check the animal better.)

And if it makes anyone feel better, I have heard of hunters who have failed to check the status of larger game, before attempting to cart them home.

....... The hunter does not always win.

[RW]

"
And if it makes anyone feel better, I have heard of hunters who have failed to check the status of larger game, before attempting to cart them home."

I read once, when I lived in Green Bay WI, where a hunter "bagged" a BIG deer, with BIG antlers. As he was bragging, with his foot on the beast, getting his pic taken, the animal came alive, got up, shook itself and gored the hunter. Neither appeared to be badly hurt.

I agree about the harvesting of wild animals.....many animals are just wounded and die an agonizing death. If the species becomes over populated, disease and hunger are rampant, another agonizing death. We are the stewards of this earth God gave us and we must take care of those below us on the food chain. And I don't mean in the same way PETA expects us to take care of them.

[Terri]

Evidently you guys missed the point. Apparently this kind of handling of game is more widely accepted than I realized.

Any man stupid enough to stick an uncleaned duck in my refrigerator wouldn't do it twice. We don't hunt but I grew up in a family that did and also raised, butchered, cleaned and stored much of our own meat.

We washed eggs before they went in the frig. Chickens were killed and plucked outside, singed and washed, and only then wrapped and placed in the frig or freezer. Beef and pork were also handled in sanitary ways although we usually had large animals slaughtered elsewhere and stored in a rented food locker.

Placing an uncleaned, unplucked bird of any kind in a refrigerator is a filthy and unsanitary practice. It's a good way to contaminate other food in the frig and make your entire family sick, so if any of you are actually doing this I hope you do some reading on sanitation.

Btw, I'm not against hunting. I'm just for common sense.

[CSchultz]

Placing an uncleaned, unplucked bird of any kind in a refrigerator is a filthy and unsanitary practice. It's a good way to contaminate other food in the frig and make your entire family sick, so if any of you are actually doing this I hope you do some reading on sanitation.


That is absolutely true!! :yes:

Especially with foul.

I was making an assumption that this was a special fridge.

I have a spare fridge in the garage for these things. Inexpensive, and very sanitary.

I took out the bottom bins and put in a stainless steel drip pan.

It is easily cleaned with bleach water and I never store other food with unprepared game.

My wife would stuff me in there if I ever stuck anything in our refrigerator that wasn't properly packaged first.

I sure hope this guy didn't put a feathered bird in with his families food. They carry mites, and all sorts of nasties.

But then again, the fact still remains, that this guy didn't know that the bird was still alive either.

It's one thing to be fooled in the field, but by the time one gets home, he should make sure that the animal is dead before sticking it in the refrigerator.
It's not that hard to check. I'm not trying to sound cruel, but a quick snap of the neck just to be sure wouldn't be a bad practice to follow.

Especially after reading this story.

[EdieJ]

I'm with you, Terri... 2 days later it was still not "dressed out"?!? :mr_yuk: big time!!

FoWl are among the most dangerous, their droppings often come into direct contact with humans, unlike deer, rabbits, and other wild game.

We found a really neat public access to a lake that looked like it would be great fishing. I stepped out of the car and right into a big pile of Canada Goose droppings. They were EVERYWHERE. We got back into the car after trying to get as much crud off our shoes as we could and found someplace else to fish. Nasty!!

[gfafblifr]

This is one of those stories that reminds me why I like animals better than people. I think this guy should lose his hunting license because he's obviously too stupid to carry a firearm.

Now supposing the duck had been dead as it was supposed to be. Do you guys really want to eat a duck that laid in the refrigerator for two days with it's guts and feathers in place?

Maybe you do.

I would not.
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Absolutely and I agree with your later posts also. In that line, let me just say, the bird should have been, at the least, field cleaned as every animal should be before transport. Every conscientious(sp) hunter will do so. If not, that hunter's taking chances with his/hers(gotta be pc) and possibly his family's health.

As for those hunters letting big game animals hang in the cold, many do that where possible but those animals have the internal organs removed(or should) and some have been skinned(depending on preference). They certainly aren't going to jump up and run away.

I won't get into the ethics of ensuring your target and shooting ability before you pull the trigger. That would get me off onto a rant about slobs and I don't want to go there.

[Lady Navy Vet]

All points well made, I should have been more careful about my post. I should have said that it's neck would have been rung before it ever went into my game bag out in the field. I am a firm adherent on following humane hunting practices. That includes sighting in your weapon, and a short round of target practice before going hunting. As far as putting undressed, and packaged game into my kitchen fridge, heaven help the fool who commits that error! YUCK, YUCK, YUCK!!!!!!! I won't even bring home fish that hasn't been dressed out, unless it's still swimming around in my live-well.
Lady Navy Vet

[Speedway]

My wife would stuff me in there if I ever stuck anything in our refrigerator that wasn't properly packaged first.

If you mess up and this happens, tell her we want a pic for Member Photos!

:D

[CSchultz]

If you mess up and this happens, tell her we want a pic for Member Photos!


Fair enough, but don't hold your breath. :D
Like I said before, I field dress.

Coyotes gotta eat too ya know.

Besides, I always figured, "Why haul back anything we're not going to eat?"