What game bird do you hate/depise the most?

[Public Land Drew]

For me, it's between Snow Geese and Pheasants.

But think I'm gonna have to go with wild pheasants.

 

[Backofbeyond]

Turkeys.

Pointless birds.

 

[TSAMP]

Turkeys for sure. Big body. Tiny stupid head.

 

[DB29]

Chuckar. I was convinced my dad made the bird up to trick me into walking to the top of ridges and bottom of deep draws chasing a bird we never saw.

 

[NDGuy]

Hate snow geese, I haven’t invested in a snow spread but have been skunked too many times setting up on them or they landing in another field and bringing the rest of the honkers or mallards with them.

 

[PredatoronthePrairie]

Coots.

Roll up on a big slough covered in birds only to realize it's 2000 oil slicks. Never see them flying. The dang things just show up one day.

 

[Public Land Drew]

Hate snow geese, I haven’t invested in a snow spread but have been skunked too many times setting up on them or they landing in another field and bringing the rest of the honkers or mallards with them.

Snows are a pain! You can do everything right, On the X, Hide on point, all fullbodies (No motion here in WA) and then they just give you the finger.

 

[Public Land Drew]

Coots.

Roll up on a big slough covered in birds only to realize it's 2000 oil slicks. Never see them flying. The dang things just show up one day.

Never heard of the term "Oil Slick."

 

[Billy Goat]

Canada's.

Not over hunting them, just I tend to get pretty aggravated with the damn things in general.



Lucky we don't get snows in any large amounts around here.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Turkeys, scare the living poo out of me nodding off in the woods waiting for the sun to come up when they fly down from the roost. That and they taste terrible so no point in shooting them for revenge.

 

[taskswap]

For me it's Canadian Geese mostly because they're the most annoying BIRD I deal with regularly that also counts as "game bird." I don't actually hunt them but we get tons of them around here dropping their loads around parks and ball fields in various seasons and sometimes there are so many piles it's hard to even walk around. And boy, can they be real jerks if they get agitated. And somehow on the list of "top 5 things I love roasted" they just never make the list...

 

[Public Land Drew]

For me it's Canadian Geese mostly because they're the most annoying BIRD I deal with regularly that also counts as "game bird." I don't actually hunt them but we get tons of them around here dropping their loads around parks and ball fields in various seasons and sometimes there are so many piles it's hard to even walk around. And boy, can they be real jerks if they get agitated. And somehow on the list of "top 5 things I love roasted" they just never make the list...

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[Maverick1]

Bald eagle. Can’t get over how much they taste like chicken.

 

[The Guide]

Any of them that scare the shit out of me while on a stalk. Sage Grouse and Sharptails while antelope hunting. Pheasants while walking the river bottoms. Mountain grouse while chasing elk and mule deer. All good eating but tough on the heart when they startle you.

Jay

 

[KurtR]

Turkeys they are dumb bird who sit on hay stacks and crap all over.

Also you don’t hunt them with a dog which is what makes hunting any bird hunt worth doing.

 

[SixteenG]

Waterfowl! My hunting buddies always want to mess up an upland trip to set up on that “X” we saw the day before. Not to mention someone always bringing some jerky/pepperoni and tells you “It’s so good you can’t even tell it’s duck”. Wrong! Tastes like the south end of a northbound horse. Then you have to head out at 0200 to launch the boat, set up decoys, brush blinds, and freeze your ass off. All to end the day “accidentally” leaving the pile of ducks in someone else’s pickup so they have to deal with them.

If I never sat in a blind again, I’d be content.

 

[antaresproper]

Coots. Spending an entire morning seeing nothing but coots drives me nuts.

Turkeys. They aren’t as smart as people say they are, they’re just really good at not getting killed. Which makes me feel all the dumber.

Quail. Fly up between my legs in the dark when on my way to be outsmarted by the aforementioned not smart turkeys and deer.

 

[Davyalabama]

Crows. Ok, may not be a game bird, but I love to shoot a bunch.

 

[fatlander]

I’d love to take the guys that hate turkeys on an eastern hunt, just the bird vs your calls. There is nothing like it. I’ve never hunted turkeys out west, but I see guys kill them outside of blinds without bows every year with regularity. I’ve been trying for almost a decade to kill an eastern with a bow, no blind and no decoys, in the spring. It’s a tall order.

If eastern turkeys could smell like a deer, they’d be next to impossible to kill with a shotgun and calls.

Honestly, most all other bird hunting sucks when you don’t kill birds. Turkey hunting is the only bird hunting that’s still enjoyable when the birds win.


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[Trr15]

Merganser. Ugly and taste terrible