Ringnecks may feed on different things in different regions, but around here they hang around in fishponds where they dive in the deep water for a few seconds feeding. There is no vegetation on the bottom in 10-12 feet of black water, where the sunlight cannot reach anywhere near the bottom. When you retrieve them they smell of fish. Their flesh smells of fish.

They may indeed feed on a high percentage of vegetation in some areas, but I've observed and shot them for over 40 years here, and if you want to eat a duck that smells strongly like fish, you're welcome to do so. Some do not mind it, or I wouldn't have eager takers, but I do.

I be a long ways away from any shrimp they could feed on.

SRH

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