Do you pluck or wax ? Your ducks I mean

[longpointer]

Many of us do it by hand and some pay the local plucker for that joy but does anybody still use the hot wax method ?

[FishHog]

When I hunted more I did the hot wax method. Made for a beautiful finish.
Now I pluck and singe with a blow torch or early in the year just skin them

[finsfurfeathers]

fortunately don't get much waterfowl early just breast them out if not heavily pinned will pluck. Any other bird gets plucked using hot water.

[Ouzel]

I have done both over the years. I made myself a plucker, and now rarely find a reason to wax, although it does a neater job. Someone advised me that 'cheese wax' is better than paraffin for waxing. I got some, and it is true. Better job, and somewhat reusable. I still do breast the shot up ones, and usually geese.

[overyonder]

I pluck chickens and guinea fowl, breast ducks and geese, use the standing-on-wing method for grouse, and would probably pluck pheasants like I did 35 years ago.

[Pioneerfreq]

Hand pluck just the breasts so they have that delicious skin on when cooked. The legs, & upper wing parts get skinned out to be used for sausage along with any extra fat. I save the hearts separate for a meal of "meat olives" and the livers get saved separate for wild duck liver pate. Just don't care for the texture of gizzard.