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Specks are known to many hunters as the ribeye of the sky.  With seasons closed and hopefully the freezer full, I am always cooking game this time of year.  The first time I ever had a speck on my plate I was excited and a bit skeptical. How could it taste that much better than other game?  They eat, roost and migrate almost the same routine as other waterfowl I am accustomed to. So how could it be that different?  Well it’s different! The meat has the same texture and color as any other geese but truly taste amazing.   Now the key to preparing specks or any waterfowl is to not over cook them.  Medium rare is perfect, medium at best.    Anything past medium will become chewy and tough.  

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There are many types of farming practices that we think about daily as agriculturalists. Examples being your standard conventional farming, no-till, organic, etc. In these practices we are all after a common goal, to produce high healthy yields for a profit. Some people have a different outlook and strategies on how to produce those yields. What if there is another type of farming out there, a type of farming that is not trying to produce high bushel crop, but instead, high yields of waterfowl and wildlife. I’m talking about a farming practice for the conservationists, for the guys that like to duck, deer, pheasant, quail, and turkey hunt. This is a farming practice that is for hunting purposes. Basically planting a crop and leaving it to the wildlife as a food source.  Some might be a little confused by this strategy and think that planting a crop and maybe not even harvesting it is absurd.  In someway this is true, but our vision is habitat. We are doing this to create a healthy environment not only for wildfowl, but for ourselves as well.

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