Quote Originally Posted by hap View Post
I much prefer to kep th ewhole bird rather than turning it into a pile of baggies that will never be findable again... And matching feathers from a baggie of feathers is a serious pain. I keep the entire skin when possible which is the perfect filing system...

CDC is plucked and put in baggies, but that is the only feather and that is because they are not easy to pull from dried skins and I have broken enough to realize they work fine in baggies...
If you have ever skinned a duck you will know that they are very greasy and unless you de-grease it the entire skin and feathers will become one matted ball of grease over time. It is a difficult process and for waterfowl it is far easier to just pluck the feathers.