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Mature Bull Sprig
« on: December 16, 2012, 12:09:31 PM »
8 1/4" Bull Sprig yesterday at Nisqually. Pretty slow day for the most part but 4 of us ended up with a dozen birds and this was my first of the morning. Always like to start a day off with a good one.
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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2012, 12:24:30 PM »
My first duck was a pintail drake like that, tail might be shorter but they definitely look similar :tup: nice bird! :tup:

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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2012, 05:30:44 PM »
I love shooting mature pinny drakes.  Great looking bird!
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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2012, 06:18:24 PM »
 :tup: very nice bull sprig. Tough hunting down on the Delta lately. I was down there all day Thursday and went a O for only 2 shots.... Lots of high flyers.   





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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2012, 06:59:50 PM »
Yes, very tough at Nisqually lately. Too much sheet water all over. Just about every field around is holding water these days. I think we need some cold weather up north to start the migration.
Last Sat I shot on Widgeon early. Sat till almost noon without firing another shot so I picked up.
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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2012, 07:03:31 PM »
Nice one ...I miss those days when I could shoot 7 of them a day ....Lot of Pintail in Skagit Co ... :tup:

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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2012, 06:25:47 AM »
Nice one ...I miss those days when I could shoot 7 of them a day ....Lot of Pintail in Skagit Co ... :tup:


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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2012, 03:16:41 PM »
nice bird!! i hate shooting pintails tho, they are just too beatuiful to me to want to just eat...side question(if its acceptable) but where is the starting point for when you measure a sprig on one of those bad boys?? never thought about that. i have one mount(by Willow Creek Taxidermy) that is probably similar in size to that one, just curious where ou start

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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2012, 09:30:15 PM »
Total tail feather length. Ya have to pull em to get an accurate measurement unfortunately.
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Re: Mature Bull Sprig
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2012, 08:45:22 AM »
Very nice Bull!!!  :tup:
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