Mature Bull Sprig

[sakoshooter]

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.

[crow killer]

My first duck was a pintail drake like that, tail might be shorter but they definitely look similar nice bird!

[h2ofowlr]

I love shooting mature pinny drakes.  Great looking bird!

[HuntinCrazy]

  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.   

[sakoshooter]

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.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Nice one ...I miss those days when I could shoot 7 of them a day ....Lot of Pintail in Skagit Co ...

[Skagit_Hunter]

Nice one ...I miss those days when I could shoot 7 of them a day ....Lot of Pintail in Skagit Co ...

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[greenhead_killer]

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

[sakoshooter]

Total tail feather length. Ya have to pull em to get an accurate measurement unfortunately.

[duckdog98604]

Very nice Bull!!!