Author Topic: Mallard ? (Read 3520 times)

Da goat · « **on:** January 31, 2016, 08:36:59 PM »

So son got a mallard hen with green striping in the head is it worth mounting or is this common?

X-Force · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2016, 08:44:42 PM »

Do you have a pic of it?

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2016, 08:55:50 PM »

Probably an old hen. You will see them with the green at times. Most likely not an eclipse drake at this time. A picture will help confirm this.

jgoetz · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2016, 07:48:58 AM »

What H20 said. The bill tells all. Old hen. Not that uncommon.

It's kind of like your grandma growing a mustache.

kodiak 907 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2016, 08:52:01 AM »

Shot an old banded hen this year. She was eight and had a lot of green on her head. I consider a duck that is that old a trophy.

Da goat · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2016, 10:07:39 AM »

Thanks for the info I know everything pointed to hen just had never seen the green before on a hen.

EWUeagles · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2016, 01:04:03 PM »

Shot one that looked exactly the same this weekend. Old Mallard hen.

Bucks2Ducks · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2016, 03:10:01 PM »

Shot an old banded hen this year. She was eight and had a lot of green on her head. I consider a duck that is that old a trophy.

I've heard of a couple banded mallards that were over 20 years old

Thats a lot of decoy spreads they have flown over!

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