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This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« on: October 30, 2009, 11:18:26 AM »
We almost limited out.  Hunting started at 7:20 and we were packing up by 8:00.  We would have had two limits, if we could have stayed out.  My hunting partner received a phone call from his daughters school telling him his daughter was had a temp. and was running ill.  We had to pull the decoys and drop the gear in order for him to pick her up from school.  It still turned out good.  I limited pretty quick and this was his first hunt of the season, so he was getting warmed up.  Mallards and one grey duck, "Gadwall".
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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 11:24:37 AM »
 :tup:

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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 11:28:57 AM »
Good roundup. Wish I had a boat and good access.

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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 11:30:02 AM »
even a few minutes of hunting beats none good shootin
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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 03:38:34 PM »
Outstanding!!!

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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2009, 03:55:35 PM »
Way to go!   :drool:

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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 09:04:56 AM »
are you sure thats a gadwall? almost looks like my half mallard half pintail

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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2009, 11:11:14 AM »
It's not a Gadwall.  I think you got a real immature drake Pintail.  Take a good look at the wing feathers.  I believe you'll see pintail colors.  Remember the Gadwall will have white/black/white in that order.  
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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2009, 11:30:31 AM »
It's not a Gadwall.  I think you got a real immature drake Pintail.  Take a good look at the wing feathers.  I believe you'll see pintail colors.  Remember the Gadwall will have white/black white in that order. 
+1.  Looks like a pintail to me.
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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2009, 12:32:49 PM »
My partner called it a pintail when he shot it and I called it a cross, more of a gadwal as it had the chest feathers and bars on the wings.  It lacked the green bars of that of a pintail.  Its bill did however look like a pintail.  I went with grey duck as it had more characteristics of one.  I like having the oddball cross ducks mounted, for display, but to early in the season for this one.
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Re: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2009, 01:17:16 PM »
yea i had the 1/2 breed i shot mounted it looks really cool

 


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