Author Topic: Duck ID (Read 6087 times)

bowNarrow · « **on:** October 16, 2011, 08:03:04 PM »

i think its a green wing teal but not sure....still new at id`in birds

DuckHunter88 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:19:42 PM »

Looks like a hen eurasian wigeon by the bill and coloring....nice!

turkey slayer · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:29:30 PM »

I would say wigeon of some sort

WABONEHNTR · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:29:55 PM »

Young drake widgeon.

Blacktail135 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:31:02 PM »

Young of the year wigeon drake.

bowNarrow · « **Reply #5 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:32:33 PM »

i was way off

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #6 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:35:37 PM »

Did you get a picture of the head and bill? So, far it looks like a wigeon, just wanted to confirm.

bowNarrow · « **Reply #7 on:** October 16, 2011, 08:38:03 PM »

the head was brown and the bill looked kinda like a blue color

crow killer · « **Reply #8 on:** October 16, 2011, 09:07:24 PM »

Yep immature drake widgeon I shot one of those today good eating

jordano · « **Reply #9 on:** October 16, 2011, 09:33:40 PM »

definitely a hen wigeon. not trying to be an a** but next time you go out make sure you know your species so you don't shoot over your limit of a certain species..

bowNarrow · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2011, 07:19:35 AM »

i knew it was something that i had a certain limit on

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2011, 08:11:04 AM »

Here we go. Every year people are blasting ducks and don't even know what there shooting at.

CP · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2011, 09:14:47 AM »

Let’s not start the bashing over duck ID again.

There are and always will be a lot of hunters that ID ducks in hand or after the fact. Nothing wrong with that approach as long as they can keep it legal.

NWBREW · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2011, 09:53:41 AM »

Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 17, 2011, 08:11:04 AM

Here we go. Every year people are blasting ducks and don't even know what there shooting at.

The guy just asked for a little help with duck ID. Did you have something other then milk in your cornflakes?

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:31:54 AM »

Quote from: NWBREW on October 17, 2011, 09:53:41 AM

Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 17, 2011, 08:11:04 AM
Here we go. Every year people are blasting ducks and don't even know what there shooting at.
That's the problem I didn't have any cornflakes.

The guy just asked for a little help with duck ID. Did you have something other then milk in your cornflakes?

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2011, 10:39:48 AM »

Quote from: bowNarrow on October 17, 2011, 07:19:35 AM

i knew it was something that i had a certain limit on

there isn't a certain limit on greenwing teal or wigeon. You can shoot straight bags of 7 or a mixed bag of the two.

bowNarrow · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2011, 04:50:52 PM »

Am I supposed to know all the types of ducks my first year of hunting...maybe you could teach me instead of be a d-bag

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2011, 05:09:04 PM »

You're right in my first post I did come across as a D-bag and I'm sorry. In the last post I was really just trying to help you out with the correct limits of the two species. Any time you want to head up north and hunt I'll go with you and try to help you out.

Justin7mm · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2011, 05:55:18 PM »

learning all the ducks, in their different phases of coloring, and what they look like on the water vs. flying is tough at first. Learn what the more restricted birds are first so you don't shoot too many of those, and go from there.

270Shooter · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2011, 06:10:13 PM »

Quote from: bowNarrow on October 17, 2011, 04:50:52 PM

Am I supposed to know all the types of ducks my first year of hunting...maybe you could teach me instead of be a d-bag

Or maybe you could atleast learn what the difference is between a teal and a widgeon, its actually pretty scary that you dont know what it is when you're holding it in your hand. I know its tough to tell sometimes when they aren't plumed out that well yet. But come on a teal is half the size of a widgeon.

Camp David · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2011, 06:28:33 PM »

Some of you guys need to ease up. Your missing the opportunity to help a new person learn something that can be challenging. Think back to your first year when you never held or saw a certain species. Some are easy to distinguish, especially when they are sitting dead side by side. I remember my first year salmon fishing and I didn't know the difference between a chinook and a silver. I went to the fish market and figured it out....little harder to do with ducks.
Next time think about assisting the new guy/girl young hunter before bashing them. New hunters there is also a lot of info available on duck ID....read it, study it, learn it and bring it with you in the field. Challange your hunting buddy to an ID challange in the field.

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2011, 07:17:25 PM »

It's all part of the learning curve. I saw a happy hunter at the boat launch with a limit of pintails. To bad he had a limit of 2 drakes and 5 hens. I imagine that cost him about $150-$175 per bird times 5 birds as the game warden was going through his gear. You learn really quick not to do that. I would get a waterfowl booklet and read through it during the down time. Always good to start learning the birds at this stage. If you hunt a general area without posting your spot as others what birds they see in the area. That can help you most of the time. There will always still be the randoms or seldomly harvested ones that pop up as well.

msteffens55 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2011, 07:18:17 PM »

Quote from: Camp David on October 17, 2011, 06:28:33 PM

Some of you guys need to ease up. Your missing the opportunity to help a new person learn something that can be challenging. Think back to your first year when you never held or saw a certain species.

Amen

bowNarrow · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2011, 07:40:00 PM »

The book doesnt really show much...anyone know any sites that have good pix amd descriptons

jordano · « **Reply #24 on:** October 18, 2011, 12:15:21 AM »

ducks unlimited website is great and I'm pretty sure delta waterfowl is pretty good as well! study up!

D-Rock425 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 18, 2011, 06:41:51 AM »

Every year this same tread starts and never ends good. Since I starting the negativity I'm going to try to fix with an invite for you to come up and go hunting with me.

seth30 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 18, 2011, 06:56:08 AM »

D Rock thats a awesome invite! Bow Marrows kudos to you for posting and asking for help. Im in my second year of waterfowl hunting and have a lot to learn as well. Heck I bet your seasoned guys are still learning things every year

Heartsblood · « **Reply #27 on:** October 18, 2011, 07:51:36 AM »

Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 18, 2011, 06:41:51 AM

Every year this same tread starts and never ends good. Since I starting the negativity I'm going to try to fix with an invite for you to come up and go hunting with me.

Nice! Way to man up and be accountable. We all say *censored* that either comes off, or is taken differently than we had intended at times. I can really appreciate this, especially as I often get foot in mouth disease... or sometimes I just hear things incorrectly. It takes some character to try and right a situation that hasn't gone in a desirable direction.

Glockster · « **Reply #28 on:** October 18, 2011, 03:45:33 PM »

EArly season birds are the hardest to ID because many of them are in what is called eclipse plumage which is basically the transition from their summer dull color to their fall/winter pimp daddy mating plumage.

ID is one of those skills ya gotta practice to avoid a fine from the man though. Just like any hunting; when in doubt don't pull the trigger.

NWBREW · « **Reply #29 on:** October 19, 2011, 01:56:33 AM »

Quote from: D-Rock425 on October 18, 2011, 06:41:51 AM

Every year this same tread starts and never ends good. Since I starting the negativity I'm going to try to fix with an invite for you to come up and go hunting with me.

Goldeneye · « **Reply #30 on:** October 19, 2011, 09:19:24 AM »

Take a look at these pictures for waterfowl ID. It should help.

http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-id

http://www.mydecoys.com/Puddle_Duck_Identification_Chart.php

Another good thing is to try not to shoot at the duck until you see color or at least enough body/wing features to identify it. Try not to get in a rush. That's when mistakes happen on birds with restricted limits such as pintails, hen mallards, scaup etc.

bagmNtagm · « **Reply #31 on:** October 20, 2011, 03:54:58 AM »

if you have iphone, android cell phone or a itouch you can download the ducks unlimited application, there is waterfowl Id in there that can be very handy, i use it every day

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