Mallard Hen?

[johnnyaustin44]

I have my doubts as well but I have been with a guy who shot a whitetail doe with antlers in velvet

[Bigtine96]

I dont buy it, Im not doubting you but i dont believe that a hen can look like a mallard just because she's hurt or old.

btw my buddy shot and wounded a doe last year, then when we were out hunting this year we saw it this year and it was a 3 point buck!!!

Sounds like a little bit of doubt.

 

[Sawbuck]

Here is a hen with a drake bill that I shot a couple of years ago.

[boots]

Here is a hen with a drake bill that I shot a couple of years ago.

That just looks like a young immature drake to me, that years brood

[johnnyaustin44]

Here is a hen with a drake bill that I shot a couple of years ago.

That just looks like a young immature drake to me, that years brood

thats what i was thinking but it does look like the brest of the hen as opposed to a immature drake on account there isnt any of the cheasnut colored feathers coming in below the neck. and there is snow on the ground so late season?

[singleshot12]

   I'm seeing more and more of these morphodite ducks each year. Must be something they're picking up in the enviroment like hormones or progesterone.
I shot one a couple years ago in the late season that had both sex charactoristics, I'll see if I can find the pic.

[singleshot12]

Here it is.. got this one on the third week of January. Drakes should all be fully colored by the end of October or early November.