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Offline boneaddict

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wantoneofthese
« on: March 03, 2012, 05:45:55 PM »
I'd sure like to kill a mature one of these and have it mounted
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2012, 06:05:57 PM »
Bone, the Drake Spoony is one of the most beautiful birds out there.  I think they rate right up there with a Wood Duck and Harliquin.  Late season plummed out spoony, doesn't get much better than that.......John
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2012, 09:38:55 PM »
Agreed, very colorful.
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2012, 09:42:16 PM »
I'll get ya one at ridgefield next year
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2012, 08:42:28 AM »
Whats funny is that when I lived in Nevada we would pass on these all day long unless hunting was slow.
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2012, 12:26:12 PM »
I've only got one of these ever!!!! Wish I would have got it taxied....   :'(   IMO I think I shot the bill up too bad.... Maybe a good taxi could have fixed it....   :dunno: 
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wantoneofthese
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2012, 01:43:08 PM »
Any location in SW WA can produce a good bull.
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2012, 01:58:14 PM »
Quote from: Kowsrule30 on March 04, 2012, 12:26:12 PM
I've only got one of these ever!!!! Wish I would have got it taxied....   :'(   IMO I think I shot the bill up too bad.... Maybe a good taxi could have fixed it....   :dunno:
most taxidermists use cast heads so a shot up bill isn't a problem at all.
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2012, 05:38:22 PM »
Used to shoot them fairly regularly.  Then I learned to mount my own birds and haven't gotten a decent one since.  Prolly the hardest bird to get in full color in my opinion.
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2012, 05:51:16 PM »
I've never shot one.   
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2012, 06:06:44 PM »
Hunt Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge and you will shoot some!

This was the best smiling mallard I shot this season.  Unfortunately not a good enough one to mount.  I used to just pick out the mature drakes in January when they went by, but just don't see to many in the spots I hunt anymore.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2012, 08:02:55 PM by h2ofowlr »
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2012, 10:41:33 PM »
Its too bad it takes them so long to get colored up. We shot a ton of those bootlips in november, but none of the drakes were any good.
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wantoneofthese
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2012, 06:38:05 PM »
Quote from: boneaddict on March 04, 2012, 05:51:16 PM
I've never shot one.

Shoot me a pm during the season, I have a super secret spot.
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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2012, 07:17:05 PM »
Hey bone, that was a great pic of all those drakes. I swung by my duck spot and found a ton. I only saw two drakes all season. One was on the adjacent private and the other swung into my dekes and died. Here is just a brief video as I drove by. Nothing spectacular, but I am still in awe of this species, at least the drakes. I hope the link works.

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Re: wantoneofthese
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2012, 07:49:23 PM »
Very cool!
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