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[boneaddict]

I'd sure like to kill a mature one of these and have it mounted

[WCTaxidermy]

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

[couesbitten]

Agreed, very colorful.

[Fishnclifff]

I'll get ya one at ridgefield next year

[kyle78]

Whats funny is that when I lived in Nevada we would pass on these all day long unless hunting was slow.

[Kowsrule30]

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....    

[Tealer]

Any location in SW WA can produce a good bull.

[Lybeck]

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....   

most taxidermists use cast heads so a shot up bill isn't a problem at all.

[cryfowl]

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.

[boneaddict]

I've never shot one.   

[h2ofowlr]

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.

[270Shooter]

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.

[Tealer]

I've never shot one.

Shoot me a pm during the season, I have a super secret spot.

[stickbuck]

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.

[boneaddict]

Very cool!

[lokidog]

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.

Shot a bunch in So. Cal. around the Salton Sea, great plumage down there.  They are pretty birds.  I think the hardest to get in breeding plumage is a Blue-winged Teal, never got one in six years of hunting in WI and haven't seen any to shoot duck hunting anywhere else I have hunted.

[duckkillerclyde]

I thought this bird had good color for as early as I killed him.

[quadrafire]

Funny---On the banding report they have it as a female??

[duckkillerclyde]

Funny---On the banding report they have it as a female??

I know!  lol  I called them and they 'corrected' it on their records, they said I would get a new certificate but that never happened.  Oh well better luck next time.

[270Shooter]

Thats awesome man, a banded spoonie has got to be about the rarest banded duck you can get. He has great plumage for being shot in october too!