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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: sakoshooter on December 16, 2012, 12:09:31 PM

Title: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: sakoshooter on December 16, 2012, 12:09:31 PM: 8 1/4" Bull Sprig yesterday at Nisqually. Pretty slow day for the most part but 4 of us ended up with a dozen birds and this was my first of the morning. Always like to start a day off with a good one.
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Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: crow killer on December 16, 2012, 12:24:30 PM: My first duck was a pintail drake like that, tail might be shorter but they definitely look similar :tup: nice bird! :tup:
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 16, 2012, 05:30:44 PM: I love shooting mature pinny drakes. Great looking bird!
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: HuntinCrazy on December 16, 2012, 06:18:24 PM: :tup: very nice bull sprig. Tough hunting down on the Delta lately. I was down there all day Thursday and went a O for only 2 shots.... Lots of high flyers.
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: sakoshooter on December 16, 2012, 06:59:50 PM: Yes, very tough at Nisqually lately. Too much sheet water all over. Just about every field around is holding water these days. I think we need some cold weather up north to start the migration.
Last Sat I shot on Widgeon early. Sat till almost noon without firing another shot so I picked up.
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 16, 2012, 07:03:31 PM: Nice one ...I miss those days when I could shoot 7 of them a day ....Lot of Pintail in Skagit Co ... :tup:
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: Skagit_Hunter on December 17, 2012, 06:25:47 AM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on December 16, 2012, 07:03:31 PM
Nice one ...I miss those days when I could shoot 7 of them a day ....Lot of Pintail in Skagit Co ... :tup:

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Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: greenhead_killer on December 19, 2012, 03:16:41 PM: nice bird!! i hate shooting pintails tho, they are just too beatuiful to me to want to just eat...side question(if its acceptable) but where is the starting point for when you measure a sprig on one of those bad boys?? never thought about that. i have one mount(by Willow Creek Taxidermy) that is probably similar in size to that one, just curious where ou start
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: sakoshooter on December 20, 2012, 09:30:15 PM: Total tail feather length. Ya have to pull em to get an accurate measurement unfortunately.
Title: Re: Mature Bull Sprig
Post by: duckdog98604 on December 26, 2012, 08:45:22 AM: Very nice Bull!!! :tup: