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Title: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: Duckwacker on January 07, 2014, 04:00:09 PM
We got these this morning..
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: hntrspud on January 07, 2014, 04:10:16 PM
Looks fun! Were most of them passing shots? I love shooting divers. Good looking ringnecks!
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Post by: sakoshooter on January 07, 2014, 05:25:49 PM
I was going to say how I loved hunting bluebills but they are ring necks. Looks like a nice shoot.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on January 07, 2014, 05:28:56 PM
I had a bunch of them flying over the decoys this weekend.  It was even better watching them fly by.  :sry:  Congrats on the hunt.
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: Duckwacker on January 07, 2014, 08:09:40 PM
One was a blue bill ..
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Post by: Bullkllr on January 07, 2014, 08:15:19 PM
One of my favorites. Great eating too. Never figured out why they're called ringnecks. Neck has no ring; only ring is on the bill.
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Post by: jennyfell55 on January 07, 2014, 08:24:42 PM
One of my favorites. Great eating too. Never figured out why they're called ringnecks. Neck has no ring; only ring is on the bill.

Neck has a faint reddish/rusty ring. Only visible when the neck is extended (and sometimes only in the right light) I agree though... Ringbill would be a better name! :tup:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.katyprairie.org%2Fassets%2Fgraphics%2FKP_Birds%2FRingneckDuck_GregLavaty.jpg&hash=dcdbd3b53b8609b318fdded066fdddfff16cd396)
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: Duckwacker on January 07, 2014, 08:33:56 PM
My buddy in Kalifornia always gives me a bunch of crap about shooting divers he says their not" real " ducks..
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: Bullkllr on January 07, 2014, 08:37:53 PM
One of my favorites. Great eating too. Never figured out why they're called ringnecks. Neck has no ring; only ring is on the bill.

Neck has a faint reddish/rusty ring. Only visible when the neck is extended (and sometimes only in the right light) I agree though... Ringbill would be a better name! :tup:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.katyprairie.org%2Fassets%2Fgraphics%2FKP_Birds%2FRingneckDuck_GregLavaty.jpg&hash=dcdbd3b53b8609b318fdded066fdddfff16cd396)

Cool pic. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: ducksdogsdownriggers on January 07, 2014, 08:59:41 PM
My buddy in Kalifornia always gives me a bunch of crap about shooting divers he says their not" real " ducks..
I'm guessing your buddy is the guy who blows away on his Mallard call nonstop while on a diver hunt, then shoots 8 feet behind a Canvasback that goes screaming by at 70mph at which point he proclaims "divers not real ducks".  Yeah, I know the type. 

Nice shooting btw.  Ringers can really move.
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Post by: Hunting7mm on January 07, 2014, 10:53:06 PM
Nice!!!!
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Post by: SB on January 08, 2014, 08:18:42 AM
Good shooting! Tough to clean them guys!
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: Duckwacker on January 08, 2014, 09:37:33 AM
My buddy in Kalifornia always gives me a bunch of crap about shooting divers he says their not" real " ducks..
I'm guessing your buddy is the guy who blows away on his Mallard call nonstop while on a diver hunt, then shoots 8 feet behind a Canvasback that goes screaming by at 70mph at which point he proclaims "divers not real ducks".  Yeah, I know the type. 

Nice shooting btw.  Ringers can really move.
   He's one of those dabbler duck snobs..



Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: hntrspud on January 09, 2014, 10:01:09 AM
Personally I like meat in the freezer, and when you can only get out so much, well you harvest what you can! If I had the private land and time to limit on greenheads evertime I went out, it may be different. After all we are WATERFOWL hunting not mallard shooting. LOL
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Post by: seth30 on January 09, 2014, 01:04:09 PM
Great job on those divers :tup:
Title: Re: STACKED SOME DIVERS!!
Post by: Duckwacker on January 12, 2014, 09:16:16 PM
Personally I like meat in the freezer, and when you can only get out so much, well you harvest what you can! If I had the private land and time to limit on greenheads evertime I went out, it may be different. After all we are WATERFOWL hunting not mallard shooting. LOL
:tup:
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Post by: REHJWA on January 13, 2014, 11:01:36 PM
Personally I like meat in the freezer, and when you can only get out so much, well you harvest what you can! If I had the private land and time to limit on greenheads evertime I went out, it may be different. After all we are WATERFOWL hunting not mallard shooting. LOL
:tup:
Nice brace of birds. :tup:
If I had my choice I would take the puddle ducks, but I am very happy with divers. The biggest problem I have with divers is chasing down the crippled ones (steel shot and divers = chasing birds). My poor dog has to work four times as hard on divers as he does on puddle ducks. Not that puddle ducks don't dive or sleek off with their heads down but a diver can put a lot of distance between it and then dog when it dives.
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