Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: abe henderson on November 12, 2008, 09:47:29 PM
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Hey,
Just wondering how common Barrow's Goldeneye are in E Washington. I've never seen one before, but just a couple days ago we had one fly over our setup and my buddy killed him. Nice big drake. Shot him south of Spokane in the middle of wheat country.
Abe
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I think they kinda rare. Cool lookin duck though..... worth mounting if not too shot up.
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Fairly common on the Columbia above Wells and Rocky Reach.
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Lots of them in the MEthow, especially in winter time. They will winter there along with Mergansers. Neat ducks. Doublelung is right, there are quie a few on the columbia right now. Just look at the hordes of coots and you will notice some Barrows in there as well.
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Yah, I'd say they're pretty common...not as common as the commons GE's though.....as the name implies....there's more on the wetside
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Boy, we don't see em too often around Spokane. Kinda like hooded mergies.... there around but certainly not in the numbers where you can count on shootin em.
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Its a beautiful bird for sure and not shot up at all. It was bigger than I expected too, it weighed two pounds eight ounces. He's thinking about getting it mounted. We definitely didn't expect to shoot one.
Abe
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there are some here
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I have seen a few, mostly late in the season after the first of the year in the Yak Valley
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nice pic!