Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: AceInTheWild on February 20, 2009, 08:14:21 PM
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my brother took this big one at 30 yards single shot drop. clean kill and great looking bird
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Welcome to the site little brother :)
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8) 8) 8)
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:IBCOOL: :drool:
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Thats a bomber for sure
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that makes me so jealous i didnt get a goose this year. a me and ducks doom were out on the river one morning when a flock of 8 was no more than thirty yards above us, but there was power lines directly between us, we didnt want to chance it
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Did you get a weight on that bad boy.
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No I didnt get a chance to weigh it, but does F***ing heavy count as a good unit of weight? :chuckle:
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F***ing heavy only counts as a unit of weight after 3 miles... :P :P
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Great bird... is it October yet?
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Nice Bird
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at least 20 pounds!!!!
My question is why do you think it's a northern? My guess would be that it probably a local bird that has lived the good life for a long time.
It always amazes me to hear people talk about big "fat" northern birds when common sense would tell me that if I had 2 mature drake mallards side by side and I peeled the skin on the breast back, the one Iwould consider a northern would be the one with the least amount fat on it. That incredible journey burns the fat right off them fella's!
just my :twocents:
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at least 20 pounds!!!!
My question is why do you think it's a northern? My guess would be that it probably a local bird that has lived the good life for a long time.
It always amazes me to hear people talk about big "fat" northern birds when common sense would tell me that if I had 2 mature drake mallards side by side and I peeled the skin on the breast back, the one Iwould consider a northern would be the one with the least amount fat on it. That incredible journey burns the fat right off them fella's!
just my :twocents:
It didnt have alot of fat on it. I grew up in the area that I shot that bird and I know for a fact that it wasnt a local bird. The local birds are not near as large as that bird or the rest of the birds that it was with. I have been watching and keeping track of the local birds year round. I am trying to pattern the local gaggle and observe the growth, pairing, hierarchy, feeding, and nesting areas.