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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: h2ofowlr on October 30, 2009, 11:18:26 AM

Title: This mornings duck hunt, cut short.
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 30, 2009, 11:18:26 AM

We almost limited out.  Hunting started at 7:20 and we were packing up by 8:00.  We would have had two limits, if we could have stayed out.  My hunting partner received a phone call from his daughters school telling him his daughter was had a temp. and was running ill.  We had to pull the decoys and drop the gear in order for him to pick her up from school.  It still turned out good.  I limited pretty quick and this was his first hunt of the season, so he was getting warmed up.  Mallards and one grey duck, "Gadwall".

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Post by: road.kill on October 30, 2009, 11:24:37 AM

 :tup:

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Post by: Ray on October 30, 2009, 11:28:57 AM

Good roundup. Wish I had a boat and good access.

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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 30, 2009, 11:30:02 AM

even a few minutes of hunting beats none good shootin

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Post by: Snowgoose1 on October 30, 2009, 03:38:34 PM

Outstanding!!!

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Post by: dontgetcrabs on October 30, 2009, 03:55:35 PM

Way to go!   :drool:

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Post by: andrew_12gauge on October 31, 2009, 09:04:56 AM

are you sure thats a gadwall? almost looks like my half mallard half pintail

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Post by: Goldeneye on October 31, 2009, 11:11:14 AM

It's not a Gadwall.  I think you got a real immature drake Pintail.  Take a good look at the wing feathers.  I believe you'll see pintail colors.  Remember the Gadwall will have white/black/white in that order.  

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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 31, 2009, 11:30:31 AM

Quote from: Goldeneye on October 31, 2009, 11:11:14 AM

It's not a Gadwall.  I think you got a real immature drake Pintail.  Take a good look at the wing feathers.  I believe you'll see pintail colors.  Remember the Gadwall will have white/black white in that order. 

+1.  Looks like a pintail to me.

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Post by: h2ofowlr on October 31, 2009, 12:32:49 PM

My partner called it a pintail when he shot it and I called it a cross, more of a gadwal as it had the chest feathers and bars on the wings.  It lacked the green bars of that of a pintail.  Its bill did however look like a pintail.  I went with grey duck as it had more characteristics of one.  I like having the oddball cross ducks mounted, for display, but to early in the season for this one.

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Post by: andrew_12gauge on November 01, 2009, 01:17:16 PM

yea i had the 1/2 breed i shot mounted it looks really cool