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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: h2ofowlr on January 04, 2010, 05:42:52 PM

Title: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 04, 2010, 05:42:52 PM: The mature drakes started showing up in greater numbers bout two weeks ago. Some of the juvies are growing the pins, but starting to get some mature sprigs with long tails. Many must have been sitting in the bay for a while as there white breasts were already stained the golden brown color.

Here are some of the pins from the last outtings.
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: bullseeker on January 04, 2010, 05:57:24 PM: Any pics?
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: Rudy on January 04, 2010, 06:12:14 PM: :yeah: A friend of mine took a mature pintail the other day....said he hasn't seen many yet
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: Dustin07 on January 05, 2010, 08:08:47 PM: nice pins. I haven't seen a real nice mature yet myself. I'm hoping to get one worth mounting this year.
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: Tealer on January 05, 2010, 10:02:43 PM: Dustin07 if your looking for a couple nice sprigs I can almost guarantee you a couple if you want to come down.

Nice work h20fowlr.
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: Dustin07 on January 12, 2010, 10:30:39 AM: Quote from: Tealer on January 05, 2010, 10:02:43 PM
Dustin07 if your looking for a couple nice sprigs I can almost guarantee you a couple if you want to come down.

Nice work h20fowlr.

thanks man. I've been wanting to hunt with you since we started talking last year. this last week I was working. convention in vegas. sounds like fun, but it was actually a grueling 6 days. This saturday I'm hunting sea ducks up north, but i may be able to hook up with you for one of the last two weeks of the year. just kinda playing it by ear to see how this weekend goes. If the sea duck hunting is good I may do some more bay work myself with the lund.
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: ducksdoom12 on January 12, 2010, 10:32:17 AM: im heading up to a spot that i have always seen alot of them this weekend and closing weekend. hopefully i can get into some :drool:
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: adam.WI on January 12, 2010, 03:05:57 PM: Awesome looking pins. They are my current trophy bird, I would love one on the wall, but they have managed to elude me rather well.
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 12, 2010, 03:19:17 PM: push some down our way :chuckle: have yet to see any.
Title: Re: Finally getting into the mature Pintail Drakes.
Post by: h2ofowlr on January 12, 2010, 05:51:12 PM: You can have some. Had to many this weekend. Here's two from Sunday. I had two just like it from Sat. I love shooting the mature sprigs. I try to pass on them all season, to get the good ones in January.