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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: 270Shooter on February 21, 2010, 08:05:56 PM
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What is the duck that you would like to shoot the most for trophy mount? Mine would probably be a Euro Wigeon or a storm Wigeon. I think they are just the coolest looking ducks, hell even shooting a fully plumed american wigeon drake is cool to me ( I only killed like 2 good drakes last year).
So what you you choose?
Sorry guess I'm just bored with the off season. :chuckle:
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Eurasian Wigeon and Harli's seem to be at the top of somes list. I wouldn't mind taking a king Eider.
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King eider that I actually retrieve. That duck still haunts me.
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Harliquin & Wood duck! :tup:
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Baikal Teal or a King Eider. Both would make my day.
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pintail drake
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Harli-
Old Squaw-
King Eider-
Puffin-
Wood duck-
Pintail-
In that order. I know Puffin's aren't ducks, but they are considered "sea birds" like eiders in Iceland. if I can discipline myself to put away some money I may go after an Icelandic "seabird" hunt in 2011. it runs till like May, so I can go after our season closes.
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Fully mature male black duck...
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wood duck and mandarin duck
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For those who live hours from the sea like me can we get some pics of the ducks you all are talking about. Most ducks mentioned I've never heard of.
I'd like a pear of American Wigean & Wood Duck.
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For those who live hours from the sea like me can we get some pics of the ducks you all are talking about. Most ducks mentioned I've never heard of.
I'd like a pear of American Wigean & Wood Duck.
here's a seabird i mentioned, it's called a "Puffin" (pronounced, "Puff"-"in").
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click here and type in the name (http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi) of any of the birds you wonder about.
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King Eider is the top of my list.
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common eider (i think they look cool) king eider is also preety cool looking
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You know I've seen a lot of beautiful mounts of birds that you can't get outside of Alaska and after seeing those mounts year after year even the ones in a dust cover I still believe a photo is better it just does not show age...sorry but that is just my opinion. I guess that is why I like Euro mounts also, no aging falling our hair. BTW I'll blast anything and for the most part I'll eat anything I shoot.
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i got my woodduck the first and only one i have ever killed that was mine. i don't think i would shoot one again they are very cool looking for sure.
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King Eider - This is what I would like to harvest someday. I have scene a few, but never had the chance to shoot one.
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There are a few flying around right now that i am keeping my eye on that I really want. I had a chance at a cackler the other day that i want badly and hesitated. :bash: wont make that mistake again.
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Donald
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A Boone and Crockett Drake Mallard!! (I am going to go check the minimum skull measurement now... :chuckle: )
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I let a bird go once so a buddy could shoot his first drake woody, turned out to be a Mandarin drake, he never even chipped in for gas.....
I'd love another chance at one of them. Harlequin would be nice. Or the eiders. My wife and I want to go to Iceland as well and net some puffins.
Anyone want to swap some hunting for a chance at wood ducks, let me know for next year. I have gotten quite a few in SW WA. Weathergirl's first duck was a nice drake woody.
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I let a bird go once so a buddy could shoot his first drake woody, turned out to be a Mandarin drake, he never even chipped in for gas.....
I'd love another chance at one of them. Harlequin would be nice. Or the eiders. My wife and I want to go to Iceland as well and net some puffins.
Anyone want to swap some hunting for a chance at wood ducks, let me know for next year. I have gotten quite a few in SW WA. Weathergirl's first duck was a nice drake woody.
where the hell did u see a mandarin? i thought they only saw them on the other side of the pacific in asia.
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I let a bird go once so a buddy could shoot his first drake woody, turned out to be a Mandarin drake, he never even chipped in for gas.....
I'd love another chance at one of them. Harlequin would be nice. Or the eiders. My wife and I want to go to Iceland as well and net some puffins.
Anyone want to swap some hunting for a chance at wood ducks, let me know for next year. I have gotten quite a few in SW WA. Weathergirl's first duck was a nice drake woody.
where the hell did u see a mandarin? i thought they only saw them on the other side of the pacific in asia.
In Lewis county. When they fly straight away, they look just like a woody.... :'( VERY VERY rare on this side but not unknown over here.
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looks like i know where i will be hunting next year :drool:
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
I agree. I also saw an Egyptian goose once, flying up the Yakima River one spring west of E-burg. Pretty sure that one was an escape ...
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I'd like to shoot one of these critters as well. Fish eating little machine.
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Mature drake:
Canvasback
Pintail
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
Not to be an *censored*, but that comment is plain retarded.
Mandarins in the U.S. are 95% escapee. They are a VERY commonly kept aviary bird and escape frequently due to the numbers in captivity. There is a small released population supposedly in south central California that the DFW released down there. The Mandarins native habitat is in central Europe, a wild bird making it over here, while not impossible, would be quite rare.
Eurasian wigeon are common vagrants from Russia into Alaska and all down the pacific coast. It is suspected they are actually shifting migration patterns to include the pacific coast, hence the increase in spotted and shot Euros in the past few years.
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Big Bull Can, Sprig, or Drake Woody. All full plumage. I finally got a couple bull sprigs this year but not great color....
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
Not to be an *censored*, but that comment is plain retarded.
Mandarins in the U.S. are 95% escapee. They are a VERY commonly kept aviary bird and escape frequently due to the numbers in captivity. There is a small released population supposedly in south central California that the DFW released down there. The Mandarins native habitat is in central Europe, a wild bird making it over here, while not impossible, would be quite rare.
Eurasian wigeon are common vagrants from Russia into Alaska and all down the pacific coast. It is suspected they are actually shifting migration patterns to include the pacific coast, hence the increase in spotted and shot Euros in the past few years.
mandarins are native to asia(i.e. russia, japan, china) kinda like the eurasian wigeon so one could do the same as a eurasian wigeon and end up here i would assume, the populations in europe are there for the same reason as strays here from what i can tell
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One with a big $$$ band on it ;)
Grew up hunting ducks down in the Willapa and have got quite a few cool ducks but never did get a drake woody. Pops got a couple on the old family farm but I never did get one.
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
Not to be an *censored*, but that comment is plain retarded.
Mandarins in the U.S. are 95% escapee. They are a VERY commonly kept aviary bird and escape frequently due to the numbers in captivity. There is a small released population supposedly in south central California that the DFW released down there. The Mandarins native habitat is in central Europe, a wild bird making it over here, while not impossible, would be quite rare.
Eurasian wigeon are common vagrants from Russia into Alaska and all down the pacific coast. It is suspected they are actually shifting migration patterns to include the pacific coast, hence the increase in spotted and shot Euros in the past few years.
mandarins are native to asia(i.e. russia, japan, china) kinda like the eurasian wigeon so one could do the same as a eurasian wigeon and end up here i would assume, the populations in europe are there for the same reason as strays here from what i can tell
Ha I knew that too, serves me right for going off memory alone.
The main difference between the two is the type of duck they are. A Mandarin is a close cousin to the Woodduck, both being perching ducks. While it's not impossible, the probability of a Mandarin jumping continents is unlikely. They are shallow, small water birds, not really suited for trans continental flight, but it can happen.
I assume the main reason for the increase in wigeon numbers is due to where they breed geographically. They breed in the far north, compared to the mandarin which breeds mid range to my knowledge. being far north allows them to spread across the north and thus a few stragglers make the journey across the Bering sea into North America.
The other factor I see is overall numbers in population. Mandarins while common, still aren't nearly as numerous as Euro wigeon.
As we all know, birds are not confined by anything other than their own will to go somewhere and anything can happen.
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
Not to be an *censored*, but that comment is plain retarded.
Mandarins in the U.S. are 95% escapee. They are a VERY commonly kept aviary bird and escape frequently due to the numbers in captivity. There is a small released population supposedly in south central California that the DFW released down there. The Mandarins native habitat is in central Europe, a wild bird making it over here, while not impossible, would be quite rare.
Eurasian wigeon are common vagrants from Russia into Alaska and all down the pacific coast. It is suspected they are actually shifting migration patterns to include the pacific coast, hence the increase in spotted and shot Euros in the past few years.
You called it yourself..... What part of the name Mandarin is European?? They are native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Siberia. I wonder if eurASIAN widgeon might have made a wrong turn along with a Mandarin or two. The exotic bird business is highly participated in in Lewis county as everyone knows so I guess there is no way it could be a "wild" bird.
Oh, just noticed the same response to your opinion from some others here, so who's looking retarded now? Have a nice day!
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One with a big $$$ band on it ;)
Grew up hunting ducks down in the Willapa and have got quite a few cool ducks but never did get a drake woody. Pops got a couple on the old family farm but I never did get one.
Ducks with bands in the bay are a myth...I know one friend who got one in menlo...in 20yrs thats all Ive heard on ducks.
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
Not to be an *censored*, but that comment is plain retarded.
Mandarins in the U.S. are 95% escapee. They are a VERY commonly kept aviary bird and escape frequently due to the numbers in captivity. There is a small released population supposedly in south central California that the DFW released down there. The Mandarins native habitat is in central Europe, a wild bird making it over here, while not impossible, would be quite rare.
Eurasian wigeon are common vagrants from Russia into Alaska and all down the pacific coast. It is suspected they are actually shifting migration patterns to include the pacific coast, hence the increase in spotted and shot Euros in the past few years.
You called it yourself..... What part of the name Mandarin is European?? They are native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Siberia. I wonder if eurASIAN widgeon might have made a wrong turn along with a Mandarin or two. The exotic bird business is highly participated in in Lewis county as everyone knows so I guess there is no way it could be a "wild" bird.
Oh, just noticed the same response to your opinion from some others here, so who's looking retarded now? Have a nice day!
See my post above this one you just posted. They are very different species of birds. I can guarantee 95% or more of the Mandarins shot in the U.S. are aviary escaped birds. Never said it couldn't be a wild bird, chances are very low that the Mandarin is. Shooting a wild Euro is much more likely.
With how common Mandarins are to get for aviarys I don't even know if I'd call them an exotic anymore.
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One with a big $$$ band on it ;)
Grew up hunting ducks down in the Willapa and have got quite a few cool ducks but never did get a drake woody. Pops got a couple on the old family farm but I never did get one.
Ducks with bands in the bay are a myth...I know one friend who got one in menlo...in 20yrs thats all Ive heard on ducks.
I shot a banded Drake Mallard in the early 90's just outside of Tokeland about a mile inland from the bay on my uncles cattle farm. The farm had a nice slough running through it and when the weather got bad ducks would start piling in there. Some of the best shoots I've ever had. If the weather was nice we'd be lucky to bag a couple. After lunch we'd catch some monster sea-runs in there also. Sorry for getting side tracked.
Jake
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Or a Smew, always liked the looks of those.
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In no particular order my next year's target's are:
Bull Canvasback drake.
Mature Harlequin drake.
Old Squaw drake.
Redhead drake.
Bonus bird's would be: European Widgeon (had 2 on my property most of the last 2 month's of the season, out of many American Widgeon. A buddy got one of them on an adjoining property. Now there's been one hanging out there! Kudo's to him! A Cinnamon Teal, Blue-winged Teal and a "red" Ruddy would be cool but I have to agree that the ultimate would be a King Eider.
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Eiders and a nice dreke Cinnamon TEAL for sure. I shoot Harlis and old squaw every year. Woodducks if you know where to hunt them are easy too. I love this State because we have such a variety. Harlis are very easy it is good there is a limit of one because the decoy so well.
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Mandarins will be wherever someone let one go or escaped. I had three get away from me back when I did ducks.
If it flies like a wild duck and looks like a wild duck, in my book, it's a wild duck...... I guess the eurasian widgeon I saw last fall in Willapa Bay was an escapee also.
I Believe you can shoot Mandarins year around because they are unclassified wildlife that arent native.
Not to be an *censored*, but that comment is plain retarded.
Mandarins in the U.S. are 95% escapee. They are a VERY commonly kept aviary bird and escape frequently due to the numbers in captivity. There is a small released population supposedly in south central California that the DFW released down there. The Mandarins native habitat is in central Europe, a wild bird making it over here, while not impossible, would be quite rare.
Eurasian wigeon are common vagrants from Russia into Alaska and all down the pacific coast. It is suspected they are actually shifting migration patterns to include the pacific coast, hence the increase in spotted and shot Euros in the past few years.
You called it yourself..... What part of the name Mandarin is European?? They are native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Siberia. I wonder if eurASIAN widgeon might have made a wrong turn along with a Mandarin or two. The exotic bird business is highly participated in in Lewis county as everyone knows so I guess there is no way it could be a "wild" bird.
Oh, just noticed the same response to your opinion from some others here, so who's looking retarded now? Have a nice day!
See my post above this one you just posted. They are very different species of birds. I can guarantee 95% or more of the Mandarins shot in the U.S. are aviary escaped birds. Never said it couldn't be a wild bird, chances are very low that the Mandarin is. Shooting a wild Euro is much more likely.
With how common Mandarins are to get for aviarys I don't even know if I'd call them an exotic anymore.
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Eurasian Wigeon and Harli's seem to be at the top of somes list. I wouldn't mind taking a king Eider.
AGREED going up the Island x and shooting a King Eider is on the top of the list.
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Riley?? Are you alive?? I just went to your funeral... :dunno:
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Riley?? Are you alive?? I just went to your funeral... :dunno:
HAHa yeah mark im still around...kinda avoided the site for a while..considering all the grief people kept giving me for "public" hunting spots lol.
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Mine would be the Baikal Teal for sure.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/images_IL/IL_BaikalTeal01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/baikal_teal_page.htm&usg=__NWr4IW4QjeXo5IELr_gUomlX1cs=&h=352&w=500&sz=81&hl=en&start=2&sig2=UIzxapgDO0otpFdWcHEEkw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=jZa7CIxLQx_4yM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaikal%2Bteal%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=vqGVS5LQEJiOtgO4n4juBg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/images_IL/IL_BaikalTeal01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/baikal_teal_page.htm&usg=__NWr4IW4QjeXo5IELr_gUomlX1cs=&h=352&w=500&sz=81&hl=en&start=2&sig2=UIzxapgDO0otpFdWcHEEkw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=jZa7CIxLQx_4yM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaikal%2Bteal%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=vqGVS5LQEJiOtgO4n4juBg)
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Mine would be the Baikal Teal for sure.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/images_IL/IL_BaikalTeal01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/baikal_teal_page.htm&usg=__NWr4IW4QjeXo5IELr_gUomlX1cs=&h=352&w=500&sz=81&hl=en&start=2&sig2=UIzxapgDO0otpFdWcHEEkw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=jZa7CIxLQx_4yM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaikal%2Bteal%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=vqGVS5LQEJiOtgO4n4juBg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/images_IL/IL_BaikalTeal01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/baikal_teal_page.htm&usg=__NWr4IW4QjeXo5IELr_gUomlX1cs=&h=352&w=500&sz=81&hl=en&start=2&sig2=UIzxapgDO0otpFdWcHEEkw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=jZa7CIxLQx_4yM:&tbnh=92&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaikal%2Bteal%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=vqGVS5LQEJiOtgO4n4juBg)
I am gonna raise some for a couple mounts, not the same as hunting them but it will have to do for now.
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Some info from the Seattle Audobon Society.
The Baikal Teal breeds on tundra and taiga in central and eastern Siberia, winters in southern and eastern China and southern Japan, and is a casual vagrant to Alaska and down the coast to California. This highly decorative duck has long been popular in waterfowl collections, which complicates the question of birds found in the wild. In the past most records were assumed to be escaped birds. Such was the case of a male Baikal Teal shot from a flock of Green-winged Teal at Dungeness (Clallam County) in January 1920. A more recent record of a long-staying visitor near Kent (King County) in winter 2004–2005 has been accepted by the Washington Bird Records Committee. Oregon and British Columbia each have one record as well.
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Just got a picture of my Euro widgeon off my phone it is almost ready
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Nice, congrats.
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How bout a storm (that 270 missd) :chuckle:
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or a mallard pintail hybrid
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or a brace of mature redheads
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Nice Pinny/mallard hybrid kwackwacker. Do you have a close-up pic of the Hybrid's bill and feet? By the look of your picture, the feet appear orange and the bill doesn't look like it has any black on it. I know a hybrid has different variances of color depending on age, time of year, etc, but I have seen very few with the feet that orange. They usually have more of a yellow tint to them. The bill generally has some black on the top and side to resemble that of a Pintail. If you have a close up of the feet and bill I would sure like to see them. Thanks and again nice bird.
John
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WATaxi.......here's some more pics of the hybrid...still gotta get the hybrid and the storm mounted, what do you charge?? :twocents:
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I sent ya a PM KwackWacker. John
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Silver wood duck
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A nice looking duck.
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having never hunted sea ducks I'm curious what they taste like. Are they like any other duck or fishy or what? :drool:
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If there's a hybrid Stellars Eider/Spectacled Eider cross, that's what I'd want. Now if only there was somewhere where it was legal to shoot Stellars . . .
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I second that one Tom. That would be an awesome trophy duck to have. Haven't heard from you in a while. Hope all is going well. Talk with you soon. John
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Ive never shot a wood duck... When I do, it'll be on my wall... Congrats to all those who have shot one of those...
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
They're all over the basin too if you know where to look. Hell theres even some in town here. Jumped one in December two years ago :dunno:
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Find ponds with russian olives they are always there. We shot many in one spot we hunt around Burbank.
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
Dude, your nutz!! :o Wood ducks taste great, Id take a limit of woodies over green any day! ;)
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already got my harli...so im gonna have to say oldquaw and mandarin
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
Dude, your nutz!! :o Wood ducks taste great, Id take a limit of woodies over green any day! ;)
No way...nothin ova green sept fo pins
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
Dude, your nutz!! :o Wood ducks taste great, Id take a limit of woodies over green any day! ;)
No way...nothin ova green sept fo pins
I'll trade you a wood duck hunt for a Turkey hunt. I'm in Ellensburg but hunt turkey's out of town. think about :)
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
Dude, your nutz!! :o Wood ducks taste great, Id take a limit of woodies over green any day! ;)
No way...nothin ova green sept fo pins
I agree with the pins! GWT are also great eating little buggers!
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Hunt the Yak river bottoms if you wana kill one man...there is alot of public ground too. Around here it's common to kill 30 or so wood ducks a season depending on the areas you hunt....sometimes we pass em up for green
Dude, your nutz!! :o Wood ducks taste great, Id take a limit of woodies over green any day! ;)
No way...nothin ova green sept fo pins
Im already tagged out for the Turkeys. But contact me next Oct. and you can join us on a woodie shoot.
I'll trade you a wood duck hunt for a Turkey hunt. I'm in Ellensburg but hunt turkey's out of town. think about :)
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Here's mine, last duck of a great hunt in Manitoba, passing shot at short distance and the only piece of shot we found in it was right behind its eye.
Couldn't have been in better shape to mount.
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thats a pretty cool mount 8)
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Ive hunted alot of birds here and there, but still have come short of shooting a barrows or eurasian widgeon...have shot a pinny widgeon cross and that was gorgeous....harlis are very nice for the one shot thrill, and wood ducks are good for a daily limit...
but ide agree, its the hybrids that are my fancy....some day.....
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Hi Guy's, I know a lot of you mentioned a Baikal Teal in this thread. I just posted one I just mounted over on the Taxidermy section. The King Eider is still my favorite with a Baikal Teal being a very close second, but I think I will never have an opportunity to ever see a Baikal to shoot, so some year I'll have to go after the King Eider. Talk with you all soon. John
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yeah probably not a wild one, but I know you an get them to raise at home and I think the baikals are affordable.
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already got my harli...so im gonna have to say oldquaw and mandarin
Like this?
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Lokidog, where did you shoot him at? Nice looking bird. John
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Got him on the Chehalis. Unfortunately, I was not the trigger puller. A buddy dropped a couple of GW's and while picking them up, a "drake woody" took off behind us, I swung on it and chose not to shoot since my buddy had never gotten a woodie (duck that is) and I figured it would just fly downriver a little ways. We floated down to where I saw it go in, it jumped just as I realized what it was, he missed first shot, I was starting to pull the trigger and he got his second shot off and got it, dang! The guy never even kicked in for gas money that day! :yike: I think it is still in his freezer as well about 8 years later.....
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Wow, sounds like you came close. Still in the freezer after 8 years. What a waste of a trophy duck! I sure hope he has it wrapped really good. Thanks for sharing the story. John
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i've heard of mandarins down in the greys harbor area, but i'm sure they must be wilds that escaped.
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full plumed mallard. boring i know but great hunt with my son and also got my first band from him. special to me anyway
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Drake wood duck, by far the coolest looking duck out there.
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loki thats a awesome bird
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i've heard of mandarins down in the greys harbor area, but i'm sure they must be wilds that escaped.
They are all over the state. I have a few buddies that have shot them.
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already got my harli...so im gonna have to say oldquaw and mandarin
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good lookin duck loki ! i'm jealous
Wildfire
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Probably a Wood Duck, Pintail, Eider, or Mallard Drake. I just started duck hunting last year. Shot plenty of Buffleheads, Ringnecks, a ugly as sin sea duck, and one hen pintail, but I have yet to get any of the above mentioned drakes.
Scooter
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One opener we shot 18 woodducks for 4 guys hunting in southeast washington off the river. I have seen woodies down there clear into January. There is also some good spots on public land in the Duvall and Ferndale areas that hold woodducks early in the season.
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Probably a Wood Duck, Pintail, Eider, or Mallard Drake. I just started duck hunting last year. Shot plenty of Buffleheads, Ringnecks, a ugly as sin sea duck, and one hen pintail, but I have yet to get any of the above mentioned drakes.
Scooter
Where are you hunting at? I wouldn't mind taking you out this next season and get you at least your Pintail and Mallard Drake I will even through in a widgeon as well.
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ya, head up around lake terell late season and you can almost garentee that u are gonna get some pintails and mallards with a good chance at a widgeon.
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ya, head up around lake terell late season and you can almost garentee that u are gonna get some pintails and mallards with a good chance at a widgeon.
I've only hunted lake Terrell one time it was early season last year, I guess I should rephrase that I went bird watching on Lake Terrell one time. Don't think I will ever go back. :bash:
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My brother in law has a Manderin at his house he taxied.. shot it near wardenI'll see if i can get some pics of it... He seems to think it was an escaped pet... :dunno:
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Mature drake:
Canvasback
Pintail
It was one of the reasons I started hunting about 10 years ago. Canvasback. In 10 years I have only seen a couple.
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I'm going to reiterate my original comment:
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not a duck, but it is a seabird and you can hunt them along with Eiders on seabird hunts in iceland.
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Weathergirl is Icelandic and along with a trip to visit someday, we figure we will try to whack a couple for mounting. Not sure I want to eat one, though I would try it. An Eider would be a bonus!
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yeah the eider would be cool, but really even the Guillemots are kinda cool for a mount as different looking as they are:
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Muskovy :chuckle:
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Not a duck, but I'd sure like one of these snowcocks down in nevada. Many birders say they are the hardest quarry they know to hunt.
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Not a duck, but I'd sure like one of these snowcocks down in nevada. Many birders say they are the hardest quarry they know to hunt.
yeah those are kinda cool