Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: singleshot12 on December 29, 2011, 04:17:18 PM
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I saw this on a taxidermist photo gallery and it was listed as an "old mallard hen mount". Thought this was very strange since I've never heard of an old hen looking like a drake! Any thoughts?
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Tranny. :o
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I think that plack maker f ed up
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Apparently when a hen mallard becomes older she begins to start producing more testosterone and less estrogen, thus giving her a curled tail feather, black ass feathers, and somewhat of a greenhead.
That one there just looks like a drake with a hen bill :chuckle:
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Typo! Maybe he had a web designer that didn't have a clue.
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Apparently when a hen mallard becomes older she begins to start producing more testosterone and less estrogen, thus giving her a curled tail feather, black ass feathers, and somewhat of a greenhead.
That one there just looks like a drake with a hen bill :chuckle:
That is what the experts say. The tip off is the bill- hens will be orange, that never changes.
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Taxidermist can do all sorts of creative things with birds. He may have painted the bill to look like a hen. Place Drake heads on hens for conversation pieces.
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Tranny. :o
:yeah:
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someone is giving out to much information :yeah:
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I'm all sorts of confused now! :dunno:
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I bet a typo or a sick joke of some sorts :chuckle:
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Its a hen. A friend of mine was on the hunt in E Wa when that bird was shot.
Several things may cause a hen to plume out like a drake. Injury or age to name a couple. Like posted earlier, estrogen drops and testosterone takes over.
The only reason she is mounted on the wall is the rarity of the bird.
As a side note, overies were confirmed by the taxidermist.
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Its a hen. A friend of mine was on the hunt in E Wa when that bird was shot.
Several things may cause a hen to plume out like a drake. Injury or age to name a couple. Like posted earlier, estrogen drops and testosterone takes over.
The only reason she is mounted on the wall is the rarity of the bird.
As a side note, overies were confirmed by the taxidermist.
Interesting!! Learn something new every day. Sounds very rare and definately mount worthy.
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I dont buy it, Im not doubting you but i dont believe that a hen can look like a mallard just because she's hurt or old.
btw my buddy shot and wounded a doe last year, then when we were out hunting this year we saw it this year and it was a 3 point buck!!!
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I dont buy it, Im not doubting you but i dont believe that a hen can look like a mallard just because she's hurt or old.
btw my buddy shot and wounded a doe last year, then when we were out hunting this year we saw it this year and it was a 3 point buck!!!
Sounds like a little bit of doubt. :chuckle: :chuckle:
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I have my doubts as well but I have been with a guy who shot a whitetail doe with antlers in velvet
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I dont buy it, Im not doubting you but i dont believe that a hen can look like a mallard just because she's hurt or old.
btw my buddy shot and wounded a doe last year, then when we were out hunting this year we saw it this year and it was a 3 point buck!!!
Sounds like a little bit of doubt. :chuckle: :chuckle:
:chuckle: ;)
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Here is a hen with a drake bill that I shot a couple of years ago.
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Here is a hen with a drake bill that I shot a couple of years ago.
That just looks like a young immature drake to me, that years brood
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Here is a hen with a drake bill that I shot a couple of years ago.
That just looks like a young immature drake to me, that years brood
thats what i was thinking but it does look like the brest of the hen as opposed to a immature drake on account there isnt any of the cheasnut colored feathers coming in below the neck. and there is snow on the ground so late season?
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:yeah: I'm seeing more and more of these morphodite ducks each year. Must be something they're picking up in the enviroment like hormones or progesterone.
I shot one a couple years ago in the late season that had both sex charactoristics, I'll see if I can find the pic.
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Here it is.. got this one on the third week of January. Drakes should all be fully colored by the end of October or early November.