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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:28 pm
by augustus_65
They looked like mottled ducks. We kill them in South Alabama pretty frequently but never heard of anyone killing them in Mississippi.
Mottled ducks look similar to a hen mallard but with more pronounced coloration. They have a blue speculum like a mallard.
http://myfwc.com/duck/mottled/index.htm
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:43 pm
by Double R 2
Suzies - 1 part Drake mallard + 1 part hen mallard.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:57 pm
by waterfowlwidowmaker
Double R 2 wrote:Suzies - 1 part Drake mallard + 1 part hen mallard.
So they are a mix..... Good work DR2
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:51 pm
by DUCKAHOLIC
That would be a morfidite.....
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:29 pm
by rustypjr
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:18 pm
by RedEyed Duck
rustypjr wrote:Guess I am in trouble now.
Why would you be in trouble? Did you send em off to get mounted?
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:26 pm
by tcash
we killed a bunch of gadwalls a couple weeks ago. Did not even see a mallard but one of the "gadwalls" we killed looked just like a small hen mallard. I have been duck hunting for 30 years and I would assume it had to be a small hen mallard but only one in with a thousand gadwalls.........I think it might be a mallard/gadwall hybrid.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:03 pm
by Lodi Rebel
One question Rusty. How long have you been duck hunting?
Is this your first year? Just wondering?
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:01 pm
by Up At The Quack of Dawn
They have to be really young because they are really small... I'm honestly thinking a mottled ducks... VERY similar to both gadwall and mallard hens... Too close of a call for me. They just seem to small for a mallard. Who knows? All I'm sure of is that mallards are the most likely to cross breed than any other duck... any other bird for that matter. They are EXTREMELY aggressive breeders.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:37 am
by VICKSBURGBOB
that would be a great site to sticky
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:03 am
by rustypjr
Lodi Rebel wrote:One question Rusty. How long have you been duck hunting?
Is this your first year? Just wondering?
I don't remember not hunting. I have duck hunted with my dad since I was small enough that he carried me through the water to a stump. Like I said I thought I was wrong. Looked to small to be a mallard to me but hey what do I know I am a topwater.
Wood Duck next to duck in question.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:35 am
by tunica
but hey what do I know I am a topwater.
better to be on top of the water than below it.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:21 am
by rustypjr
tunica wrote:but hey what do I know I am a topwater.
better to be on top of the water than below it.
I don't know I guess I could dive under water and start pulling them down by their feet.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:34 am
by pntailhntr
That would be a small hen mallard and large woodie. I've killed ALOT of woodies in my life and I've seen some mighty large drake woodies!! That's a hen mallard if I've ever seen one!!!!
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:05 pm
by Caller1
bwaahahahahhha ... hate it for you !