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Okay, I know all of you smart hunters out there can answer a question. A guy I work with says that dos gries, (gray ducks) are scaup (blue bills). I have always believed gray ducks to be Gadwalls. I don't want to swallow my pride, but if I'm wrong so be it. He said he learned this while in LA. down around Grand Isle.

Thanks,
Wes

hmmm gray ducks=gadwall...past that not sure....dos gris is a person on here's screen name...better oughtta ask him.

Gray Ducks are the same as Gadwall, they are a type of puddle ducks (along with mallards, teal, wegion, sprigs, woodies...ect.) they are not diving ducks (scaup, ring necks, blue bills, red heads...ect.). How long has this guy been hunting ducks?

Aythya affinis
This is one of our most abundant ducks and surely one of the best known. It goes mainly by two names, "blue-bill" or dos gris. In size and color it resembles the Ring-necked Duck, but it has a blue bill, lacking the white ring around the tip. The back is speckled black and white and, in sunlight at a distance, reflects only slightly darker than the white sides, whereas the Ring-neck's back is black. Seen from the side the scaup lacks the prominent vertical white stripe, or slash, before the wing that is so characteristic of the male Ring-neck. In the female scaup the line of demarcation is very sharp between the creamy white area at the base of the bill and the dark face; in the Ring-neck this light area blends almost imperceptibly into the dark-colored area of the cheeks. The distinctions between the Lesser and Greater Scaups are discussed in the preceding account.
A few Lesser Scaup are almost always present on some of our larger lakes in summer, but there is no evidence that the species has ever nested in the state. Migration begins to bring in the wintering population around the first of October, although usually the species is not present in large numbers until the latter part of the month. Most of our scaups are gone by early April. Especially worthy of mention are the great rafts, often numbering into the thousands, that scaups form in winter along the rim of the Gulf. --George H. Lowery, Jr., 1974, Louisiana Birds

Mr. Jack, aka laduck, called bluebills gray-backs. Not gray ducks, but gray backs. Dos-gris is the bluebill....so the coonies say.

Wingman
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Let there be no mistaken identity . . . lesser scaup are dos gris and vice versa . . . gray ducks are gadwall . . . there are also a number of other names for the common ducks but I am no expert and would prefer not to possibly lead one astray on this important matter . . . however, do you know what a zanzan is?

Dos Gris is a bluebill. A grayduck is a gadwall anywhere but the coast where it can be a gadwall or a mottled duck. The old timers here call a mottled duck a grayduck or a "french black."

Okay, so what we are all saying is that we are both correct, just depending on where you are. I knew that all you brilliant hunters could help me out. Nothing tastes worse than your pride, right? One other statement, question. Does Dos Gris mean "gray duck" in French?

Bodean, I have no idea what a zanzan is. Never even heard the term.

Thanks again,

Wes

Whatever the specific name.. the dos gris is the duck that comes into the spread on a slow day, you shoot twice, he flares off and you still call him back in for another round . Seen it for myself while hunting in South La.
Man are those some stupid ducks....

Not stupid...just lonely! Bluebills need lovin' too!

Wingman

He's not a dumb duck, just a little crazy (like some duckhunters I know) He's just trying to show he can do it again!!!!









Remember: "If it flies it dies"

Yep, you can almost hear him say, "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

Gadwall - Canard Gris
Widgeon - Zinzin
Pintail - Paille-en-queue or cou-long
GW Teal - Aile-verte
BW Teal - Aile-bleue
Shoveler - Mesquin
Woodduck - Canard du bois or branchu
Redhead - Canard Mulet
Ringneck - Canard noir
Canvasback - Canard cheval
Scaup - Dos gris
Mallard - Canard Francais
Coot - Poule deau

Or something like that

Zinzin = French for "butt" - - -

Believe it is supposed to be "zanzan"

dos = French for "back" as in body part
gris = French for the color gray

dos gris = French for gray back