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Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:52 pm
by rawalley
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Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:54 pm
by rawalley
Canvas back?
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 5:55 pm
by chevy01234
That would be a mottledated teal, probably the best tasting game bird that flies the skies today!
or it could have been a Hooded Merganzer! Either one are great table fair!
You did clean it right?
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:00 pm
by Jeff
Mergansers.
PLEASE don't take this the wrong way, as i am not trying to get on you about this, but if you are confusing canvasbacks and mergansers you are in desperate need for a duck ID book. If not you are going to be saying hello from the county prison.
Canvasbacks weigh about 3-4 lbs and are white with a rusty head, black front and sloped head.
Mergansers:
Hooded black head, white patch white belly, on the water have a simmilar coloration on their body to a wood ducks.
Common merganser brown head not a lot of color
Red breasted a little larger than the other two mergansers greenish head.
LIMIT (VERY IMPORTANT IN YOUR CASE) Canvasbacks 1 per day, mergansers 5 per day in addition to your duck limit only two of which can be hooded mergansers.
Therfore if you in fact did kill two cans you would be over the limit and Mr. Greenjeans would have a not so freindly talk with you.
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:00 pm
by duckter
Sounds like the Mergatroid.
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:07 pm
by rawalley
hunted there for years and never run into or even passed a warden... but just started duck hunting and am having trouble identifying ducks... what should i pictures should i look at? ducks common to that area?
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:08 pm
by donia
duckter wrote:Sounds like the Mergatroid.
hey, you seen my sister mergatroid? yeah, she's over in the corner with ran-D. hey mergatroid, lets gooooooooooo. dang-digga-dang-a-dang-a-dang-diggadang
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:10 pm
by donia
rawalley wrote:hunted there for years and never run into or even passed a warden... but just started duck hunting and am having trouble identifying ducks... what should i pictures should i look at? ducks common to that area?
http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlgallery.aspx(sorry wasn't trying to hijack your post)
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:12 pm
by rawalley
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Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:45 pm
by cannonw22
Describe it more, like what color was the rest of its body and what color was the beak? The only duck I can think of with green on its head besides the almighty is drake spoonie or greenwing, betting its drake northern shoveler with all the shovelers this year
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:06 pm
by ewd506
Rosy billed pochard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:35 pm
by bpinson1
Just shootem and know what you're shootin, keep a count and know your limits.
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:56 pm
by teul2
DON'T SHOOT WHAT YOU CAN'T ID!!!
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:07 pm
by hntrpat1
The other duck is a bufflehead. Learn to id before you hunt pleaase.
Re: Killed some this morning.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:28 pm
by BW Dux
Yea definitely a buffy and merganser! yea might want to get an ID book there Bud!!