Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:58 am
Good day...
Never seen a hen with green in her head like this kinda neat..
Good day...
Never seen a hen with green in her head like this kinda neat..
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:58 amGood day...
Never seen a hen with green in her head like this kinda neat..
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:43 amNice hunt Bowjoe! Looks to me like the hen you killed is actually a drake. A cross between a mottle and mallard or black and mallard. Another indication besides the green on the head, is the color of the bill. I shot one years ago that was very similar in markings. Congrats on a fine hunt 
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:14 amBowjoe wrote:Never seen a hen with green in her head like this kinda neat..
That's because it's a drake.
Look at the bill...if its yellow it's a drake, if it's orange it's a hen.
It also looks to be a black/mallard cross, but can't really tell from the pics. Cool bird.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:22 am
I thought it was a hen cuz the belly dont look like some drake.. Thanks its a first now I wanna get it mounted.. Dammit..
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:22 amGet that bad boy mounted! what a prize^^^^^
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:47 amDefinitely a black cross. Already in the freezer I'd imagine...
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:48 amMore black than anything though.
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:48 pmYep told wife its getting mounted so its in the freezer.. Thanks Im a goose guy but love ducks but couldent tell how you guys I.D them from the sky sometimes even when there laying dead infront of me I cant tell what they are half the time..
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:09 pmBowjoe wrote:Yep told wife its getting mounted so its in the freezer.. Thanks Im a goose guy but love ducks but couldent tell how you guys I.D them from the sky sometimes even when there laying dead infront of me I cant tell what they are half the time..
Cool. I meant already cut up, but that's better. IDing on the wing isn't easy. Practice practice practice.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:27 pmIt's my understanding that old hens lacking estrogen start taking on those male characteristics. Would probably need to spread it's little legs apart and check the cloaca for pecker or clit to be certain of its sex.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:48 pmRick wrote:It's my understanding that old hens lacking estrogen start taking on those male characteristics. Would probably need to spread it's little legs apart and check the cloaca for pecker or clit to be certain of its sex.
Yes, but to my knowledge their bills will still remain orange. And from the looks of that last picture it's definitely a black duck with a little mallard mixed in.
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:20 pmI'd not paid any attention to the small pic showing the breast of a black. (That ought to bring red running.)
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:33 pmRick wrote:I'd not paid any attention to the small pic showing the breast of a black. (That ought to bring red running.)
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:06 pmNuffDaddy wrote:Rick wrote:It's my understanding that old hens lacking estrogen start taking on those male characteristics. Would probably need to spread it's little legs apart and check the cloaca for pecker or clit to be certain of its sex.
Yes, but to my knowledge their bills will still remain orange. And from the looks of that last picture it's definitely a black duck with a little mallard mixed in.
This.
The hen can take on the drake colors in feathers but never in the bill.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:33 pmNice hybrid bowjoe! They are somewhat common around here, I've shot three in my 14 years waterfowling, but never one with green on the head.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:25 pmAnother view 
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:23 pmIt looks almost just like GHG's decoys. Cool bird Joe.
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:27 pmThe Duck Hammer wrote:It looks almost just like GHG's decoys. Cool bird Joe.
What are those supposed to be? Early season mallards?
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:29 pmNuffDaddy wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:It looks almost just like GHG's decoys. Cool bird Joe.
What are those supposed to be? Early season mallards?
Mallard Black Cross
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:32 pmThe Duck Hammer wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:It looks almost just like GHG's decoys. Cool bird Joe.
What are those supposed to be? Early season mallards?
Mallard Black Cross
They actually make those eh. Seems alittle excessive.
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:35 pmNuffDaddy wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:It looks almost just like GHG's decoys. Cool bird Joe.
What are those supposed to be? Early season mallards?
Mallard Black Cross
They actually make those eh. Seems alittle excessive.
Pretty nuts huh. The shit some people waste money on.
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:05 amrebelp74 wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:NuffDaddy wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:It looks almost just like GHG's decoys. Cool bird Joe.
What are those supposed to be? Early season mallards?
Mallard Black Cross
They actually make those eh. Seems alittle excessive.
Pretty nuts huh. The shit some people waste money on.
X2 it's like buying ero widgeon decoys.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:25 amBootlipkiller wrote:X2 it's like buying ero widgeon decoys.
I know right! It's almost as bad as buying Spoony decoys.
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:39 pmGadwallGetter530 wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote:X2 it's like buying ero widgeon decoys.
I know right! It's almost as bad as buying Spoony decoys.
It is in no way the same. Fag!
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:50 pmBootlipkiller wrote:GadwallGetter530 wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote:X2 it's like buying ero widgeon decoys.
I know right! It's almost as bad as buying Spoony decoys.
It is in no way the same. Fag!
X2 he must have forgot how crucial spoonies are in a decoy spread.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:51 pmOh I know. I always have my one spoony decoy in my bag.
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:56 pmGadwallGetter530 wrote:Oh I know. I always have my one spoony decoy in my bag.
See so 30% of your spread is spoony decoys.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:59 pmYup. Works every time.
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Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:34 pm3 mallards 3 wigeon 2 teal a gady and a spoony make up my sick ass pot hole spread.
Re: Mallard Field Hunt Today
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:09 pmI disagree with the mallardxblack theory.
The bill says mallard.
The wing says mallard.
Its a mallard. Straight up.
Black ducks don't have white bars on speculum.
Looking at its feet next. Brb
The bill says mallard.
The wing says mallard.
Its a mallard. Straight up.
Black ducks don't have white bars on speculum.
Looking at its feet next. Brb