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I shot this pintail this afternoon, everything about it says hen to me except the back half of each side of its head has the chocolate colored patch and only a partial white stripe. It seems late in the season to have an immature drake and it also is odd that the brown stops at such a defined line rather than fading in. Also its tough to see in the pics but the wing has the dull coloration of a hen.
Its not like its a wall-worthy bird, just curious

I'd go with Drake. We shot a juvie greater billed mallard here this morning. Maybe one of the late hatch birds?

But with the spoons its easy to tell - any black speckles on the bill at all, usually near the corner of the mouth, and its a hen. Count on it. Same with gaddys.

Pre op. transexual female on hormones

flight control wrote:Pre op. transexual female on hormones

Nailed it.

That's strange. But it looks like an immature drake.

3legged_lab wrote:But with the spoons its easy to tell - any black speckles on the bill at all, usually near the corner of the mouth, and its a hen. Count on it. Same with gaddys.

Hmm, I've just never seen a hen with a head/ neck like that. You clearly know more than me though. To me they all shoot and eat the same so just never put too much thought into it.

Would have been a real trophy next year.

Flightstopper wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:But with the spoons its easy to tell - any black speckles on the bill at all, usually near the corner of the mouth, and its a hen. Count on it. Same with gaddys.

Hmm, I've just never seen a hen with a head/ neck like that. You clearly know more than me though. To me they all shoot and eat the same so just never put too much thought into it.

Some old guy at the refuge check station told me that once.

We shot this green wing on our road trip a month ago. It had this white ring around its neck. I thought it was odd.

Flightstopper wrote:I'd go with Drake. We shot a juvie greater billed mallard here this morning. Maybe one of the late hatch birds?

There wasn't speckles on the bill of this bird, was there? Because with the bill turning dark that one looks like a young drake.

When you all are done fucking around, I'll chime in and set this thread straight with my pintail knowledge.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

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We shot this green wing on our road trip a month ago. It had this white ring around its neck. I thought it was odd.

Dude, you guys shot Father Green Wing.

assateague wrote:When you all are done fucking around, I'll chime in and set this thread straight with my pintail knowledge.

I'm all ears.

3legged_lab wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:I'd go with Drake. We shot a juvie greater billed mallard here this morning. Maybe one of the late hatch birds?

There wasn't speckles on the bill of this bird, was there? Because with the bill turning dark that one looks like a young drake.

We said juvie Drake and can't recall any speckle on the bill.

Bootlipkiller wrote:

assateague wrote:When you all are done fucking around, I'll chime in and set this thread straight with my pintail knowledge.

I'm all ears.

It won't be pretty up in this bitch.

assateague wrote:When you all are done fucking around, I'll chime in and set this thread straight with my pintail knowledge.

It'll be an assafact for sure. Something along the lines of how they bypass the standard flyway and winter in Japan by way of a pitstop in Hawaii or some bullshit.

3legged_lab wrote:

assateague wrote:When you all are done fucking around, I'll chime in and set this thread straight with my pintail knowledge.

It'll be an assafact for sure. Something along the lines of how they bypass the standard flyway and winter in Japan by way of a pitstop in Hawaii or some bullshit.

I'm surprised Assa was even able to post in this thread.

It took him a while, huh?

3legged_lab wrote:It took him a while, huh?

I figured he missed and posted it in another forum, then had a mod move it.

assateague wrote:When you all are done fucking around, I'll chime in and set this thread straight with my pintail knowledge.

We were hoping you would.........We are waiting with bated breath.

I'll let you all keep trying to figure it out for while before embarrassing you with my knowledge.

Late Spring has us now seeing a good many drakes still sporting their plain brown go-to-wally-world duds, including pintails.

Plenty of birds around here that aren't in full plumage.

Just a baby pin. Seen a few shot opening day this season that looked very similar.

Actually all serious pintail questions should be addressed directly to Assa. You wanna no somting, axe him.

It is not a mallard hen so why does it even matter if it is a drake or not?

A pintail is a pintail and you need not be concerned about which sex it is.
Tell Mr. Greenjeans that Betty said...fuck the queen.

Tiler_J wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:It took him a while, huh?

I figured he missed and posted it in another forum, then had a mod move it.

Haha!

assateague wrote:I'll let you all keep trying to figure it out for while before embarrassing you with my knowledge.

You gonna enlighten us yet?

I've still gotta keep it a secret.