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So my buddies and I have had this conversation a few times over a beer or two in the recent past. Its about why people turn their nose up to Mr. Gray Duck. I dont get it. They're right on the top of my list of birds I like to shoot. Ive had guys on other "forums" talk down about them. Saying they are a trash duck. It's alittle frustarting to me. Especially when they cant come up with a reason why the hate them so much, they just do. Maybe its just in our dumb ass state that those mean words towards gadwall get spoken. So I thought, hell with it, I'll pose the question to you guys since it seems we have members on here from all over the country. Do you consider Gadwall to be a "quality" duck to have on your strap or do you think of them as a trash bird ?....... As my name applies I love those damn things.They taste great and how can you not like 20 or 30 of them "DAT..DATIN" over your decoy spread and bracking down into your setup? Your response would be much appreciated.

Love the willy gadwall, wish I shot more. Welcome on my strap anytime, in my opinion its a quality bird just as good as a mallard.

The only problem I have with a gadwall is I shoot too many of them.

I sling steel at them the same as any other duck. Only birds I've specifically not shot at on purpose are a lone buffie up in Canada cuz there were a million other birds, and mergansers

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Love the gads, and a prime drake is a great looking bird. Who wouldn't love that big square head hanging on the wall. At least half of what we shoot is gads, hell, I've even killed 3 with bands.

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Every year I drive 800 miles to duck hunt southern Kansas. Most years it's lights out and we shoot 7+ species.

This year it wasn't, but the gadwalls were there, and we were glad to see them.

That's one helluva bird dog in the back of the truck there bill.

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bill herian wrote:Every year I drive 800 miles to duck hunt southern Kansas. Most years it's lights out and we shoot 7+ species.

This year it wasn't, but the gadwalls were there, and we were glad to see them.

Tons of gaddies this year, nothing but in the last 3 days of the 1st split.

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3legged_lab wrote:That's one helluva bird dog in the back of the truck there bill.

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I was trying to count the breeds I thought I saw, and stopped somewhere around 6

I shot just about anything. Mergansers and all. No discrimination here. I don't consider mallards to be a quality duck here. They eat just as much fish here as a merg. They start hittin the grain below us. I'll shoot a gaddy anyday

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Love em. Even more so that they make me look like a pro begging to put their feet down in my spread. Shoot lots of them here

jarbo03 wrote:Tons of gaddies this year, nothing but in the last 3 days of the 1st split.

Yep, I did'nt mind. We more than made up for it with geese. We dontt get lessers here either so shooting those snack-sized canadas was a real treat.

This was a fun year...

3legged_lab wrote:That's one helluva bird dog in the back of the truck there bill.

Sprocket. Mostly gaurds the dojo while I'm out retreiving.

assateague wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:That's one helluva bird dog in the back of the truck there bill.

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I was trying to count the breeds I thought I saw, and stopped somewhere around 6

Come down here. Shot just about every kind of duck except a cinnamon, seen one shot though. That and those some divers just can't get a call response from them.

Actually, I was talking about the dog.

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assateague wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:That's one helluva bird dog in the back of the truck there bill.

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I was trying to count the breeds I thought I saw, and stopped somewhere around 6

Come down here. Shot just about every kind of duck except a cinnamon, seen one shot though. That and those some divers just can't get a call response from them.

yeah we kill bout everything here to expect for those black and mottled ducks In the Northern part of the valley a few blue wings get shot every year, way more get killed down south in the san joaquin valley. Most of our cinnanmon teal around here get killed early and late in the season.

assateague wrote:Actually, I was talking about the dog.

I love gadwall, wish we got more this year. They work the decoys and make me feel like I know what I am doing out there. CA seems to have a large amount of duck snobs, mallards are the only duck they shoot. I shoot everything, buffies get a pass most of the time, but not all the time. We shot more gadwalls last year than any other duck.

I've never heard anyone badmouth a gaddy. I think that fist sized noggin of theirs is cool looking. I have a place where I target them in ID when I'm hunting in WY.

Never hear a bad word around here. Spoony love is the duck that makes everyone a champion caller in these parts.

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It must just be a California thing I guess . Ive read it and heard people call them a shit bird at local refuges. Ive even had an old timer ask me why I didnt wait for mallards and how come I shot those gray ducks a few weeks ago...... hell with it, more for us then

3legged_lab wrote:Love the gads, and a prime drake is a great looking bird. Who wouldn't love that big square head hanging on the wall. At least half of what we shoot is gads, hell, I've even killed 3 with bands.

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I agree JR. I think they're as handsome a duck as you'll see



I love a good gaddie shoot

bill herian wrote:

jarbo03 wrote:Tons of gaddies this year, nothing but in the last 3 days of the 1st split.

Yep, I did'nt mind. We more than made up for it with geese. We dontt get lessers here either so shooting those snack-sized canadas was a real treat.

This was a fun year...

3legged_lab wrote:That's one helluva bird dog in the back of the truck there bill.

Sprocket. Mostly gaurds the dojo while I'm out retreiving.

OCD with the birds much?

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I'm a fan of General Gadwallis, they tend to decoy well for me anyways.

Bulldog0156 wrote:I'm a fan of General Gadwallis, they tend to decoy well for me anyways.

Dont forget about the "DAT...DAT...DAT"............. I'm a big fan of the DATS

3legged_lab wrote:OCD with the birds much?

Naw, just dumped em out and thats how they landed.

I want to make a hunt video to post in my crews Facebook page, first I'm gonna have to get a crew, but anyway, in this vid I want to do a standard type of vid watching the birds come in and when the shots about to be called, yell "don't shoot, greenheads" and then a talk about how we don't shoot trash ducks. Think it would be fun to troll with

That would be hilarious! If you posted it in the CA forum on DHC it would cause a riot!

Pass on all mallards, waiting for buffies and merges.

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jehler wrote:I want to make a hunt video to post in my crews Facebook page, first I'm gonna have to get a crew, but anyway, in this vid I want to do a standard type of vid watching the birds come in and when the shots about to be called, yell "don't shoot, greenheads" and then a talk about how we don't shoot trash ducks. Think it would be fun to troll with

I've wanted to do that a lot, but I have no gun cam or gopro.

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