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 What the duck?
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11/13/12 04:50 PM
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ACov
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I was down deer hunting with a buddy near Bandera this weekend and in between hunts we went and checked out a lake to see if it was holding any ducks. We saw a bunch of greenheads, but also quite a few of these guys. Anyone know what they are? I was thinking some kind of whistling duck, but not quite. Maybe a crossbreed? Just curious what you guys thought they might be. 
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Re: What the duck?
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#3751893
11/13/12 04:58 PM
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Rob Robertson
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 04:59 PM
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wal1809
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Dang Rob you are fast.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=egyptian+goose&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=38093640&biw=1920&bih=903&wrapid=tlif135282581751010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=ZnyiULroK4OY2AXA1IGQCA
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 05:02 PM
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ACov
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Wow, that was quick! Thanks for the ID, Rob.
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 05:03 PM
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That was fast, Rob why have you not been posting pics, have not seen any hunt pics from you since teal season. Hope everything is okay, you just to busy smoking meat for Thanksgiving?
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 05:20 PM
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Littledog
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Swat a couple with #2 and post some more pics.
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 06:01 PM
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changedmyname
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Ok, just making sure. 3 years ago on my first ever duck hunt I was by myself and right at LST I see what looked like a big duck coming in and shot it and it turned out to be one of these. I had no idea what it was until one day I was at Cabelas in Fort Worth and saw the two they have mounted in the Africa section. I thought that was pretty crazy.
Now bash away cuz I didn't know what I was shooting at the time. lol
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 06:01 PM
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ACov
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Yeah, found this article on them in the Houston Chronicle: Variety spicing up shoots for waterfowlers Similar to the Eurasian Collared Doves they don't count against your limit and there's no season on them. They let me get awfully close. Might not even need #2's, Littledog; might be able to swat 'em with a tennis racket!
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 06:02 PM
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changedmyname
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I should have got it mounted. I think they look badazz.
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 06:17 PM
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Rob Robertson
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That was fast, Rob why have you not been posting pics, have not seen any hunt pics from you since teal season. Hope everything is okay, you just to busy smoking meat for Thanksgiving? Nothing to post photos of. Hunting up here on the river sucks with this water level. Going to be a Tuff season for me.
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11/13/12 07:20 PM
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Ok, just making sure. 3 years ago on my first ever duck hunt I was by myself and right at LST I see what looked like a big duck coming in and shot it and it turned out to be one of these. I had no idea what it was until one day I was at Cabelas in Fort Worth and saw the two they have mounted in the Africa section. I thought that was pretty crazy.
Now bash away cuz I didn't know what I was shooting at the time. lol hahahah, I would have had no idea what it was either, but sometimes you have to shoot stuff just for the sake of science.
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Re: What the duck?
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#3752474
11/13/12 07:33 PM
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Nice lookin bird. Buddy of mine shot one in garwood a few years ago. And another friend of mine shot one on a river. I happened to walk into the taxidermy shop in eagle lake and he was in the process of mounting one...said a guy shot it in garwood also, it wasn't my friends. Pretty cool
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Re: What the duck?
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11/13/12 08:30 PM
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choot em! choot em! Of coarse I'm still waiting to see one of Cappy's Madarins fly by the blind! (It wont be making it home that day!  )
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Re: What the duck?
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#3756042
11/14/12 07:15 PM
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They are agressive birds in captivity. Very aggressive! Shoot them all
Looking for hunting leases and local friends (ex-guide, primarily duck, hogs, and deer)
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