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 Mount'em if ya ever get'em quack quack?
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03/21/14 03:10 AM
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Without being a true nomad but getting out regionally....what duck species are hard to come by in the central? I am getting into duck hunting more this year and would hate to fry up one that needs hanging up.
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Re: Mount'em if ya ever get'em quack quack?
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03/21/14 04:21 AM
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Other than hybrids and sea ducks (scoters), Cinnamon teal and black duck come to mind.
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03/21/14 12:06 PM
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Whatever has a great memory behind it
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Like you said. Different parts of the country consider different bird trash or gold just depends on who you are talking to but like beretta said whichever ones makes the memory last.
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03/21/14 01:33 PM
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Eurasian Widgeon landed just outside of range one day about 7 years ago on our East Texas lake, that would have been on the wall in an instant if only he would of cooperated... We also shot a Goldeneye hen on that same lake, if it had been a drake we probably would have mounted it due to the rarity in our neck of the woods.
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03/21/14 02:39 PM
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Cant go wrong with a nice hooded merganser.
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03/21/14 07:59 PM
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Cinnamon
Black duck
Mottled duck
Greater scaup-often overlooked. I've been trying for years to get a true mount quality greater. Shoot a couple every yr in tx out of the layout but not mount worthy.
Full plumed blue wing
Full plumed shoveler- truly one of the prettiest birds in hand.
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03/21/14 07:59 PM
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Cinnamon teal or Eurasian Widgeon are for sure be on my list!
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03/21/14 08:47 PM
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Brazos I saw just what your looking for yesterday.... A fully plumed blue wing ...
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03/22/14 01:37 AM
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Eurasian wigeon is at the very top of my list
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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03/22/14 03:20 AM
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Me and a hunting partner shot a drake and hen black duck pair this season. I didn't veiw them as a good mount. Was I mistaken?
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03/22/14 03:28 AM
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Me and a hunting partner shot a drake and hen black duck pair this season. I didn't veiw them as a good mount. Was I mistaken? Black ducks in the central flyway are very few and far between. Few in the ms flyway but not many.
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03/23/14 06:15 AM
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Drake BWT's plumbed, Cinny drakes, or a rarity for many of the guys on here... the ol green head!  Buffle head too.
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04/01/14 03:32 AM
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I agree with the BWT and Cinnamon. Ive never shot a black duck so i would say a definate yes! oh and if you ever see a blonde mallard send it to me hahaha!
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Cinnamon teal is at the top of my list.
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04/01/14 08:54 PM
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I have a gorgeous pintail at the taxi right now.
I think that ringnecks (I know, I know) make pretty mounts too.
I'll mount a mallard, golden eye, buffelhead or a Eurasian widgeon or a regular widgeon. we had 3 Eurasians land at our lake the other day that were gorgeous. same goes for a redhead and a canvasback. Wood Duck is also top of the list
I shot a full plummed BWT in December but I don't find that bird all that attractive. I'll mount a cinnamon in a heartbeat.
blackducks, gadwell, etc. just don't do it for me
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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04/02/14 06:21 AM
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I've got a hooded merganser at the taxi right now. We never see wood ducks where I hunt and they are arguably the prettiest so that would be next for me.
I don't see how you could pass up getting your first fully plumed wood duck done.
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