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Post by bsutravis on May 18, 2007 13:00:36 GMT -5
I took these pics of a Woodie while down in Florida... This was the biggest wood duck I'd ever seen...easily the size of a big mallard. The colors are just incredible!   |
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Post by dec on May 18, 2007 13:12:47 GMT -5
Awesome pictures. Just once I'd love to shoot one WWWWAAAAYYYY late in the season with that kind of plumage.
I've got one mounted at home, but they never seem to stick around here long enough to get the right plumage for an incredible mount.
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Post by chicobrownbear on May 18, 2007 14:35:25 GMT -5
A Bull Can putting the brakes on about 15 feet above my spread is the most beautiful duck I've seen.
(no offense Travis)
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Post by bsutravis on May 18, 2007 14:49:12 GMT -5
None taken Chico!  ANY duck hitting the reverse-thrusters at 15' is a beautiful thing! |
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Post by jwkimber45 on May 18, 2007 16:08:55 GMT -5
Awesome pics Travis!!!! This gets my vote for the purty-est  |
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Post by bsutravis on May 18, 2007 21:18:24 GMT -5
Wow! What are those Josh?  |
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Post by hoosiertaxidermist on May 18, 2007 21:33:36 GMT -5
Travis, those birds are Harlequins. A sea duck from the west coast and Alaska. Nice but still can't touch a prime, prime woodie. In the years I have been doing taxidermy, I have only seen 2 or 3 woodies that were even close to prime. But Redheads now are a different story.
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 3:34:44 GMT -5
Thanks HT for the bird ID. God certainly took his time when he was creating waterfowl. (but what was he thinking when he made a coot???) |
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Post by pigeonflier on May 19, 2007 10:16:02 GMT -5
Dec , I've got the hotspot for some awesome woodie hunts, but they happen early in the season. You wont believe the #'s of birds. This one had the longest hood I saw in a while.  |
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Post by pigeonflier on May 19, 2007 10:17:31 GMT -5
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Post by DDragon47 on May 19, 2007 10:26:06 GMT -5
Their goes Pigeon show off his woody again.
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Post by jwkimber45 on May 19, 2007 13:34:31 GMT -5
HT, heres a couple redheads for ya!!   |
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Post by johnc911 on May 19, 2007 16:44:14 GMT -5
I WANT TO KILL A REDHEAD
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 16:57:06 GMT -5
ME too John! Pigeon..... you know you can't post a pic on here with a shirt on. Go back and repost ASAP! |
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Post by jwkimber45 on May 19, 2007 17:45:22 GMT -5
I'd say if you haven't yet harvested a bluebill you'd better focus on them, while we can still hunt them.....
I remember like it was yesterday when we couldn't take canvasbacks. It was a HUGE deal to see one. That first can after they opened the season......whew, I cried. Not kidding.
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Post by hoosiertaxidermist on May 19, 2007 21:48:39 GMT -5
Redheads rule. Cans are nice too, but just a little to big to appear "fast" when mounted. The body proportions on Redheads are almost perfect. I come from an aeronautical background so I guess I lean that way a little. Here's a few we did for one of our customers. He brought me 32 ducks that year and 19 of them were Redheads. Talk about becoming one of my favorite people real quick.  |
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Post by bsutravis on May 20, 2007 1:15:19 GMT -5
Awesome mount HT!!!! I hope you gave that guy a discount of sorts!!! |
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Post by jwkimber45 on May 20, 2007 4:54:58 GMT -5
Sweet HT!!! You captured tham perfect.!!! Its an awesome sight to watch those guys dump air at about 30 mph coming into a layout spread!!!
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Post by DDragon47 on May 20, 2007 9:11:09 GMT -5
That's a good looking job you did.
but don't let my wife hear you say Redheads rule.
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Post by Adam Brown (BGGoosekiller) on May 20, 2007 18:23:00 GMT -5
That is very cool HT!
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ANY duck hitting the reverse-thrusters at 15' is a beautiful thing!
