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Post by DEERTRACKS on May 21, 2007 11:39:19 GMT -5
Outstanding pics. Beautiful birds.
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Post by stillwatersniper on May 21, 2007 14:43:15 GMT -5
If you've never been to Pool 9 in Wisconsin you should go just to see all of the canvasbacks and other divers buzzing the MS river. It was an amazing site to see all of those birds in the air come shooting time.
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Post by johnc911 on May 21, 2007 17:16:17 GMT -5
That is way to cool
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Post by mbogo on May 27, 2007 10:35:19 GMT -5
A drake wood duck would be hard to beat for the title of prettiest duck and I hoping to get mine back from the taxidermist soon. A good friend of mine has a drake hooded merganser being mounted also which I would consider as the leader in the competition for second prettiest waterfowl here in Indiana.
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Post by duff on May 27, 2007 16:50:49 GMT -5
Any ducks floating belly up in the spread is pretty
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Post by hoosierdhr on Jun 3, 2007 21:57:03 GMT -5
bsutravis
I agree with you on the woodies. Ive gotten a few but still want that close to perfect one for the wall.
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Post by featherduster on Jun 4, 2007 8:48:57 GMT -5
The most beautiful duck I know of is in my crock pot right now along with other good tasting ducks.
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Post by esshup on Jun 9, 2007 7:09:26 GMT -5
When I lived in So. Cal. I had a permit from the DNR and raised Woodies and these:  I know that they aren't native, but I'm up in the air as to which one is prettier! |
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Post by bsutravis on Jun 9, 2007 7:20:40 GMT -5
Ahh, another mandarin! Incredible markings as well. I think the colors of the Woodie are what put it over the top for me.
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Post by esshup on Jun 9, 2007 7:39:19 GMT -5
Yep, a Mandarin. They were in the came pen and while both the woodies and mandarin's raised clutches, they never interbred.
I hear that there are some flying around So. Cal. now.
Mine came from SeaWorld. They were excess "stock" and their biologist showed me how to pinnion them permanently so they wouldn't fly. No blood or heat required, and it seemed pretty painless to them at the same time.
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Post by johnc911 on Jun 9, 2007 11:02:48 GMT -5
Found in New Palestine In.   |
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Post by jwkimber45 on Jun 9, 2007 11:50:28 GMT -5
What did you ever do with that thing John??
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Post by johnc911 on Jun 9, 2007 13:12:29 GMT -5
Took it to a lady who works for the rehab place. She called and told me it had an injured spine. I have not heard a thing since then.
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Post by bsutravis on Jun 9, 2007 15:04:48 GMT -5
Give them a call John..... tell her you want it back so you can shoot it and mount it. LOL. Seriously, you should give them a call and see how it fared.
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Post by hoyt1166 on Jun 9, 2007 15:48:51 GMT -5
I saw pics from either last year or the year before from a guy who had taken pics of a mandarin on Roush. He was just swimming right allong with the mallards. Not sure where he came from but could you imagine him coming into your spread?
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Post by shootsa410 on Jun 10, 2007 14:32:49 GMT -5
I killed this one a few years back on January 1st.  |
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