please help ID this duck
- Thread starter bill c68
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That's what I thought too. I have yet to shoot a drake, so I had to wonder if that's what it was.
Turkeyslayer 1300
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Russell, Ontario
I was going to say a hen mallard blackduck hybrid,but a hen pintail it could be.
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
Pitail for sure... hen or young of the year M or F?
Gadwall?
Definitely not. Plucked two of those too.
your all wrong its a DEAD Duck 
- Location
- kensington, pei
it's a immature pintail drake. look hard and you can see the start of the grey on the bill and also can ID by the wing speculum .
C'mon Rick , ID then shoot
C'mon Rick , ID then shoot
C'mon Rick , ID then shoot
I did... you don't see a dead heron or cormorant or eagle in my pic do you?
- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
rustysdream
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Uhmmm.... Wouldn't you have to know what it is you're about to shoot BEFORE you pull the trigger?
Uhmmm.... Wouldn't you have to know what it is you're about to shoot BEFORE you pull the trigger?
Yes he would have to know it was a duck. On PEI if he had 4 black ducks dead then he would have to make sure the next duck he shot was not a black duck. Other than that he would only have to make sure it was a duck and not a curlew or osprey.
In Alberta I can shoot 8 of everything but pintails of which I can only shoot 4. So I really don't worry about the species in the early morning (other than avoiding mergs and shovelers). Whether I shoot a wigeon or gadwall doesn't matter much to me cause I can count to 8. When I get 4 pintails (only happened once) then I get to be more careful about the "grey ducks" I shoot.
Now I CAN identify all my ducks on the wing (even the eclipse birds) and 95% of the time do know what it is I'm pulling the trigger on. At low light though all I really care about is that I'm IDing the bird as a duck. That's easy.
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
In Alberta I can shoot 8 of everything but pintails of which I can only shoot 4.
Whats the limit on cans and redhead in Alta.? 4 here in Man.
Whats the limit on cans and redhead in Alta.? 4 here in Man.
I am slowly learning to ID the flyers...
We can now shoot 6 mallards here (used to be 4) so now Mallard and Blacks at low light can be a real challenge... so far has never been an iuuse, I have only one limited out on Mallards (last year, I got 2 pair) and only once limited out on Blacks (monday of this week)
As far as Pintails hens, Blue wing and even greenwings, they all look so similar in the evening, hell I have shot black ducks that magically became teal once retrieved they just seemed much further away.
We can now shoot 6 mallards here (used to be 4) so now Mallard and Blacks at low light can be a real challenge... so far has never been an iuuse, I have only one limited out on Mallards (last year, I got 2 pair) and only once limited out on Blacks (monday of this week)
As far as Pintails hens, Blue wing and even greenwings, they all look so similar in the evening, hell I have shot black ducks that magically became teal once retrieved they just seemed much further away.
