Black Duck??????????

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Postby ducky1 » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:57 pm

looks alot like dinner to me.
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Postby Don Miller » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:34 pm

Get some paint on that boat seat. Your gonna spook the ducks. :wink:
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Postby Anatidae » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:53 pm

Chad Manlove wrote:Personally, I think it looks more like a mottled duck than a black duck....JMHO


Yeah, me too.......here's a Black Duck.......
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Speculum is more greenish.......feathers indistiguishably different over a larger portion of the body.

....as compared with........
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The yellow bill should be a dead giveaway, too.....but what do I know?

NOW.....the wuestion is........is it a drake or a hen? :shock:
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Postby Ducks be us » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:04 pm

Since " they" say alot of hybreds are out there...Id say a hen...did ya check it for an inee or an outee :lol: :lol: :lol: Maybe he was hunting on the coast and is a mottled. If it taste like chicken...its a black duck. If it taste like fish...its a mottled :wink:
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Postby mbm » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:32 pm

This is a mottled duck.
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Postby Anatidae » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:33 pm

.... :shock: :? now wait a minute.........a while ago, you said it was a drake.........remember? :?
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Postby cajun squealer » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:07 pm

Randy,

As for the dozens of mottled ducks ("black mallards" we call them) I've killed, what usually stands out to me is the rusty-orange tinge to their plumage. It's pretty evident in the pics you posted.
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Postby BuckeyeHoov » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:10 pm

As an Ohio hunter who kills blacks on a regular basis, that is DEFINATLY a black duck. ?Mottleds are found primarily on the west coast in the pacific flyway.
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Postby cajun squealer » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:17 pm

Check this page: http://myfwc.com/duck/mottled/

Awesome pic of a mottled. Very unique pose.
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Postby iron grip » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:32 pm

Summer mallard for sure. That is an awesome pic on the fla website. I want one mounted like that...been a while since I saw one though. :cry:
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Postby cajun squealer » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:35 pm

iron grip wrote:Summer mallard for sure. That is an awesome pic on the fla website. I want one mounted like that...been a while since I saw one though. :cry:


I bet you kill one in the morning. :wink:
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Postby iron grip » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:37 pm

wouldn't that be reaalll sweet? :lol: :lol:
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Postby mudsucker » Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:21 am

BuckeyeHoov wrote:As an Ohio hunter who kills blacks on a regular basis, that is DEFINATLY a black duck. ?Mottleds are found primarily on the west coast in the pacific flyway.
:? :?: WTF?
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Postby gamehog » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:53 am

BuckeyeHoov wrote:As an Ohio hunter


Is it pronounced "ohio" or "ohigher?"
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Postby Ducks be us » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:23 am

BuckeyeHoov wrote:As an Ohio hunter who kills blacks on a regular basis, that is DEFINATLY a black duck. ?Mottleds are found primarily on the west coast in the pacific flyway.


Mottleds LIVE on the GULF COAST. Texas, LA., and FLA. They DONT migrate :wink:

I still say its a black duck drake 8)
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