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Postby GulfCoast » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:33 am

Seriously, I don't think I have ever seen a banded hen mallard, or a banded Gadwall of any type. Seen lots of banded woodie hens. What gives? Hens and grayducks don't get no love?
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Postby tombstone » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:39 am

if the hen is still in range after I shoot the greenhead I will shoot a hen and if a hen comes in by itself, i will shoot a hen.

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Postby chattahoochee » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:04 am

I seen a banded hen mallard die a couple of weeks ago in the delta.
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Postby quack fiend » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:10 am

Killed a banded suzy myself 2 yrs. ago
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Postby wrdabney » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:31 am

im not sayin i dont ever shoot hens. i just wondered everybody's views. good point about hens not being able to breed as many times as a pheasant but i wonder if there is a statistic for killing a hen mallard on how it affects the pop. each year.
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Postby LawDawg » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:37 am

I just take a can of green spray paint....problem solved.
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Postby rjohnson » Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:40 am

LawDawg wrote:I just take a can of green spray paint....problem solved.


I've witnessed it :shock:
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Postby champcaller » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:03 pm

depends how well they are flyin
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Postby torch » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:26 pm

I try to let hens pass. When guiding for some reason they will kill all the hens. I have a buddy ( the doctor knows well) If you had 99 greenheads and one hen he would kill the hen every single time. :D
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Postby Scully » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:08 pm

I try not too- but sometimes things happen. I have only dropped one so far this year...she came in 5 minutes after shooting time with 3 grey ducks. I thought they were all greys and dropped the biggest 2..oops
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Postby ob duck » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:33 am

I'll say only drakes because that's all i've shot this year. 2 greenwings and 1 woodie.
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Postby BeastMaster » Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:21 am

seems like i remember the doc and caller1 shooting a bag full of hens earlier this season.. i didn't shoot any.. my limit was in a pile out near the coffee beans... you guys stop shootin the hens
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Postby Money » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:15 am

Hen=Dead. I have shot a banded Susie.
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Postby Double R 2 » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:18 am

I try to avoid shooting hen mallards and pintail, but it still happens sometimes. All else species is fair game.
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Postby Bankermane » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:51 pm

Double R 2 wrote:I try to avoid shooting hen mallards and pintail, but it still happens sometimes. All else species is fair game.


That's BS. You'd shoot yours, Forrest's, Duncan's, Ann's, and Delta's out of season at night. Without a lisense, over bait, naked.
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