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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:33 am
by GulfCoast
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?
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:39 am
by tombstone
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.
So YES,
i know some of yall will flame me but I am a topwater and a killer and can take it
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:04 am
by chattahoochee
I seen a banded hen mallard die a couple of weeks ago in the delta.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:10 am
by quack fiend
Killed a banded suzy myself 2 yrs. ago
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:31 am
by wrdabney
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:37 am
by LawDawg
I just take a can of green spray paint....problem solved.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 11:40 am
by rjohnson
LawDawg wrote:I just take a can of green spray paint....problem solved.
I've witnessed it
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:03 pm
by champcaller
depends how well they are flyin
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:26 pm
by torch
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:08 pm
by Scully
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
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:33 am
by ob duck
I'll say only drakes because that's all i've shot this year. 2 greenwings and 1 woodie.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:21 am
by BeastMaster
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
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:15 am
by Money
Hen=Dead. I have shot a banded Susie.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:18 am
by Double R 2
I try to avoid shooting hen mallards and pintail, but it still happens sometimes. All else species is fair game.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:51 pm
by Bankermane
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.