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Earlier this year we killed a pair of black ducks. they seemed to me to be a Drake and a hen. I've read some of you talking about Black Duck/Mallard crosses. How can you tell the diff.?????

try this:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/waterfwl/blackdck.htm

Thanks, I believe they were pure black ducks. Either way they are still gonna make a great mount. Good luck to everyone this weekend.

hbsb

i killed a black two years ago and the taxedermist explained it one of the purest black ducks hed ever mounted

this bird has a yellow bill just like shown on the aforementioned website

this months edition du has a black duck on pg 62 and it says a pure black has an olive colored bill

im sure the duck i killed wasnt a mottled but the bill was definitely yellow

never seen a black with the olive bill? did yours have olive bills?

what gives?
the doc

Couple of ringnecks and a can of spray paint, thats what I think it was. You were to busy eating breakfast in that monster blind ya'll got to even see a duck. HEHEHEEE. Hey boy you need to come go with us this weekend. Call me when you get this reply.

We shot a pair of black ducks 4 years ago. The bills were a bright yellow/green color (maybe that's olive). The only difference that I noticed was that the drake was a good bit larger. I shot the drake by chance.

TD I've already taken them to the taxidermist, and as of now I've not seen any of the pictures, Exactly what color they are I can't say. Wish I could remember more? In the excitement of the moment you tend to miss the details. The morning that we killed the 2 blacks, we also killed 17 mallards, 2 gadwalls and a woody.

Before, After, or during breakfast. I heard slim shady pulled a good one on you.