Lots of blacks

[Al Bundy]

 Filled my xbow tag few days ago so went for ducks. this morning  saw quite a few ducks flying. Many or most were blacks. 2 red heads, and others far away I couldn’t really see.  Sadly my bag was zero. Took new shooter out this am. We had shots... I hit one first shot and it dropped down but kept flying. Didn’t make it off the water real far but disappeared into the fog. No way to give chase. Other blunder this morn I had a pair land well within range. We both pulled up and my gun went click.  My partners gun had a jamming issue of some sort. Ended the day having fun but not getting anything. Oh well. Tomorrow morning....

[sodfather]

Nice, I haven't seen hardly any black ducks this year. Last year was loaded. This year loaded with pintails. And those red heads are tough birds hard to hit.

[The_Real_TCIII]

Ive never killed a black duck, and it pains me

[helmut in the bush]

Pretty birds, I almost feel bad shooting them

[sodfather]

2 minutes ago, helmut in the bush said:

Pretty birds, I almost feel bad shooting them

It's just a mallard hen with black feathers the avian x decoys are prettier than the bird.  Hooded mergansers are pretty but taste worse than dirt 

[BigVal]

Never shot one, on a side note I thought this thread was gonna be reported lol 

[helmut in the bush]

18 minutes ago, BigVal said:

Never shot one, on a side note I thought this thread was gonna be reported lol 

Thats funny, I had to take a look back up to see what you were referring too

[helmut in the bush]

29 minutes ago, sodfather said:

It's just a mallard hen with black feathers the avian x decoys are prettier than the bird.  Hooded mergansers are pretty but taste worse than dirt 

Now this is a pretty duck, the picture would be better if it had natural sun light,

[sodfather]

Wigeon drake good eating nice work on the mount 

[Al Bundy]

I’ll bite.. reported why??

nm.... got it..

Edited November 10, 2017 by Al Bundy

[BigVal]

Lol im just joking around, no reason (or would I literally ever) report anything. Black ducks are awesome my buddy got a Drake in the swamps last week. 

[Pygmy]

Okay...Ill bite...How do you tell a drake black from a hen  ?  I have not shot a lot of them, but perhaps 20 or so  , and they always looked alike to me...

[helmut in the bush]

3 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

Okay...Ill bite...How do you tell a drake black from a hen  ?  I have not shot a lot of them, but perhaps 20 or so  , and they always looked alike to me...

It's weird, they all look the same

[BigVal]

Some say by the bill color, very tough ID 

[sodfather]

A Mallards speculum is blue And has a thing white line on the top and bottom edges. A black duck has no white line. Also the speculum is a deeper blue almost purple sometimes. Hen mallards bill is orange and black where a black duck bill is greenish yellow to olive green.

[Pygmy]

32 minutes ago, BigVal said:

Some say by the bill color, very tough ID 

Fortunately, the DUCKS know the difference...Hehehehe...

I can tell a hen mallard from a black, just never knew how to tell a drake black from a hen black...I guess I still don't...Hehehe...

[sodfather]

46 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

Fortunately, the DUCKS know the difference...Hehehehe...

I can tell a hen mallard from a black, just never knew how to tell a drake black from a hen black...I guess I still don't...Hehehe...

Only the bill is different the drake is greenish yellow and hen is olive