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....are a mainstay here in New England so I thought I'd start a thread to highlight them. I know at least one member that'll be able to contribute mightily to this tribute.  I'll start off with one from yesterday morning on a salt marsh:  | ||
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I've heard the black duck populations are in decline due to the hybridization with mallards. Is this true? Nice drake you got there. I've never seen one on the Central or Mississippi flyways. Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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That looks a lot like the run down blind, the first one on the right of the access road, in Salisbury... Nice bird. To the other poster RE: the hybridization, from what I've read and been told, that is 100% correct. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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mescan mallards. | |||
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This is a drake black.....the one above is a hen:  | |||
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Great duck. Years ago I shot two in central Illinois. I did not have them mounted and have for years wished I had because I have not seen another since then. ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again. A. E. Housman | |||
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Around here, what most people call Black Ducks and "Black Mallards" are actually Mottled Ducks. I've never shot a Black Duck but I have taken a few Mottled Ducks. Don't ask me what happened, when I left Viet Nam, we were winning. | |||
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Nice! I killed one black duck many years ago and have been on only one other hunt where a black duck was killed. Congrats! 30+ years experience tells me that perfection hit at .264. Others are adequate but anything before or after is wishful thinking. | |||
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Good guess but different state.....the area you mention is now illegal to hunt and a favorite spot for wardens to lurk. | |||
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I've never shot a black duck so I can add anything in that regards. But, I spent today hunting Sika Deer on Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in VA and there are thousands of black ducks on the water there right now. Pretty neat to see. | |||
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I never hnted this duccks here in Argentina ,but i dont hunt salty marshes ,ill try to find out if there are them here .Great photos . www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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A few more black duck pics. My favorite bird.        ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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I was at Mack's in Stuttgart yesterday. Would you believe GHG is making a Black/Mallard hybrid decoy? A pair is $19.95 and they look great. Great pics guys. I have shot several banded Black ducks here in TN over the years. A great bird. I have a drake that weighed 3 lbs 12 oz mounted on my wall. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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As usual, awesome picutes. | |||
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From this morning....plenty of wet snow but not much flying.....scratched out a couple gaddies and a drake black with some white on the speculum meaning hybridization.  | |||
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Nice. Yesterday MF and a bud killed 7 gaddies, 2 blacks, a greenhead and... ...a canvasback.  ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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I saw that.....awesome day for that MFer. All I have to offer is a coupla hoodies stone dead in one shot as they did a fly-by....and Nelli wouldn't touch 'em so I had to wait out the tide to cross the ditch. She retrieved the 2 blacks like a champ though.  | |||
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....and Nelli wouldn't touch 'em so I had to wait out the tide to cross the ditch. She retrieved the 2 blacks like a champ though.  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I have only seen one shot in the Mississippi delta. Friend shot it. Didn't realize what is was until showing a friend a pic. They do taste like mallards though.  Funny how a common duck in one flyway is a real prize and rarity in another. Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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continue posting this nice photos please.  www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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I lived on the MA SE shore many a year andhad the opportunity to shoot lots of black ducks when populations were good. Then the 80's, 90's and later came and the populations tumbled. The last black duck I shot was in the mid 90's and I had it mounted as it was a late season red leg. I made a decision to stop hunting them as my conservation effort. Do not get me wrong as it was only my decision and I believe hunting them is fine. I did truly enjoy the late season coastal hunt as this provided great opportunity for many species. I miss this hunting. Great pics and a majestic duck. MTG | |||
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Outstanding pics. Thanks for sharing. | |||
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