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Was lucky enough to be invited as a guest of DLS (who posts here) and one of the other hunter's took a very cool hybrid duck. Mallard head (picture doesn't show just how green it was) Pintail bill. Pintail wings. Sorta Gadwall feet. 1/2 Mallard 1/2 pintail tail.    Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | ||
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Mike, glad you were able to join us. It was nice to be able to share a duckblind with you again. John (the guy who shot this bird) took the bird to a taxidermist today and they had someone that knows about this stuff confirm that the bird is indeed a mallard-pintail hybrid. He is getting it mounted so as to best display the unusual colors and characteristics of this wonderful bird. | |||
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And I was going to say I bet he tasted just fine... I’ve shot a few hybrids up here, but since it’s usually early season and they are full of pin feathers, mounting them was not something I thought about. Very interesting looking bird! | |||
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several years back while hunting on a warm water creek one of these cross birds came in and was taken by another hunter right in front of me, same deal pintail mallard cross, much more pronounced colors, pretty cool deal congrats on taking such a special bird | |||
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Very cool duck! GOA Life Member NRA Benefactor Member Life Member Dallas Safari Club Westley Richards 450 NE 3 1/4" | |||
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Over the years I've taken a number of Mallard/Black Mallard hybrids and one prized Ross goose with the blue goose color genes, but never any other crosses. That is one prize bird Mike, thanks for sharing!   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've killed several locally. Mostly mallard X black duck but have seen mallard x pintail and one oddball we thought was a gadwall or mallard x wigeon but no definitive ID. Here's an obvious mallard x black duck shot locally. They're not common, but not what I'd consider to be rare, either. Never thought to mount one. Maybe after I finish collecting all NA purebreds I'll think about the half-breeds...  . ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Cool Here in NZ we get the introduced mallard crossing with the native grey duck. The greys are similar to a mallard hen with eye brow etc. But they are a bit smaller, fly low and fast and their courtship head bob is unique. "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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I've heard it swift a Mallard drake will mate with anything that stands flat footed.mI have seen a Mallard Pintail cross. The white marking on the side of the head was green where a Pin has white.. Beautiful bird. "Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." Mark Twain | |||
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Very cool. Thank you. I have read that hybridization with mallards is hurting black duck numbers. What do you guys who hunt them think? | |||
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Charles, if it wasn’t getting mounted, it would have tasted great. All those corn fed mallards we hunt taste fantastic. As it is, we’ll get to see him on the wall every time we go to the duck club next season. I think Mike has re-discovered how much he enjoys duck hunting! | |||
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I don't know about hurting black duck numbers, but from what I've read and been told by local bird biologists, it's becoming more and more difficult to find true pure-bred black ducks. A large % of the black ducks now have mallard blood in them. Supposedly the tell tale sign is white on the trailing edge of the speculum. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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This is true, as is the fact that Mallards especially will breed or attempt to breed other species of waterfowl. Several factors are contributing to the decline of American Black duck numbers and this would be one of several things to point too. Here in my part of the world, we're seeing less of the wary "red legs." 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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You have black ducks in TN? Edit: just looked it up and apparently TN does get migratory BDs. Didn't know that. Cool. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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