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I had always wanted a Common Gallinule in good plumage....and although we have them here in early season, the birds are so full of pin feathers and hence not good for taxidermy in my opinion. They move out and migrate down south right away in early fall. Finally got a few late season birds in Georgia, perfect colors and zero pin feathers. Everyone kind of looks down upon swamp birds as sort of the bottom of the pile birds...but they sure make some interesting mounts.  | ||
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Wholeheartedly agree that they're neat birds. But then I have a coot mounted...  Is the bird pictured above considered a game species? Do folks eat them? Looks very similar to a coot. ______________________ Hunting: I'd kill to participate. | |||
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Louisiana, 15 for daily bag limit. You bet you ass they eat them down here. | |||
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Kind of looks like a swamp vulture. | |||
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@Kamo, My coot mount is really old and I need a refresh with a big fluffy Coot from down South  And yes, as Brad said, very generous limits on these birds down south. | |||
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That looks so much like the Indian Moorhen! Brings back memories http://www.nerdybirders.com/html/birds/moorhen.html "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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collector, if you need a southern Coot, come to TN. If you kill one, fifty will attend the funeral. Cheers, David 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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Coots have saved many awful duck hunts for me. they flock up like black birds, and if you give 'em some space to get up, they fly pretty well, almost like partridges over water. Andy | |||
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