Slow But Unique

[mhowerton]

Slow hunts the last couple days but did kill this unique duck

[BilletHead]

Neat, pretty slow here the last three hunts,

BilletHead

[Bird Watcher]

Neat. I shot one exactly like it many moons ago on Grand Lake. It was in a flock of mallards and was 1/3 again bigger than the rest of the birds. That's the closest I've ever come to shooting a black duck. The only true full blooded black duck I've ever seen shot in person my friend shot right beside me out of a flock of mallards on Martin Luther King Day. I swear on all things..I'll never forget that.

[JohnP]

Nice, definitely don't see very many of those.

[luckycraft]

Need to get a black duck under my belt .... very cool

[Feathers and Fins]

Very nice, I haven't seen enough birds in several weeks to even make me want to put out decoys.

[mhowerton]

Ducks were very stale. We were hunting some private marsh/wetlands in SE Kansas. Ducks would land out past the decoys or in some WRP land that wasnt being hunted. Headed to NE Arkansas Friday to try my luck over there. The lakes and rivers around Mountain Home are void. Ducks are sitting on cattle ponds in groups of a dozen or two all over. Big change from last year. But that's what makes it fun.

[WHARFRAT]

Not sure about this one. Sure looks like a Black Duck, but I've never had one that had white on it's wing patch. That being said, out of all the years I've hunted, I probably haven't shot a half dozen Black ducks. The head has definate characteristics of a black duck.

[Feathers and Fins]

Ditto here, birds are sitting on cattle ponds and not using the big water, a few goldeneye around and some buffleheads but the vast majority are on the ponds. Where is this super cold winter? If id doesn't freeze soon this season is a bust, but on the other hand its one of the best Decembers I have had for stripers.

[Bird Watcher]

Not sure about this one. Sure looks like a Black Duck, but I've never had one that had white on it's wing patch. That being said, out of all the years I've hunted, I probably haven't shot a half dozen Black ducks. The head has definate characteristics of a black duck.

Best of my knowledge, the white means it's a mallard x black hybrid, even if it has no other mallard characteristics since true blacks have no white, just black.