I am new to duck hunting and shot my first duck yesterday...It was a wood duck...I am going to have it mounted...My question, is a wood duck a rare duck and considered a trophy, or is it normal to get several every seaons...

Just curious as to how cool my kill was...Several of the guys I was hunting with said they think they are rare and a unique duck to get, but they are somewhay new to duck hinting as well...

Thanks in advance...

not rare at all. mount it if you like it

Mount that sucker. Wood ducks are awesome mounted.

Doesn't matter how many everybody else kills or how special a bird it is to someone else.

Your first bird is always super cool and for it to be a woodie makes it even better.

BTW: To answer your question, I have yet to see or kill a woodie.

I will mount, being my first duck kill and how colorful they are...Also, why can you only take 3 a day...

Ive been duck huntin for about 10 years, some years almost daily, and have yet to shoot a woodie drake...if I have the cash when I do, its gettin mounted! Just a cool lookin bird!

Texas regulations...

woodies are always great mounts..

They arent rare if you are hunting in timber (east Texas). Everywhere else, they are tough to get.

The reason you can only shoot three? well... Not long ago their number were dwindling due to habitat loss, low numbers of suitable nests (they nest in tree cavities, but cannot build the cavities themselves), and other factors. Efforts were made to focus on building their numbers. Lower harvest regulations and nest boxes have helped the wood duck make an amazing recovery. They are one of the most successful stories in waterfowl management. Up until last year you could only shoot two in the central and pacific flyways, but now you can shoot three. Im assuming the number will go up in the next couple years due to the remarkable bounce back the duck has made. Theres a little history lesson for ya.

Get your bird mounted. they are beautiful.

spoonies> where you been hiding man>

East Texas not so rare.

Pm fowldreams he has mounted a lot of woodies

Tough semester in school. I didnt get on the water at all till after the split. The lake levels are so low all my holes are dry anyway. I've resorted to deer hunting this year.

sinner

I hunting North of Sanger close to Ray Roberts...I have a creek in the back of my property on a creek that feeds Raybob...I recently have seen many ducks coming in so I decided to give it a try...Had a small window of opprotunity early (that is when I got my duck) and could not get anymore to come back in...Not very good at calling yet I guess I think I was scaring them away...We were concealed well, they just would not come back in after we shot at the first group...

Now I something to work on...It was fun though...

Thanks for all the input....

So rare I have yet to shoot one.

x2

X2 on mounting the woodie! And congratulations on your 1st duck!

Took me 7 years to get my first one. Took my girl and she killed two on her first hunt ever. Guess it all depends on your luck. Now you just have to get one of those bluebilled ringneck teal to mount..

Same here Quack been hunting fowl for 10 years and still have yet to bag a Woodie. though I wish those goldeneyes would make there way over here! Congrats on ur kill Dang good bird to be a FIRST!!

It had to go there..... maybe a monthly name change canidate?