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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/29/14 09:30 PM
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I got one this near near New Braunfels Smaller than a teal??? Would you please be so kind and identify a bufflehead in that pic...
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/29/14 09:40 PM
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But according to DU, the Bufflehead males are larger than the GWT males on average by .3". GWT 14.7", Bufflehead 15". Also according to DU, " Blue-winged and green-winged teal, thought by many hunters to be the fastest ducks, are actually among the slowest, having a typically flight speed of only 30 mph."
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Arise.Kill.Eat -Acts 10:13 I have read a bunch of stuff on the internet about Star Wars but that does not mean I can skin a deer with a light saber.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/29/14 09:46 PM
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But according to DU, the Bufflehead males are larger than the GWT males on average by .3". GWT 14.7", Bufflehead 15". Also according to DU, " Blue-winged and green-winged teal, thought by many hunters to be the fastest ducks, are actually among the slowest, having a typically flight speed of only 30 mph." yup... merganser are the fastest
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/29/14 09:47 PM
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Teal just look like they are going faster since they are smaller and usually very crazy with their flying...
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/29/14 10:03 PM
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Teal just look like they are going faster since they are smaller and usually very crazy with their flying... Teal fly like Asian women drive, And they don't hardly slow down to land. lmao
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Arise.Kill.Eat -Acts 10:13 I have read a bunch of stuff on the internet about Star Wars but that does not mean I can skin a deer with a light saber.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 12:06 AM
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Anybody ever see any buffleheads down here? We saw a group of them the other day and had to do a double take. Plenty of buffs in texas but they are land shy, they tend to stay around open water. This was out of our big blind in open water last year. We shot around 100 of em last year and I believe one of the customers from that day got a dead mount of 6 of the buffs but I haven't seen any pics of it yet. Super easy to decoy as well just set 3 or 4 buff decoys about 10 yards away from the spread by themselfs an they land on top of em every time. And I believe that the canvasback is the fastest flying duck.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 12:27 AM
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That is an awesome goldeneye too bud!! Should make a nice mount
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 01:05 AM
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My dad shot a hen Goldeneye a couple years ago and we have seen drakes on our lake the week after season, we are near lake Fork. The hens are cool looking as well, they have more defined colors than most other hens IMO. Cans were the fastest on record (71mph) but the Red Breasted Merganser eclipsed it some time ago (100mph) http://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-biology/amazing-waterfowl-facts/page5
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 01:16 AM
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In the same paragraph that I quoted it also says that a merganser held the new speed record while being chased by a plane, I think it said something like 100mph, and that it took over the record from a canvasback clocked at like 82. Sorry I'm on my phone and don't remember the specific speeds
Arise.Kill.Eat -Acts 10:13 I have read a bunch of stuff on the internet about Star Wars but that does not mean I can skin a deer with a light saber.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 03:14 AM
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Yup. Shot these last year in the panhandle. Shot another pair this year also. Mount by Pat @ Avian Arts. Crappy cell phone picture.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 01:46 PM
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Anybody ever see any buffleheads down here? We saw a group of them the other day and had to do a double take. usually get a few flocks a year, Hard birds to hit! Way faster than a teal, and smaller than a teal! Yea, no kidding! They looked like missiles flying across the water!
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 03:20 PM
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I got one this near near New Braunfels Smaller than a teal??? Would you please be so kind and identify a bufflehead in that pic... question.... did you eat those coots
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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01/30/14 05:42 PM
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No.....but I don't like to leave them floating in the water. I brought them to show the kids what "dinosaur feet" look like. I tried coot once and it was pretty foul for fowl.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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No.....but I don't like to leave them floating in the water. I brought them to show the kids what "dinosaur feet" look like. I tried coot once and it was pretty foul for fowl. Soak it in milk with the rest of your duck for a day or so. I promise you won't be able to tell the difference.
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Re: Texas goldeneye
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02/04/14 03:32 PM
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Here is mine from last year. Here it is mounted, not sure about it yet. . This is a hen we killed this year.
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