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01/24/16 03:06 AM
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calwidgeon
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After 25 years of duck hunting finally shot my favorite duck. The Common Goldeneye. Here are a few pics. [img:center]  [/img] 
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 05:33 AM
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 03:21 PM
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4Weight
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Cool looking bird ! Nice job. I missed a set of birds this month down on the coast. The guide looked at me and said " You just missed a GoldenEye ! ". I was pissed 
Last edited by 4Weight; 01/24/16 03:22 PM.
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 05:01 PM
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colt45-90
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that's great, never seen one
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 05:18 PM
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Get that duck to avianarts, tel pat the beave send you
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 06:12 PM
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Spacemonkey
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Congrats. I just shot my first one ever this season as well. Beautiful bird!
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 06:19 PM
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Shawheel
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I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness. -Ted Nugent
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/24/16 09:11 PM
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I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning. ![[Linked Image]](http://i.imgur.com/AvUPi.gif)
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/25/16 04:38 AM
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calwidgeon
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Thanks all. I'm very excited about this!
The hard part is that I knew what it was before I had to shoot because of the whistling sound it made before I could see it. Just like all the books I had read described that whistling sound ... so I thought that's got to be a Goldeneye and then I saw the duck and as it was a bluebird day I saw right away it was a Goldeneye. I picked up the gun swung fast and downed him with my first shot. Glad it kind of suprised me from behind as I tend to shoot well on the instinctual reactionary type shots.
I'm just so glad I didn't miss as I knew what it was a split second before I pulled the trigger. Glad not to have choked. LOL.
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/25/16 03:39 PM
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congrats on a beautiful bird!! I was fortunate enough to have one pass by me at the coast a few years back and I was able to kill him. Only one I have ever seen while hunting. It will make a great mount for you!! 
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/26/16 10:47 PM
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Nice. I've never shot one.
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/27/16 05:17 AM
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Re: Goldeneye
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01/27/16 05:23 AM
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Pat at Avian Arts did my Goldeneye pair 
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