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 Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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01/07/19 03:12 PM
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PoppinPiggies
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Hunted Friday, Saturday, Sunday and put Mallards, Widgeons, Gadwall, Teal, Speckled Belly, Richardson's Goose, and Ringneck on the tailgate! Heck of a weekend by anyones standards with good birds and great company. On Saturday morning we were sitting on the fence line of a large wheat field with the sun to our backs watching several thousand birds work out in front of us piling up in various spots way past our shooting range. Well we had a double swing wide circling to land on a group forming a couple hundred yards out on the wheat. We hunkered down as they were coming in to buzz overtop of us, shot both birds, I thought they were pintails and one kinda glided crashing a pretty good ways away into a flooded section of field. We let em lie for a while hoping more birds would swing wide over us but after 30 minutes or so the skies emptied of birds as they all seemed to be momentarily happy with grazing where they were. I got up to let my feet warm up and to go grab those birds while my buddies grabbed some that fell in another direction. I came up on the first bird and it was a mallard drake, which kinda confused me since I know I had seen pintail feathers on at least one of the birds. I kept going and when I got to the other bird, wouldn't ya know it, it was a freakin MALLARD/PINTAIL HYBRID!!!!!!! This day we shot the least birds out of all of this weekends hunts but it ended up being the most special to me. Now I just gotta figure out who's gonna mount it and how I want it done! Sorry for the long read but I'm still pumped!! ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/01/full-64071-173988-img_0902.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/01/full-64071-173989-img_0904.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/01/full-64071-173990-img_0905.jpeg)
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 Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7397694
01/07/19 03:19 PM
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twdjr
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7397701
01/07/19 03:24 PM
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cannon88
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7397726
01/07/19 03:39 PM
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Joined: Sep 2010
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Bluesea112
Bird Dog
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Nice bird. That is awesome!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: Bluesea112]
#7397960
01/07/19 07:25 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
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SnakeWrangler
THF Celebrity
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Nice bird. That is awesome!
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7397974
01/07/19 07:33 PM
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Posts: 19,223
Judd
#1 Creedmoor Fan
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Congrats on the bird, it'll make a great mount. Call Pat @ Avian Arts...that's who you want to mount it.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: Judd]
#7397990
01/07/19 07:48 PM
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PoppinPiggies
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Congrats on the bird, it'll make a great mount. Call Pat @ Avian Arts...that's who you want to mount it.
Thanks I'll look him up!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7397994
01/07/19 07:52 PM
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Duck_Hunter
THF Celebrity
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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: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: Bluesea112]
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01/07/19 07:56 PM
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LarryCopper
THF Trophy Hunter
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Nice bird. That is awesome!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: Judd]
#7398238
01/08/19 12:11 AM
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TTUGrad08
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Congrats on the bird, it'll make a great mount. Call Pat @ Avian Arts...that's who you want to mount it.
Plus 1!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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01/08/19 12:50 AM
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Bee'z
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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01/08/19 03:59 PM
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Whack n stack
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Congrats on the bird, it'll make a great mount. Call Pat @ Avian Arts...that's who you want to mount it.
agreed. congrats on a very nice bird!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7399474
01/09/19 02:01 AM
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texasdude28
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 well done on a unique duck
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7399511
01/09/19 02:31 AM
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nacgoat08
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7399556
01/09/19 03:09 AM
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MikeOH
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7400096
01/09/19 07:46 PM
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mdryg1970
Woodsman
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A great find and beautiful bird. Shot one I have mounted on my wall about 15 years ago except mine had more green tint to the head.
"Hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms."
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7400104
01/09/19 07:57 PM
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Cajun Raider
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Don't talk the talk if you didn't walk the walk.
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
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01/10/19 06:37 PM
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D Rogers
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~Dustin
"Life's complicated, man, like a dang ol' Rubik's cube, man. Talkin' 'bout blue and red, man. Dang ol' get one side, dang ol' messed up th' other side, man."
-Boomhauer
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7401054
01/10/19 08:40 PM
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DUKFVR
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Congrats! Very nice bird.
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7405271
01/15/19 04:57 PM
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PoppinPiggies
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Sent the bird off to Pat @ Avian Arts today. I'll make sure to post pics when I get the mount back!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7407542
01/17/19 10:55 PM
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TKandMike
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
[Re: PoppinPiggies]
#7769632
03/12/20 03:52 PM
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Well Avian Arts ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/03/full-64071-221692-aahybrid.jpg) just sent me this pic, I'm going to pick him up this weekend!
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Re: Once in a Lifetime Duck!!
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#7769672
03/12/20 04:34 PM
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dkershen
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Wow. Looks great 
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