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Which bird for the wall? #8530749 02/13/22 10:54 PM
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Bull Sprig? Wigeon with some extra white? Drake black duck? Banded green head? [Linked Image]

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Re: Which bird for the wall? [Re: Smokey Bear] #8530752 02/13/22 11:04 PM
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The pintail and the mallard. Black duck would be cool as well.

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Green head for sure, and the pin tail for me.



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I only have 2 ducks on the wall. One is the first duck I ever shot at the age of 8, a drake American Goldeneye. The 2nd is a drake wood duck. It I ever get a Harlequin I'd get it mounted too.


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Re: Which bird for the wall? [Re: ken starling] #8530891 02/14/22 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ken starling
The pintail and the mallard. Black duck would be cool as well.


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Re: Which bird for the wall? [Re: Smokey Bear] #8531038 02/14/22 04:16 AM
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Need a better picture..

If the blackduck is nice I'd go with that one if it was me...


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Originally Posted by ken starling
The pintail and the mallard.


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Do them all. No different than the expensive stuff our wives hang on the wall.....just better imo.

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Unless the sprig and wigeon are just remarkably stunning, I'd go for the banded mallard and black duck. But, why hold back? Get the whole strap mounted.

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Thanks for the all the replies men. The different opinions must mostly be due to what we most seldom see. For me the wigeon with the extra white is the best bird. Right on goose buster. cheers followed closely by the Black Duck Brady cheers topwater13 and HuntnFly67 probably have it right to mount all 4 cheers but I kill a lot of green heads and pennies.

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Originally Posted by topwater13
Do them all. No different than the expensive stuff our wives hang on the wall.....just better imo.



I would go with that. We don't have many Mallards here in South Texas so that is a pretty rare bird. I've never shot a Widgeon either but we do have them.

Honestly, In my collection I would mount the Mallard, Black Duck and Widgeon....I would only forgo the Pintail because I already have a big Sprig on the wall.


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Whichever one means the most to you.


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I like that snow top widgeon!! How do you know the black duck is a drake??

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The bill, they are similar to mallards in the drake/hen bill colorations.


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I vote the baldpate followed by the sprig. Both beautiful birds.

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Originally Posted by 2flyfish4
The bill, they are similar to mallards in the drake/hen bill colorations.


HMMMM all these years and I didn't realize that. Never have harvested one but have mounted numerous. I usually get them frozen, and they have lost most of the color to the bills by the time I thaw them. Thanks for the info

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Sprig for sure.

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I like that Wigeon

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Originally Posted by topwater13
Do them all. No different than the expensive stuff our wives hang on the wall.....just better imo.


That's funny. I have 14 duck mounts to the spouse's 0. I was wanting a pair of every species I've taken, can't afford to finish now, lol.
Get them all done or just pick the best condition birds. The greenhead would be a good consideration, I have no banded birds. The others may be taken later I would think.

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Black duck, you just do not see many of them.


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Originally Posted by 2flyfish4
Whichever one means the most to you.

My thought as well. I have always wanted to fill my walls with all the species of ducks I shoot, I pretty much got them all already. Bands I like to put on my lanyard, only have 2, but still I'm not going to mount a bird just because it has a band. But that is just me, its all personal.

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get all four mounted

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Originally Posted by topwater13
Do them all. No different than the expensive stuff our wives hang on the wall.....just better imo.



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Grew up in Arkansas and been hunting in TX for a decade. Still haven't shot a black duck, so this is easy. Plus I already have the others on the wall.


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