January centex wood duck

I've shot plenty of wood ducks in my lifetime and it just never gets old. Growing up I learned to hunt by sneaking backwater sloughs of the Mississippi river looking for wood ducks, rabbits and woodcock. Fast forward 30 years and I am still at it, just a bit further south. My creek bottoms have had a decent amount of water lately and it brought in the woodies. I have never seen them this late in the season on my place. I grabbed the old 870 and went sneaking around the creek banks. I was able to jump shoot a nice pair and left the rest alone. I am thinking this guy is destined for the mantle, the hen for the roaster. I used to live and breath duck hunting but those days are past me now. This was my only duck action this season, and I am fine with that. Definitely worth the duck stamp.

John

Beautiful duck!

They are beautiful creatures for sure.

Coolest duck out there.

Beautiful

Will make a great mount. Beautiful.

Love the woodies my favorite duck for colors.

What a beautiful duck.

Hope to see a pic of the mount!

Congrats, that’s what it’s all about!

Awesome Duck

One of my favorite mounts

They are beautiful for sure. And I love the sound they make flying over.

They sure are gorgeous birds

My favorite duck of all. Love the squeal hearing them come in.

Very cool!

Thanks everyone. My good Friend Eric is a bird taxidermist down in Corpus. It will be in his shop by next week. He has done about 20 birds for me over the years and never disappoints. I'll be sure to post pics when it is done.

Beautiful

love to see the mount when it is done

Is Eric still doing mounts? I had several birds with him back a while, and they always turned out awesome.

goosebuster, he is. He is turning and burning all the time. I used to live down there and guided duck hunts for years. Him and I hunted together all the time. Here is a pic of a few of the birds he has done for me. The two woodies are from my farm in Illinois. The barrows GE is from SE Alaska, the others are Texas birds. Stinking carpet beetles got the feet on my woodies. Had to treat them last year to kill off the bugs. Found out the hard way to not keep dog food by bird mounts.... Hopefully I can keep this newest drake from becoming a casualty of the beetles as well.

Nice! He did a big blue goose for me, and a pair of mallard drakes coming in. I need to get with him and see about a drop off.

Woodies are awesome!!

Awesome display

Beautiful.