Posted By: Toledo
Spoonbills? - 01/10/15 03:05 AM
Shot these this morning. They had wide beaks. Is this what they call a spoonbill duck?
Spoonbills?
Posted By: BradyBuck
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 03:11 AM
You lucky dog!
I might have seen a cinnamon one time on one of our places but never while hunting.
You getting one mounted?
I might have seen a cinnamon one time on one of our places but never while hunting.
You getting one mounted?
Posted By: Cody Malone
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 03:16 AM
Awesome!
Posted By: TXPride
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 03:17 AM
I'm willing to wager this wasn't in Texas.
Posted By: Roc
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 03:25 AM
I bet not in texas. No way. I can see one that is lost but not a whole group. Mexico. Where I will be headed in Feb. to get mine.
Posted By: quackaholic1
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 03:43 AM
Cinnamon teal
Posted By: 4Weight
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 03:50 AM
Nope those are spoonies you can tell by the wing color too. Those are beautiful. I would mount one for sure.
Posted By: brazosboyt
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 04:20 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if it's in tx. I saw 3 on my pond today when I was scouting. They summer and winter with spoonbills in Utah and Colorado. Not unreasonable to jump over a flyway. I've shot 5 in tx over the last 4 years. I broke rule #1 today-always scout with a gun!!! Or i'd have a couple more. Every one I've seen here has been with spoonies.
Posted By: SpoonPlatoon
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 12:48 PM
Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Nope those are spoonies you can tell by the wing color too. Those are beautiful. I would mount one for sure.
Man I hope your joking
Posted By: nacgoat08
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 12:53 PM
Mount one?? Don't limit yourself!
Posted By: 4Weight
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 02:19 PM
Originally Posted By: SpoonPlatoon
Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Nope those are spoonies you can tell by the wing color too. Those are beautiful. I would mount one for sure.
Man I hope your joking
Just my opinion but I am an absolute amateur at duck hunting but getting into it. Are those Teal? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I shot a drake spoon 2 weeks ago with that same wing color but not cinnamon like that. Thanks
Posted By: huck18
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 02:56 PM
Yes they are cinnamon teal. Pretty rare in Texas.
Posted By: TXPride
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 04:02 PM
Originally Posted By: brazosboyt
I wouldn't be surprised if it's in tx. I saw 3 on my pond today when I was scouting. They summer and winter with spoonbills in Utah and Colorado. Not unreasonable to jump over a flyway. I've shot 5 in tx over the last 4 years. I broke rule #1 today-always scout with a gun!!! Or i'd have a couple more. Every one I've seen here has been with spoonies.
Yeah but 5 in one hunt?
Regardless of where it was, congrats on a nice bag of birds
Posted By: Toledo
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 04:21 PM
Aight, so they arent spoonies. But they were killed near College Station. Shot a juvy two weeks ago, another juvy last week, and got the whole flock of five yesterday.
Posted By: TXPride
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 07:02 PM
Atta boy, congrats. Go buy some lottery tickets.
Posted By: NTX Waterfowl
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 07:34 PM
Originally Posted By: TXPride
Atta boy, congrats. Go buy some lottery tickets.
No lie...
That is very cool (and I like the way you posted it). Congrats!
Posted By: elcasador
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 08:03 PM
Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Originally Posted By: SpoonPlatoon
Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Nope those are spoonies you can tell by the wing color too. Those are beautiful. I would mount one for sure.
Man I hope your joking
Just my opinion but I am an absolute amateur at duck hunting but getting into it. Are those Teal? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I shot a drake spoon 2 weeks ago with that same wing color but not cinnamon like that. Thanks
4weight, Delta Waterfowl has some great quizzes on waterfowl identification. It defiantly helped me brush up on my ID
http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/quizzes.html
to the OP!
Posted By: Cody Malone
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 08:17 PM
Awesome!
Posted By: Teamjefe
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 08:32 PM
In 2012 we killed 29 cinnamon teal at our wetlands near El Campo. We were shooting at least one per hunt for a while and one day had so many that we cleaned and ate them! It was crazy!! Haven't seen one since
Posted By: MAJKF
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/10/15 09:27 PM
Posted By: 4Weight
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/11/15 03:57 AM
P
Man I hope your joking
Just my opinion but I am an absolute amateur at duck hunting but getting into it. Are those Teal? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I shot a drake spoon 2 weeks ago with that same wing color but not cinnamon like that. Thanks
4weight, Delta Waterfowl has some great quizzes on waterfowl identification. It defiantly helped me brush up on my ID
http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/quizzes.html
to the OP!
That's great man thank you very much! I will use it
Originally Posted By: elcasador
Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Originally Posted By: SpoonPlatoon
Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Nope those are spoonies you can tell by the wing color too. Those are beautiful. I would mount one for sure.
Man I hope your joking
Just my opinion but I am an absolute amateur at duck hunting but getting into it. Are those Teal? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I shot a drake spoon 2 weeks ago with that same wing color but not cinnamon like that. Thanks
4weight, Delta Waterfowl has some great quizzes on waterfowl identification. It defiantly helped me brush up on my ID
http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/quizzes.html
to the OP! That's great man thank you very much! I will use it
Posted By: Fowlman
Re: Spoonbills? - 01/11/15 11:11 PM
Wow! That's awesome. 
Posted By: Blue drake
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/11/15 11:32 PM
Awesome. Congrats
Posted By: ndhunter
Re: Spoonbills? - 01/12/15 12:55 AM
Wow
Beautiful color
Beautiful color
Posted By: SpoonPlatoon
Re: Spoonbills? - 01/12/15 03:01 AM
4weight - just for future reference spoons, Blue wing teal, and cinnamon teal all have almost identical wings. The only way to tell the wings apart is the color of the rachis (the hard let running the length of the feather). I believe teals are white while a spoons are black.
Posted By: mohunter
Re: Spoonbills? - 01/12/15 01:23 PM
You are one lucky man.
Posted By: Greekangler
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/12/15 10:25 PM
I call bs on pic. Barnyard grass is not green right now
Maybe if an Aggie planted it.
Awesome birds- shot 2 in 20 years- same day north Texas.
Congrats
Maybe if an Aggie planted it.
Awesome birds- shot 2 in 20 years- same day north Texas.
Congrats
Posted By: fowlslayer11
Re: Blind hog and all that - 01/13/15 12:17 AM
Nice, nice cinnamon. Had 1 group decoy this year just before shooting time, and that's all we've seen.