Bucket list duck this past weekend

[mfarmer]

High end hunting gear = high end birds

Wear that bass pro stuff, all you get is scaup and coot

Nice canvasback!

[ultrastealth]

Congrats! Are they rare or do you just not get them in your area? We have them on our pond regular but I've never shot them. Mainly because the wife says not to kill her ducks but the one Sunday almost got killed. Lucky for it the Cowboys came on and saved its life. Looking back I should have killed the duck and not watched the game.

They are rare where I hunt. No, I wouldn't call them a rare bird in general in some areas. The storm widgeon is either a color phase of North American widgeons or a cross between a Eurasian widgeon and a North American widgeon. A Eurasian widgeon was killed this weekend in the same area apparently. The difference is subtle, but it's the lighter head that identifies it.

[CabezaBlanca]

Congrats! That was one of the first ducks I ever shot. I had no idea what they really where trophy wise. Gave it to the guy I hunted with as I always do. Never shot or seen another one since. That was back in the late 80's.

[str8shooter]

Those are two really nice birds! I only have one Canvasback in all my years of duck hunting. Congrats. My next bucket list duck is a King Eider off of St. Paul island!

[Short Mag]

Very cool looking bird. Congrats again

[jdg13]

Awesome birds! Shot my first can a few years ago. Never got it back from the taxi. Had 3 come in on opening weekend this year and got one. Canvasbacks are very particular about where they like to be. Water and vegetation have to be just right. I was shocked that they came into a ratty ol marsh pond. Must've been the spoony decoys that got em That widgeon is something else!

[Mexico]

Beautiful bird! I've only killed one myself...

[stringmusic]

They are rare where I hunt. No, I wouldn't call them a rare bird in general in some areas. The storm widgeon is either a color phase of North American widgeons or a cross between a Eurasian widgeon and a North American widgeon. A Eurasian widgeon was killed this weekend in the same area apparently. The difference is subtle, but it's the lighter head that identifies it.

I wonder how many of those Ive killed because that looks like a regular ole wigeon to me. I cant tell the diff but they sure are pretty and fun to shoot!

[snappertapper]

I wonder how many of those Ive killed because that looks like a regular ole wigeon to me. I cant tell the diff but they sure are pretty and fun to shoot!

Probably none if you can't tell the difference. That one isn't full blown storm, but is whiter under the eyestripe than most. I wouldn't really consider it a storm.

I've seen 2 killed similar to the ops, but never a true storm.

[Chitchyaoutdoor]

The fastest ducks so I’m told

[Duckologist]

I wonder how many of those Ive killed because that looks like a regular ole wigeon to me. I cant tell the diff but they sure are pretty and fun to shoot!

It is a regular ole widgeon, not a storm or a eurasian

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[Mitchell8]

I never knew till now that I wanted to shoot a storm widgeon and see a picture of a storm widgeon. Very cool name.

[talltexasshoote]

I never knew till now that I wanted to shoot a storm widgeon and see a picture of a storm widgeon. Very cool name.

This is what the ones I have seen look like.

[talltexasshoote]

I gotta see this “storm widgeon”.


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This is what a prime Eurasian widgeon looks like.

[talltexasshoote]

This is what a prime Eurasian widgeon looks like.

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