A first for me!!!!!

[Mudslinger]

I have never seen any in the wild, but as i type, there is a drake and hen Wood Duck on my pond. Sure wish I had a good camera and telephoto lens right now!

Beautiful Drake!

[bugleboy]

They are incredibly beautiful! I used to see one occasionally in the creek on my lease in Throckmorton county.

[Tomkat70]

That is cool, I have only seen a few here and there on ponds

[texasdeerhunter]

I guess I take them for granted here in East Texas. They are everywhere. Probably the most colorful and pretty duck there is

[Mudslinger]

NOW, I have 2 pairs on the pond!

[talltexasshoote]

NOW, I have 2 pairs on the pond!

You will probably end up with a group. They are one of the most social ducks. I have one pond near Tulia that has them on it every year. I hunt about 20 other ponds within 10 miles of there and have only seen them on one other. That was just one time. I shot a giant drake several years ago and creative critters did a amazing mount of him for me. Now I just enjoy them landing in the decoys. Mallards are way bigger.

[Killer]

beautiful bird for sure

[Geezy Rider]

Had about 15 of them coming up from a creek to my feeder every day last year. I loved watching them.

[smokeless]

Are you on the hill by the golf ball??

[AntlerCollector]

They are just corn bandits in East Texas. Beautiful ones though.

[Ishi&Elvis]

Put up some nesting boxes

[rjtkdplus]

NOW, I have 2 pairs on the pond!

Good time to put up some nesting boxes. They usually start laying in Jan/Feb.

[Cooper]

They are Beautiful Ducks for sure...my Favorite!!!

[PondPopper]

Not many ducks are prettier.. It's funny how things are... I've never killed a GreenHead mallard but I've killed more Wood ducks than I could count.. Countless drakes..
Heck I can have 50-100 Wood ducks in my backyard ditch(slough)from time to time this time of year..

[Cliff Dog]

We are luck enough to have a ton that live on our place. I have a feeder beside our lake and I think we feed more ducks than we do deer.