I think it says something about the region that I hunt in. We hunt the way that it has been done for many years. We hunt the way that we are famous for hunting. We hunt the way that we love to hunt. We hunt in green timber. When you hunt green timber about 95% of the birds that you kill are going to be mallards. Also, all of the really big bunches that you get in (100-10000) are going to be mallards. We can go to the fields and kill other stuff but most of the guys around here prefer to be in the woods. There is just something about watching mallards come in through the timber that is special to people around here. The last year I duck hunted seriously we killed about 3,400 mallards out of our hole in the timber. That year we hunted 24 guys in one hole for 7 straight days and we had a 96 bird limit every morning by 9:00. That's why the mallard is our favorite bird. I suspect if everyone else were able to experience that type of hunting then you would have a few more people throwing votes for the mallard. I think Pintails and Wood Ducks are the prettiest and I love killing Pintails BUT my favorite to hunt is the mallard. My problem is I just can't pull away from whitetails long enough anymore to go and do it.