DeerandbearhoG

At 1st I thought it was a canvasback, but it looks exactly like what the DU site has pictured as a teal hen, but its much bigger than the other teal hens Ive shot (bottom pic) and it has no green in the wing??? oh and dont know know if you can tell in the cell phone pic but the beak is black and light blue.

cwsims84

looks like a Teal to me

DeerandbearhoG

Thanks, keep in mind the 2 top pics are the bird in question, the bottom is a different bird,what I believe to be a greenwing teal hen and is about 1/2 the size of the bird in the top 2 pics, and has a totally different beak, could it be a different kind of teal? It has no color at all in the wing, just black, white and brown.

JW

Brown wing patches makes me believe it is a gadwell.

Bill color matches although the pics are hard to see.

Say if you ever do this again take a wing and show the ful wing expanded as the color bars on the wing help greatly to run a ID.

JW

Ruddyduck

A question: why do you take a shot when you do not know what kind of bird you are shooting at?

DeerandbearhoG

Like i said, i thought it was a canvasback. What difference does it make? The only duck thats not legal to shoot in my area of NY is a harlequin, which that clearly isnt. It was my 1st duck of the day, so whether it was a canvasback, a gadwall, or a teal, or whatever it was legal. I dont hunt over deeks, I just shoot fly bys. The area is loaded with ducks and I just hunt for meat, so I dont feel I need to be choosy, I just make sure I only shoot my legal limit of each species.

goose caller

Everybody always gets all sensitive... =P

mallard stomper

It looks like a Drake Widgeon not in Plumage yet but also like a Gaddy

Ruddyduck

Those are some of the lamest excuses for not knowing what you're shooting I ever heard. Although the harlequin is the not allowed to be harvested the odds of seeing one in your particular area unless hunting on the coast would be near 0.
There are bag limits on species and not knowing what you're shooting at is irresponsible. Can you tell the difference pass shooting between hen mallards and black ducks? You could easily shoot a pair or blacks which would make you illegal.
My point is if you don't know what you're shooting you shouldn't shoot. You can bet the warden will one day and if you do make a mistake be ready to have you're gun confiscated one the spot and a citation written and not seeing you firearm again until you go in front of a judge to pay your fine and who knows how the law is these days , you might not get it back.

DeerandbearhoG

that was my point. I knew it was not an illegal species , I said It was my 1st duck of the day so I knew it was legal. Ha, Im lucky if I can hit one! Like I said, Im not shooting over a spread of deeks, im shooting ducks flying by. ive never gotten a double actually, and yeah Im well aware of the species bag limits. ive never shot more than my limit for each species, and I dont have anything to fear from any game warden. Ill admit im no duck expert, but I know the difference between most species at 1st glance within 40yds. I thought this was a canvasback hen, which was legal, but so is a gadwall , pintail, redhead, or merganser, so if it was my 1st duck of the day, how is that irresponsible if i know its a legal bird? why do you feel the need to criticize what others shoot? youre like the guys on the deer forum, who gives others crap because they shoot young bucks or what you consider too many does. If its legal why criticize?