Hey cool ~ I have a pair mounted. Look at the white side bars along the body and if you have 3 or more you have an older male.

They sure do make a pretty mount.

JW

I didnt know you could Identify age by the stripes. I wish he was still around to check. Now I really want to get a nice banded Drake woody!

There are alot of woodies around here i've shot probably 15 of them this year :) got 4 of em in the freezer to mount myself :) last year i shot my first merganser

You guys need to come hunt just north of the St. Louis area... woodies everywhere.

Nice bird!