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October 10th, 2015, 09:59 PM
#1
A turn of events
So i decided to try a new part of a river to see if i could smack a couple of ducks. As I'm walking I find riverside what I think is a dead Merganser which i find weird why its there. I started hunting and managed a nice drake wood duck and a fat mallard. Seconds later I have a C.O question me and wanting to see my ducks and documents. After realizing everything is legal he tells me he's looking for some poachers that he had some complaints about. I then tell him about the duck riverside, and he takes it to investigate. Do you guys think the poacher shot and left the merganser or is it common to find these things dead. I haven't seen this bird before but I think its a Merganser what do you guys think?
Last edited by tom gobble; October 10th, 2015 at 11:15 PM.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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October 10th, 2015 09:59 PM
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October 11th, 2015, 01:26 AM
#2
Could be a common merganser hen. Plenty of people think they taste bad and I have found dead ones at the side of a pond before.
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October 11th, 2015, 07:08 AM
#3
So it looks like people shoot them by mistake and leave them.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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October 11th, 2015, 07:16 AM
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Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
Cintax
Could be a common merganser hen. Plenty of people think they taste bad and I have found dead ones at the side of a pond before.
No, it's a hen Hooded Merganser.
I've eated Hoodies many times, and found them much more enjoyable than commons.
-Nick
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October 11th, 2015, 07:43 AM
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Is it legal to shoot these things
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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October 11th, 2015, 07:52 AM
#6
Yes it is and they should have been included in someone's bag limit.....assuming they could have found it.
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October 11th, 2015, 08:10 AM
#7
I would of took it if I new how old it was.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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October 11th, 2015, 08:39 AM
#8
Could be a number of things. Could even just be a dead duck from "natural" causes (Unlikely but possible). Could have been a light cripple from somewhere else that died there. Could be a cripple that couldn't be found/retrieved. Given that it's a merganser though I think the most likely scenario is someone didn't want it to count, or just didn't want it.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff
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October 11th, 2015, 02:01 PM
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October 11th, 2015, 09:56 PM
#10
I saw a bit of blood near its wing so most likely shot. If something bit it, it would of been eaten for sure.
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, Teach a man to fish and he eats for the rest of his life"
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