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Black duck #2998291
12/30/19 11:23 PM
12/30/19 11:23 PM
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So I killed this black duck, he has a little green on both sides of his head. You can see it in the first picture. I didn’t take a picture of the other side of his head but if you zoom in on the second picture you can almost make out the green on that side. He had about the same amount of green on both sides. I sent the biologist pictures and never really got a direct answer on the possibility of it being a hybrid. I sent hevishot some pictures and we talked about it as well. Just curious to see what y’all think.


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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998319
12/31/19 12:06 AM
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Could be. Good haul either way.


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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998395
12/31/19 08:06 AM
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Damn good strap! I have killed blacks before with a green tint on their head and as big as a Cornish hen. Rare harvest for sure, congrats.

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998493
12/31/19 10:03 AM
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Killed those birds in the picture plus another mallard Saturday and 2 more blacks, a mallard and 2 wigeon Sunday.

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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998649
12/31/19 12:50 PM
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Not a hybrid, just a faint genetic trace. I shot one similar on the crow creek soa hunt two years ago along with a another that had zero green, Blake Wilson mounted them together for me. Black ducks love that area for some reason.

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998780
12/31/19 03:31 PM
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I think I saw both of those birds at Blake’s picking up my pintails.

Re: Black duck [Re: WinstonVizsla] #2998787
12/31/19 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by WinstonVizsla
Not a hybrid, just a faint genetic trace. I shot one similar on the crow creek soa hunt two years ago along with a another that had zero green, Blake Wilson mounted them together for me. Black ducks love that area for some reason.


I remember you posting about that hunt but I thought you said that one of the birds you killed was a black/mallard hybrid.

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998811
12/31/19 04:11 PM
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Not supposed to be any iridescence on the head of a true black duck. There is a mallard in the wood pile somewhere.

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2998919
12/31/19 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by tbest3
Originally Posted by WinstonVizsla
Not a hybrid, just a faint genetic trace. I shot one similar on the crow creek soa hunt two years ago along with a another that had zero green, Blake Wilson mounted them together for me. Black ducks love that area for some reason.


I remember you posting about that hunt but I thought you said that one of the birds you killed was a black/mallard hybrid.


I thought it was at the time, then when I dropped them off with Blake he said a hybrid is species 1 X species 2, and the one I had was black X black with a mallard in the wood pile. Here is the original thread with pictures of them, middle bird had zero green, bottom one is the one I thought was a hybrid. If I knew how to post pictures I’d upload the mount, he did a great job on them.

http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2372823

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2999042
12/31/19 08:12 PM
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F2 hybrid

Re: Black duck [Re: WinstonVizsla] #2999050
12/31/19 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by WinstonVizsla
Originally Posted by tbest3
Originally Posted by WinstonVizsla
Not a hybrid, just a faint genetic trace. I shot one similar on the crow creek soa hunt two years ago along with a another that had zero green, Blake Wilson mounted them together for me. Black ducks love that area for some reason.


I remember you posting about that hunt but I thought you said that one of the birds you killed was a black/mallard hybrid.


I thought it was at the time, then when I dropped them off with Blake he said a hybrid is species 1 X species 2, and the one I had was black X black with a mallard in the wood pile. Here is the original thread with pictures of them, middle bird had zero green, bottom one is the one I thought was a hybrid. If I knew how to post pictures I’d upload the mount, he did a great job on them.

http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2372823


So pretty much a bird that is a few generations removed from the mallard involved I guess? I’d love to see pictures of the mount.

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2999199
12/31/19 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by tbest3
Originally Posted by WinstonVizsla
Originally Posted by tbest3
Originally Posted by WinstonVizsla
Not a hybrid, just a faint genetic trace. I shot one similar on the crow creek soa hunt two years ago along with a another that had zero green, Blake Wilson mounted them together for me. Black ducks love that area for some reason.


I remember you posting about that hunt but I thought you said that one of the birds you killed was a black/mallard hybrid.


I thought it was at the time, then when I dropped them off with Blake he said a hybrid is species 1 X species 2, and the one I had was black X black with a mallard in the wood pile. Here is the original thread with pictures of them, middle bird had zero green, bottom one is the one I thought was a hybrid. If I knew how to post pictures I’d upload the mount, he did a great job on them.

http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2372823


So pretty much a bird that is a few generations removed from the mallard involved I guess? I’d love to see pictures of the mount.


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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2999361
01/01/20 08:07 AM
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Hybrid. All day everyday. A lot of the blacks killed now got a trace of mallard in them. I would say second or third generation hybrid.


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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #2999805
01/01/20 03:18 PM
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Killed a few that looked like that, back when I was killing black ducks. I don't think I ever killed a true black duck, one without any white on either side of the speculum.

Nice strap by the way!


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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #3000073
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This was the strap from Sunday minus one black duck.

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This was all we managed this morning. Not much but I’ll take it over what we were seeing the first half of the season.

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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #3000224
01/01/20 09:28 PM
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I'm guessing these aren't Crenshaw County hunts grin? Congrats on some great straps

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #3000226
01/01/20 09:30 PM
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Here is the pair I killed last year that Blake did for me. There is a whole lot going on, and really hard to get a pic that shows it all.

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Re: Black duck [Re: crenshawco] #3000235
01/01/20 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by crenshawco
I'm guessing these aren't Crenshaw County hunts grin? Congrats on some great straps


All Alabama birds. The two gadwall this morning were in Crenshaw though.

Re: Black duck [Re: AU coonhunter] #3000240
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Originally Posted by AU coonhunter
Here is the pair I killed last year that Blake did for me. There is a whole lot going on, and really hard to get a pic that shows it all.

[Linked Image]

[Linked Image]



I have admired this mount since you first posted them on here a year or so ago. I don’t know the Blake Wilson fella but I’d love for him to do my drake and hen.

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #3000322
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My brother killed a hybrid that had a distinct green stripe on its head, I mean like a greenwing teal stripe. I’ll try to stop by his place and get a pic.


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Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #3002276
01/03/20 08:49 PM
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I don't even know why black ducks are so beautiful to me but dang they are cool ducks!!

Re: Black duck [Re: tbest3] #3004627
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Not a hybrid/cross

Re: Black duck [Re: AU coonhunter] #3004913
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Originally Posted by AU coonhunter
Not supposed to be any iridescence on the head of a true black duck. There is a mallard in the wood pile somewhere.

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