bhick Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Here are a few pictures from my first ever duck hunt this weekend. My first duck was a double on a pair of blue-winged teals, and I got a nice bunch of rudy ducks this morning. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuma Archer Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Wow that is great my first ducks were a pair of teal as well. Way better than my first year of duck hunting! What part of the state do you hunt. I hunt the Colorado river near Yuma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhick Report post Posted October 7, 2013 This was in the Mountain Zone in unit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnie blaze Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Don't pluck a ruddy ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ANut Report post Posted October 7, 2013 Congrats on the double and your first duck hunt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted October 7, 2013 My first duck was a double on a pair of blue-winged teals, and.. Congratulations on a great start! Not easy to take down those the F14's, especially 2 of them! Were those both hens or was it a pair? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhick Report post Posted October 7, 2013 I think one of the teals was a drake in eclipse plumage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
43F Report post Posted October 9, 2013 bhick what did you use to retrieve? I was thinking about heading up next week when I have a break from school. I've never been duck hunting either and figured you are probably a good person to ask since you too just started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhick Report post Posted October 9, 2013 I was able to use my waders to get out to them, they weren't in very deep water. I also had a fishing pole with a big topwater rigged up to snag ducks that were father out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted October 9, 2013 />My first duck was a double on a pair of blue-winged teals, and..Congratulations on a great start! Not easy to take down those the F14's, especially 2 of them! Were those both hens or was it a pair? That's a drake and a hen. The one on the right has a much brighter speculum on his wing then the one on the left. Plumage changes, but speculums will stay the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted October 9, 2013 />My first duck was a double on a pair of blue-winged teals, and..Congratulations on a great start! Not easy to take down those the F14's, especially 2 of them! Were those both hens or was it a pair? That's a drake and a hen. The one on the right has a much brighter speculum on his wing then the one on the left. Plumage changes, but speculums will stay the same. I'm not questioning you, but do you think that applies when one could be a cinnamon and one could be a BW? http://www4.ncsu.edu/~csdepern/documents/WaterfowlWings.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhick Report post Posted October 9, 2013 I had a friend suggest they could be cinnamon teal, I have heard they are very difficult to tell apart while in eclipse plumage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
