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I've been hunting about 23 years and finally took my first 2 wood ducks yesterday. Both, beautifully colored drakes. Best thing was my oldest son was with me and my brother was able to get 2 himself!
The first two ducks of the day were both drake wood ducks. We each flipped our blinds open and shot one. Then the next flock that came was about 40-50 of them. mostly drakes. We each shot 1 more out of that flock. Then they just kept coming. My son had 5 drakes land within 5 yards of him and start feeding. It was a awesome experience.
Funny thing is later in the afternoon I was checking a few things out for deer hunting later this fall and walked by a slough that generally doesn't hold many birds and i looked down and saw a wood duck and thought, huh isn't that how it works. Years and years without seeing one, and there's one right there and now i can't shoot it. I already had my limit for the day. then all the sudden they started hopping off the trees and off the shore into the water and there had to be 2-300 hundred of the things. I couldn't believe it. Wish i would have brought my camera. The all took off and landed in another slough about 300 yards away. It was crazy.
Anyway, does anyone have any ideas for a good mount? The one was shot in the back of the head and the other had a few feathers come off its back and had both feet shot. I've never mounted a bird, so i don't know how bad of a thing this is. Wish they both could have had heart attacks from the shot and not had any holes, but it is what it is.
The first two ducks of the day were both drake wood ducks. We each flipped our blinds open and shot one. Then the next flock that came was about 40-50 of them. mostly drakes. We each shot 1 more out of that flock. Then they just kept coming. My son had 5 drakes land within 5 yards of him and start feeding. It was a awesome experience.



Funny thing is later in the afternoon I was checking a few things out for deer hunting later this fall and walked by a slough that generally doesn't hold many birds and i looked down and saw a wood duck and thought, huh isn't that how it works. Years and years without seeing one, and there's one right there and now i can't shoot it. I already had my limit for the day. then all the sudden they started hopping off the trees and off the shore into the water and there had to be 2-300 hundred of the things. I couldn't believe it. Wish i would have brought my camera. The all took off and landed in another slough about 300 yards away. It was crazy.
Anyway, does anyone have any ideas for a good mount? The one was shot in the back of the head and the other had a few feathers come off its back and had both feet shot. I've never mounted a bird, so i don't know how bad of a thing this is. Wish they both could have had heart attacks from the shot and not had any holes, but it is what it is.