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does a ringneck hen always have a white bar across the bill? Shot a small diver this morning with white circles around the eye. Was thinking ringneck but no white on bill.

coondog wrote:does a ringneck hen always have a white bar across the bill? Shot a small diver this morning with white circles around the eye. Was thinking ringneck but no white on bill.

Pictures would help.

Mature ringneck hens have a band on the bill, juvenile hens don't.

Duck you shot probably a hen wood duck.

Or a grebe

Ruddy

It's a coot

Female bufflehead.

If it looked like this, tell nobody that it looks like this, and don't take pictures.

Did it look like this?

Surely to hell if a mans hunting he knows a bufflehead and a wood duck. Come on guys

Steele22 wrote:Surely to hell if a mans hunting he knows a bufflehead and a wood duck. Come on guys

Do I need to get the facebook "diver" post back out???

Lol. Might have too

NuffDaddy wrote:

Steele22 wrote:Surely to hell if a mans hunting he knows a bufflehead and a wood duck. Come on guys

Do I need to get the facebook "diver" post back out???

"some diver"

something wrong here, I'm in east tn and its 26. I looked in upper Michigan and North Dakota both in 40s

Goldfish wrote:

If it looked like this, tell nobody that it looks like this, and don't take pictures.

He has not responded back. I wonder if that is because he is taking your advice

Steele22 wrote:

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something wrong here, I'm in east tn and its 26. I looked in upper Michigan and North Dakota both in 40s

Wrong thread???

NuffDaddy wrote:

Steele22 wrote:

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something wrong here, I'm in east tn and its 26. I looked in upper Michigan and North Dakota both in 40s

Wrong thread???

This thread is in the blind so I'm guessing not.

Steele22 wrote:Surely to hell if a mans hunting he knows a bufflehead and a wood duck. Come on guys

Not necessarily. Not everybody has your experience gramps.

It was a wood duck hen. After I got home and got it out of the bag I figured it out. Thought it was a diver because it dove a couple times when the pup was after it. Im new to the waterfowl game and am hunting solo so I appreciate the help.

The Duck Hammer wrote:

Steele22 wrote:Surely to hell if a mans hunting he knows a bufflehead and a wood duck. Come on guys

Not necessarily. Not everybody has your experience gramps.

It appears you are right... This time, damn kids these days

coondog wrote:It was a wood duck hen. After I got home and got it out of the bag I figured it out. Thought it was a diver because it dove a couple times when the pup was after it. Im new to the waterfowl game and am hunting solo so I appreciate the help.

Yep, they will all dive when the dog is on their tail. I've had the worst luck loosing crippled wood ducks. If in doubt, chute 'em again.

Congrats and welcome to the addiction.

Not sure if I'm referring to duck hunting or the waterfowlforum. Probably both.

coondog wrote:It was a wood duck hen. After I got home and got it out of the bag I figured it out. Thought it was a diver because it dove a couple times when the pup was after it. Im new to the waterfowl game and am hunting solo so I appreciate the help.

All ducks and geese will dive from you or a dog!

The dead ones don't...

Haha. Wow. I will just keep my stupid questions to myself from now on.
Thanks to the few that lent a helping comment. As I said. Im new to the game. Ive spent the last 25 years running coonhounds and not much time for anything else. So im going from hero to zero. But im enjoying the hell out of itand having some good hunts, minus the fact that I didnt know a woodduck from a ringneck.

coondog wrote:I will just keep my stupid questions to myself from now on.

You can't do that. If people didn't share their stupid thoughts and questions on the internet, it would collapse from lack of use.

coondog wrote:Haha. Wow. I will just keep my stupid questions to myself from now on.
Thanks to the few that lent a helping comment. As I said. Im new to the game. Ive spent the last 25 years running coonhounds and not much time for anything else. So im going from hero to zero. But im enjoying the hell out of itand having some good hunts, minus the fact that I didnt know a woodduck from a ringneck.

Feel free to ask your questions just next time post up in the greenhorn forum. That will cut down on jackassery and net you the most helpful information.

The Duck Hammer wrote:

coondog wrote:Haha. Wow. I will just keep my stupid questions to myself from now on.
Thanks to the few that lent a helping comment. As I said. Im new to the game. Ive spent the last 25 years running coonhounds and not much time for anything else. So im going from hero to zero. But im enjoying the hell out of itand having some good hunts, minus the fact that I didnt know a woodduck from a ringneck.

Feel free to ask your questions just next time post up in the greenhorn forum. That will cut down on jackassery and net you the most helpful information.

^^^^^^^Yeah what he said ^^^^^^^^^^