justin boucher
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Anybody else get lucky enough to shoot a hybrid this year? Gotta mallard/ black duck in delaware
Hybrid ducks
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Cool looking bird, but doesn't look like any mallard x black I've seen. Not sure what it might be a cross with if not black, just different than the ones in my experience. Thanks for sharing your photo.
On second thought, I guess it is a mallard x black. 
justin boucher
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roy brewington
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Yea, i,ve killed 2 Black duck hybrids so far this year on river I hunt actually in past 2 weeks. That's not a normal place to find hybrids in past years. Our Bayfront is where Blk/Mallard hybrids are more prevalent. Each time they came in with a mate that showed no outward signs of being mixed with mallard.
Wyatt Russo
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Wyatt Russo
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Might be pintail/wigeon I think
We have years we shoot as many hybrids as blacks or mallards, but I didn't see one this year among the folks I hunted with. They are normally most abundant in the late season on the coast.
My first thought as well. Cool bird!!
First think I thought was pintail X wigeon. Only thing that made me think slightest possibility of mallard is the sprig starting to curl a little bit but nothing else really says mallard. Thats one of the coolest birds I've ever seen, I hope its headed for the wall!!!
Wyatt Russo
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Yes he’s going to the taxidermist for sure!
At first looks, thought maybe a pin x mallard, bu that white front looks maybe wigeon like. BEAUTIFUL bird. Ive killed 3 pin x mallard in my life time. Still looking for my brewers!
This one looks like mallard x Mexican duck to me. If we shoot anything that looks like this in the southwest, that’s usually what it is. The dark speculum in the wing though throws that off for me. Maybe mallard x mottled?
some hybrids, no bar mallard, and mounts over the years….
I’ve been on hunts where a nice brewers was killed. I found a brewers sitting next to a leg band, targeted that bird for weeks, never could get him in the decoys. I’d kill a brewers over a leg band any day. Cool pic anyways. Snow x Canada killed a couple years ago too.
For the life of me, I can’t find my mallard x Mexican mix pics. Looks just like the original post. Was going to post for comparison reasons.
I’ve been on hunts where a nice brewers was killed. I found a brewers sitting next to a leg band, targeted that bird for weeks, never could get him in the decoys. I’d kill a brewers over a leg band any day. Cool pic anyways. Snow x Canada killed a couple years ago too.
For the life of me, I can’t find my mallard x Mexican mix pics. Looks just like the original post. Was going to post for comparison reasons.
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