Al Hansen
Well-known member
Hey Steve,
Talk about a coincidence! I decided to start our duck season a little early down here in the southwestern high desert country. First thing I did was get my blind all set up. I just wanted you to know that I do like comfort and simplicity. Since it does get warm down here I robbed the fridge prior to leaving on my hunt and popped a cool one. Nothing like a frosty beer as in root beer!
The craziest thing happened to me. While I was reaching for my shells and before I could get them into my old trusty pump, I had a single Mexican drake come land in the pond.
Luckily I had my camera along. Without moving much to alarm him, I snapped a few pictures of this amazing looking drake. The good news about him coming in alone means that his mate is most likely on a nest full of eggs. John V, who is the head waterfowl biologist at BdA NWR told me that from the studies they have made on this marvelous sub-specie of the mallard, they bond much more so than other varieties of ducks.
Steve if you would take the time, please look at that beak of his. Now that is a perfectly colored Mexican drake beak if I ever saw one. In fact, this would be a great subject for you to use if you should ever decide to make a Mexican drake decoy some day!
I just thought you would like to see these pictures. By the way this duck had the time of his life just swimming all over the pond. He looked as if it was an effortless thing to do. As luck would have it, he decided to move on and took off. I stayed a while longer but then opted to go home. I had a great hunt with memories to last a life time!
Al
PS
I can hardly wait for October to roll around when our duck season starts down here, Steve. That time of the year up through the middle of December I normally see quite a few Mexican ducks. Then if it gets too cold they will usually head for Chihuahua, Mexico until the reverse migration begins. For them it is usually the middle of January. Thanks so much for this phenomenal decoy.
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Talk about a coincidence! I decided to start our duck season a little early down here in the southwestern high desert country. First thing I did was get my blind all set up. I just wanted you to know that I do like comfort and simplicity. Since it does get warm down here I robbed the fridge prior to leaving on my hunt and popped a cool one. Nothing like a frosty beer as in root beer!
The craziest thing happened to me. While I was reaching for my shells and before I could get them into my old trusty pump, I had a single Mexican drake come land in the pond.
Luckily I had my camera along. Without moving much to alarm him, I snapped a few pictures of this amazing looking drake. The good news about him coming in alone means that his mate is most likely on a nest full of eggs. John V, who is the head waterfowl biologist at BdA NWR told me that from the studies they have made on this marvelous sub-specie of the mallard, they bond much more so than other varieties of ducks.
Steve if you would take the time, please look at that beak of his. Now that is a perfectly colored Mexican drake beak if I ever saw one. In fact, this would be a great subject for you to use if you should ever decide to make a Mexican drake decoy some day!
I just thought you would like to see these pictures. By the way this duck had the time of his life just swimming all over the pond. He looked as if it was an effortless thing to do. As luck would have it, he decided to move on and took off. I stayed a while longer but then opted to go home. I had a great hunt with memories to last a life time!
Al
PS
I can hardly wait for October to roll around when our duck season starts down here, Steve. That time of the year up through the middle of December I normally see quite a few Mexican ducks. Then if it gets too cold they will usually head for Chihuahua, Mexico until the reverse migration begins. For them it is usually the middle of January. Thanks so much for this phenomenal decoy.
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