Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    
    I've been trying to do my part to help waterfowl. I only try to take
    male mallards and instead of 2 woodies, just 1, male only. NO-BLACKS.
    
    Teal are o.k if you can hit'em.. Geese there going down...sorry....
                                                   
    Rick

      I've graciously decided to limit my waterfowl hunting this year by 
    concentrating on the geese and taking only a couple of ducks. 
    
    8*)
    
    Jeff

    I have been limiting most of my hunting to the "local" ducks here (Wood
    Ducks and Mallards) in Michigan, which have been holding their own 
    population-wise.  The giant Canadians are more numerous than ever -
    shot a 13 lb. one last season!
    
    RE .1 - It's a good gesture to leave the blacks alone - most people never
    see them anyway, and most of the ones that do get shot, are dropped
    inadvertently by hunters shooting into a flock of mallards.  It's
    pretty hard to id a black in the middle of a bunch of mallards,
    especially if you're wing-shooting (which is part of the reason I shoot
    over dekes).  
    
    Also RE .1 - I assume you mean green-wing teal (blue-wings are hurting
    pretty bad) - is anyone here expert in making an id (not post-mortum!)
    on green-wings vs. blue wings?
    
    John C
    
    

    
    RE:3
    
    That's why I only go after Male-Mallards. Can't see the purple field
    and greenesh feeton the blacks that well in flight vs female mallards
    blue field with white outline on wing and orangesh feet.
    
    Here along the N.H.,Maine, Mass coast we have three types of teal.
    The Green, Blue, and Cinnamon Teal.
    
    The green ofcoarse has a green field in its wing with a sort of a green
    stripe from its eye to the back of its head. The Cinnamon has a reddish
    rust head with a stripe and the blue has a blue fiield, but i forget
    the males head, I'd have to look it up.
    
    Rick
    
    

    
    RE:3
    Oh yeah one more way I forgot to ID teal, their flight pattern is very
    fast wing-beat with contracting and expanding flock in flight.
    

    RE .5 -
    
    Right, but Blue-wing AND Green-wing Teal Both fly like that, so how do
    you seperate the blue's from the green's?
    
    A place I hunt usually has a lot of Teal - they are a lot of fun to
    watch in flight; almost like a swarm of bees from a distance.
    
    We also have the 3 Teal you mentioned, although Cinnamon is not very
    common here.
    
    John C

    
    How do you seperate the blue's from the green's ?
    
    I don't really think you can in pass shooting. Just have to go with the
    flow and make a judgement call on weather to continue or quit trying
    for teal on that days hunt.
    
    Rick