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Drakes only ?
Posted by robins08 on 8/19/15 at 10:29 pm00
Watching a couple of hunting shows the other day and they were only shooting mallard drakes . We pass on divers unless it is real slow , but we shoot hens . How about everybody else ?
re: Drakes only ?Posted by WPsportsman on 8/19/15 at 10:32 pm to robins08
I shoot the drakes first but if a hen is in range and I got a shell or two left I'm shooting
re: Drakes only ?Posted by bossflossjr on 8/19/15 at 10:39 pm to bbvdd
Shooting drakes helps conservation. Shoot the drakes.
re: Drakes only ?Posted by civiltiger07 on 8/20/15 at 6:19 am to robins08
I have been on one hunt where we were picking out the drakes only. It was by far the best hunt I've been on at the lease. It happens just not that often anymore.
re: Drakes only ?Posted by Jerry Curl on 8/20/15 at 6:29 am to robins08
Over course you should only pick the drakes out. That should be 2nd nature when a group comes in, something you don't even have to think about. Shoot the green. Not saying we wont whack a Susie if one floats in and we feel it's going to be a slow hunt. But when it's on you don't. We have many a hunt where it's nothing but green, the way it should be.
re: Drakes only ?Posted by fishfighter on 8/20/15 at 6:49 am to bossflossjr
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Shooting drakes helps conservation. Shoot the drakes.
This on all birds or animals.
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re: Drakes only ?Posted by Larry Gooseman on 8/20/15 at 7:41 am to robins08
I've only done that on Texas coast while hunting pintails and redheads.
If a group of mallards comes in do people really start just start shooting willy nilly, with no regard to what's a drake or hen? That's nuts. I was taught as a little shite to always pick out the drakes. Hell back then if you shot a hen it was game over anyway. You could shoot 9 drakes then a hen. But shoot a hen first it was over.
re: Drakes only ?Posted by The Last Coco on 8/20/15 at 8:05 am to LSUballs
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If a group of mallards comes in do people really start just start shooting willy nilly, with no regard to what's a drake or hen?
Most people aren't on hunts where there are enough ducks for it to matter. You shoot what you can when you can because limiting out isn't all that common. Granted, if a large group of mallards are cupped and committed 20 yards away, I think every hunter would shoot green first, but if you have a small flock passing by and the best shot is a suzie, I'm shooting suzie. They eat the same.
re: Drakes only ?Posted by White Bear on 8/20/15 at 8:36 am to robins08
If its brown its down bro. If the flight allows, sure I'll pick out the fatheads. But here lately, nothing gets a pass including sawbills.
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