re: Golden eye.. mount it?

Shooting a duck sitting on water = Arkansas wing shot ;)

Have I shot a sitting duck? Raises hand
But as pointed out earlier there are more vital areas exposed when they are flying (except when flying straight away).
Once place I hunted had shooting lanes set in the decoys so birds could land, get more than one lined up ..... but that was old school for folks that were raised in the depression and times were really tight.


Mount a hen goldeneye .... I would pass, they are common on Atl flyway, now a nice drake I would mount or mount a pair but not a hen alone.