Hooded mergansers

Beautiful and fast

Congratulations on the pictures. Those are great

We’ve been doing well on the Mallards in Madison County. Can probably get you out there one day if you’d like. Shot 9 limits yesterday morning and had another 40 or so sitting on the pond yesterday afternoon when I went to check.

Eta. Great pictures. Always impressed with your photos

Love the pics. I’ve always thought they were a really cool bird. Sometimes those mornings you wind up just sitting and enjoying the beauties nature sends your way make for the best “hunts.”

Happy Sunday

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I know they are a trash duck but they are pretty cool looking when they are showing off for the ladies. Waited 3 hours this morning for some ducks and all that showed up were mergansers and ring necks.

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It may just be me but I am convinced there is something in the saliva of a Lab that turns Bull Pintails into Mergansers...I have had it happen a couple of times over 45 years of duck hunting. Damndest thing ever...shoot what is obviously a nice pintail only to have the damned dog bring back a merganser. It may just be the dog's idea of a joke...anything that constantly makes snide remarks about the shooting competency of the person who feeds it every morning has some character issues which would not rule out such behavior...

I know a guy in Truth or Consequences, NM who has a pretty solid guide service and about 20% of his business is people seeking a GOOD merganser for mounting purposes. Elephant Butte can be about as good as good gets for good birds but it also winters a HUGE number of mergansers and they are in prime plumage that far south that late in the year.