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Goldeneye
Posted on 11/29/10 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 11/29/10 at 9:30 pm
shot a male goldeneye this weekend. first one i seen in my life and been huntin for 13 years and my pops been hunting around 35 years and claims to have shot one but im calling bs. thinking about getting him mounted because was told they were rare around here but the pops thinks its a waste of money. Anybody shot one in southeast louisiana? and is it worth mounting?
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Posted on 11/29/10 at 9:36 pm to duckgetter504
Shot one a few years ago, but we didnt mount it 
Posted on 11/29/10 at 9:41 pm to duckgetter504
pretty bird. Shot 2 last year, and 2 the year before that i can remember off hand. very rare though. We just lucked out i guess.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 10:10 pm to duckgetter504
Barrow's (purple head) or Common (green head)? Where did you kill the bird?
I'd mount it. I don't think they're very good table birds.
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and is it worth mounting?
I'd mount it. I don't think they're very good table birds.
This post was edited on 11/29/10 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:25 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
It's a common goldeneye. And I shot it in Lafitte Louisiana.
Posted on 11/29/10 at 11:30 pm to duckgetter504
And if I mount him, which I probably will, it will definitely be a table mount. Was thinking about a dead mount because I want one bad but I'm thinking it's to rare of a duck to do that with so im gonna wait till I kill a pintail to do that.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 6:54 am to duckgetter504
I've never shot one down here in 35 years of hunting. Have been out when others have shot one. I'd certainly consider mounting it so long as it's condition is good and it's not a young bird this early in the year.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 7:14 am to duckgetter504
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It's a common goldeneye. And I shot it in Lafitte Louisiana.
Mount that puppy!
Posted on 11/30/10 at 8:24 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
You have a picture of it? Those are pretty rare in Louisiana. A guy shot a female black scoter on my lease (SWLA) and we had it mounted. I didnt know what the hell it was.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 8:31 am to duckgetter504
Amazingly we had a feller kill a couple Golden eyes at our camp in Mississippi last year. But upon further review they were determined to be Scaup.. He received an F that day in duck identification.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 11:14 am to GCHunter
Yea I have a picture but I'm new at this and can't figure out how upload it? And when I noticed it was a goldeneye i decided to pop it on the water because I wanted to make sure it didn't get away and it wasnt that close prob about 60 feet from me so I didn't mess it up. Also it was just as big as the greys I shot and pretty sure it was fully plumaged.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 11:23 am to duckgetter504
used to see lots of them hunting the chef and what is now bayou sauvage NWR.. way back when...
and killed some in lake ponch. during the special "dos gris" season way back when we still had that.
and killed some in lake ponch. during the special "dos gris" season way back when we still had that.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 12:09 pm to choupiquesushi
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and killed some in lake ponch. during the special "dos gris" season way back when we still had that.
I remember this...and the point system!
Posted on 11/30/10 at 1:14 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I remember this...and the point system!
a quarter of a century ago... man i am getting old
Posted on 11/30/10 at 1:41 pm to choupiquesushi
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a quarter of a century ago... man i am getting old
One canvasback and you were done for the day, depending on the order it was killed. I think that's how it worked. I was just a teen when this system was in place.
Posted on 11/30/10 at 1:46 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I never used that system but from what I hear you could shoot an assload of ducks "if shot in the right order"
Posted on 11/30/10 at 1:52 pm to mylsuhat
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I never used that system but from what I hear you could shoot an assload of ducks "if shot in the right order"
yeah.. back early 80s pintails, grays, widgeon, teal, spoonies, dos gris and black jacks were 10 point ducks...
mallard drakes 25 hen 70 redhead 70 can 100.. woodie 70...
fondly remember some hunts in 81 and 82 with 10 sprigs...
83.. had a few 10 widgeon hunts...
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