Guest BLACK JACK Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Found this on the USGS website I thought it was pretty useful. Waterfowl Guide Quote
sdkidaho Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Cool guide - thanks. Also, if you want another good resource for actual photos you can look here. An online encyclopedia. I just happened to use it the other day to grab photos of all the ducks we have in our local regs so that I could start to learn to identify them better. They had pics of all the ones I checked on. Quote
tucker301 Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 I checked the Wikipedia link, and I don't think we have any of these ducks around here Quote
tucker301 Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 ...and finally.... Huntibus Succeedium Celebratus - (AKA - Antifreezum Humanus) Quote
sdkidaho Posted July 22, 2006 Posted July 22, 2006 Originally posted by tucker301: Targetibus Practicum Maximus Are those any good to eat? I can shoot 25 of those a day, so I'm assuming they are crap. Quote
tucker301 Posted July 22, 2006 Posted July 22, 2006 You know that old saying, "You are what you eat"? It applies to coots too. Quoting Wikipedia - "These birds can dive for food but can also forage on land. They are omnivores, eating plant material, insects, fish, and other aquatic animals. Adults mostly consume "pond scum"." Quote
sdkidaho Posted July 22, 2006 Posted July 22, 2006 Yeah, that's what I thought. Figures that the ones with the highest limit taste the worst. Ah well... Quote
tucker301 Posted July 22, 2006 Posted July 22, 2006 We watch them swim within feet of us and ignore them. They're usually so bunched up that you could get half that limit with one or two shots. Quote
sprigsss Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 sdkidaho, they are excellent eating. The legs are full of small tendons that get hard when cooked and are much like fish ribs. The breasts are as good as any duck and the gizzards are huge. Quote
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