Just When Things Couldn't Get Any Better...

Eric Patterson

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THEY DO!!

During this morning's hunt Thomas is blowing, whistling, and using every trick trying to get a pair of pintails (uncommon around here) in the spread and finally they commit. On their descent the sun hits one of the two ducks and I see a green head and say "Those are mallards not pintails." Then he and Patrick fire back, "It's a Pillard." and Thomas dumps it on the water's edge with a couple of shots. Patrick goes out to pick it up and his jaw drops. I've hunted 35 seasons and have never seen a mallard pintail cross until Patrick brought it to the blind. It suffered no real damage and is headed to Blake Wilson to get mounted under glass along with a drake mallard and drake pintail. Should make for a neat display. I told Thomas he was going to have a tough time ever topping this season.


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Park duck. Hahaha [w00t] [;)]

That is such a neat duck.
Congrats to Thomas. I know that I would have choked on the shot had i known what it was.

Tim
 
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SJ Fairbank said:
That's really cool Eric. Never seen anything like that bird.

I agree! Mark Rongers had a taxidermist that did excellent work, perhaps he will chime-in with a name...
 
COOL [smile] !!!!!!!

Two things (A) These are the days and times which hopefully overshadow and exceed, some of those other days you have written about earlier this year.
(B) Thomas appears larger in this photo than he does in your avatar,,,,,,,,,,,,, must be the camera angle.
 
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