This has got to be the biggest mallard I have ever seen. I shot it yesterday and he had 4 curls. The one on the left is one i shot a week ago and had in the freezer.
A true black/mallard hybrid!ohioboy said:He looks hung too..... :shades:
Yep...I agree...th' SLONG tells da' truth!!! :lol: :grooving:rebelp74 said:A true black/mallard hybrid!ohioboy said:He looks hung too..... :shades:
Sorry bud, but that mallard is either a farm duck or he is OVER 15 yrs old. Mallards live to be like 20...i killed one like that earlier this season and he was pushin 5lbs and dwarfed a normal mallard, funny thing about that duck is that i was only 600yds from a park LOADED with mallards :biggrin:casprig said:I believe he is just a mature, wild, drake mallard. Probably nearing 4 years old and has survived the gauntlet of his lifetime. Put him on the wall. Nice bird!
We get a couple of birds like that every year. A friend got one this year that weighted 6lbs 5oz. And no, they are not farm ducks, assuming you're talking about a cross between a standard white Peking duck and a wild mallard. Whenever that cross occurs, the bird will generally exhibit the plummage of both species, but it also has a high tendancy of inheriting the flightless capabilities of the Peking duck. Long Island was a hotbed of duck farms not all that many years ago. Most farms were located on the south shore bays, but a few were on inland ponds and lakes. We used to shoot blackbirds and starlings at some of these farms. They were considered pest birds, and the farmers appreciated us taking care of them. We used to see a lot of mallard domestic crossing going on. But in every case that we ever saw, the birds could not fly.Duck Collector said:Sorry bud, but that mallard is either a farm duck or he is OVER 15 yrs old. Mallards live to be like 20...i killed one like that earlier this season and he was pushin 5lbs and dwarfed a normal mallard, funny thing about that duck is that i was only 600yds from a park LOADED with mallards :biggrin:casprig said:I believe he is just a mature, wild, drake mallard. Probably nearing 4 years old and has survived the gauntlet of his lifetime. Put him on the wall. Nice bird!
Pekin ducks are white, a mallard crossed with one would be extremely obvious. Rouen ducks on the other hand look identical to mallards and while they cannot fly they average close to 10 pounds. 6 lb pure strain wild mallards do not exist, it's as simple as that. If you're shooting 6 lb mallards they are almost indefinitely a hybrid with a Rouen. I believe Pacific Eiders are the only North American duck that reaches 6 pounds.Frank Lopez said:We get a couple of birds like that every year. A friend got one this year that weighted 6lbs 5oz. And no, they are not farm ducks, assuming you're talking about a cross between a standard white Peking duck and a wild mallard. Whenever that cross occurs, the bird will generally exhibit the plummage of both species, but it also has a high tendancy of inheriting the flightless capabilities of the Peking duck. Long Island was a hotbed of duck farms not all that many years ago. Most farms were located on the south shore bays, but a few were on inland ponds and lakes. We used to shoot blackbirds and starlings at some of these farms. They were considered pest birds, and the farmers appreciated us taking care of them. We used to see a lot of mallard domestic crossing going on. But in every case that we ever saw, the birds could not fly.Duck Collector said:Sorry bud, but that mallard is either a farm duck or he is OVER 15 yrs old. Mallards live to be like 20...i killed one like that earlier this season and he was pushin 5lbs and dwarfed a normal mallard, funny thing about that duck is that i was only 600yds from a park LOADED with mallards :biggrin:casprig said:I believe he is just a mature, wild, drake mallard. Probably nearing 4 years old and has survived the gauntlet of his lifetime. Put him on the wall. Nice bird!
Come the really cold weather around here, is when we generally get those big, old, Canadian red legs that tip the scales over 6 lbs.
Frank
No, it started as a wild mallard, but it and the mallards in its flock started to mooch of of the food that the lady fed the white ducks. Plus the owner said that he didn't want the mallards taking tke food from the tame ones so we took care of it when they flew into our decoys. :thumbsup:Rick Hall said:So you shot an old lady's pet duck?