Ducks at a Distance download

[Tackdriver]

Hello
I just stumbled on a neat page for waterfowl hunters

Here is the link:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/duckdist/duckdist.htm

Anyhoo, it has pictures of different kinds of ducks in both the male and female species.

I think it is interesting, and helpful.

Im going to print off a few pages for fall use.

Down at the bottom of the page they have a thing where you can download all the pictures as a zip file.

 

[Redfrog]

Tackdriver, thanks for the link. The Ducks at a Distance booklet has been around for at least 30 years. I've used it in my hunter ed courses for that long. The pocket size version is handy as a guide in the field since it will fit in a shirt pocket. I can't believe they are only 3 bucks.

In the hunter ed courses , students seem to get most in a dither over waterfowl identification. They seem to get buried in all the colors etc.In fact color is probably the least reliable tool to use in the field in a hunting situation.

For hunters it is easier to identify a half dozen or so target species to start with, and don't shoot the rest. In time the rest will become more familiar even though you wouldn't shoot them.

 

[hoosierdaddy]

Thanks, I've been looking for this for a little while.

 

[mjr39]

lastseason i got a duck that was all brown it just happend to be hangin with the teals ,we shot and fell 5 or 6 birds and this guy got it to ,this duck ,the brown one was huge .what kind was he? thanks,oh he had no markings if i remmber correctly ,just a big brown duck