Just sitting on a rooftop in Katy making I guess a duck like noise....
AgTech88
WTF is this foul in suburbia?
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Last: 4 yr ago by SanAntoneAg
Not positive. Does it emit a fowl odor?
Mexican whistling duck, a/k/a "squealer"
Looks like a punhead
Have you had your vaccinations? That looks like the duck of death.
Mexican whistler. They're all over my parents' neighborhood.
Was on the federal duck stamp last year. They're all over the hood in Cypress.
rootube said:
Have you had your vaccinations? That looks like the duck of death.
Nah, this is the Duck of Death.
It is a black bellied whistling duck.
https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/black-bellied-whistling-duck/
Had a few on my game camera last week.
Also have one on my wall. They're beautiful mounts.
https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/black-bellied-whistling-duck/
Had a few on my game camera last week.
Also have one on my wall. They're beautiful mounts.
SanAntoneAg said:
It is a black bellied whistling duck.
https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/black-bellied-whistling-duck/
Had a few on my game camera last week.
Also have one on my wall. They're beautiful mounts.
Any chance they are like an exotic and no Closed season?
AgTech88
damnit I miss gene Hackman as an actor. crazy to think he is 91.
definitely not exotic. Native birds
Where'd you find one during duck season?
Never seen them here except during May, where did you kill one during duck season?
Got them all over the place here
I was in a group of 4 that shot about half of limit of Black Bellied Whistling ducks near Palacios. Also shot two Fulvous near the same place that are on my wall.Oruc Reis said:
Where'd you find one during duck season?
Edit for pic add:
Squealers are thick in the rice fields around Winnie every teal season but they're invariably gone by the time they're legal to shoot in big duck season.
Maybe if you're further south on the coast you'll have a chance.
Maybe if you're further south on the coast you'll have a chance.
It's usually only the first weekend or two we see big groups. The Fulvous are gone wayyy before them.
They like acorns and will hang out on roofs until traffic dies down.
Had a group grow over the years and would visit us like clock work in the summer evening.
Had a group grow over the years and would visit us like clock work in the summer evening.
Suppose I was an idiot. Suppose I was a member of congress. But, I repeat myself.
AgTech88 said:SanAntoneAg said:
It is a black bellied whistling duck.
https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/black-bellied-whistling-duck/
Had a few on my game camera last week.
Also have one on my wall. They're beautiful mounts.
Any chance they are like an exotic and no Closed season?
No dice on that. Natives.
Only true "tree nesting" duck. Note: not "cavity nesting". Closer related to swans than ducks.
Oruc Reis said:
Where'd you find one during duck season?
I've killed them at Choke. Also on the upper Laguna.
One evening my daughter and I were on a spoil in the upper Laguna picking up dekes following a slow evening hunt. Lots of these ducks hang out in Flour Bluff and a flock wanted to be on that spoil. My daughter killed a mature one with great plumage, it made a trip to the taxi.
Oh and they are one of the best eating ducks, too.
AgTech88 said:
Just sitting on a rooftop in Katy making I guess a duck like noise....
Um if it looks like a duck AND quacks like a duck
They roost on the power lines at night almost year round near our house in West Houston. They nest in tree cavities and then take their ducklings down to the local retention ponds or Langham Creek, whichever is closest.
SanAntoneAg said:Oruc Reis said:
Where'd you find one during duck season?
I've killed them at Choke. Also on the upper Laguna.
One evening my daughter and I were on a spoil in the upper Laguna picking up dekes following a slow evening hunt. Lots of these ducks hang out in Flour Bluff and a flock wanted to be on that spoil. My daughter killed a mature one with great plumage, it made a trip to the taxi.
Oh and they are one of the best eating ducks, too.
I was going to suggest the Laguna Madre, Choke, or Mathis as a place to catch them during the season.
Nah Choke wouldn't be a good choice. Very few ducks there. Pretty much a dump of a lake. I wouldn't waste my time there.
the 2,460,436 shots fired while I was fishing says otherwise.......unless they are just bad shots
AKA Tree Duck
Blue Duck is the "Duck of Death" don't you guys no anything!!
Col. A 1976
SanAntoneAg said:Oruc Reis said:
Where'd you find one during duck season?
I've killed them at Choke. Also on the upper Laguna.
One evening my daughter and I were on a spoil in the upper Laguna picking up dekes following a slow evening hunt. Lots of these ducks hang out in Flour Bluff and a flock wanted to be on that spoil. My daughter killed a mature one with great plumage, it made a trip to the taxi.
Oh and they are one of the best eating ducks, too.
I've had multiple people tell me that. Especially the ones who have been able to bag one hanging out in the rice fields around Winnie. They're fattened up on rice and supposed to be really tasty.
As an aside, any duck hanging out in the rice fields and eating mostly rice is likely to be pretty damn good eating. If the fat is white they're going to taste good. Orange fat is a a gumbo duck.
Oh that's the 5 Gun ranges up by the 99 boat ramp. Nothing to see here, move along.
My kids call them "Roof Ducks". We see them occasionally in DFW area.
We have six or eight living in the top of our palm tree. They hang out on the roof every evening before they go to their nest.
Interested in getting into the these myself. Would you recommend that I high-fence and stock?SanAntoneAg said:
It is a black bellied whistling duck.
https://txtbba.tamu.edu/species-accounts/black-bellied-whistling-duck/
Had a few on my game camera last week.
Also have one on my wall. They're beautiful mounts.
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