Rookie mistake

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Iahawkfan2

Discussion Starter · Mar 7, 2014

Back when I first started duck hunting I was about 16 by myself on a small hole of water with some 20 year old dekes my uncle gave me. I hadn't seen anything so I dosed off for about 5 mins and when I sat back up there was a duck that had snuck into my decoys just swimming around them. So I jumped it...knocked it stone dead and went to retrieve my first duck. it was a drake wood duck. I didn't think much of it at the time as it was my first duck and just getting into waterfowl hunting I didn't have it mounted. Now that there's nothing more I enjoy than hunting ducks I kick myself wishing I had it mounted. Probably the best looking duck I've shot to date and wish I had the mount to put in the man cave. Anyone else have a duck they wish they had back?

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Delfate16

· #26 · Oct 1, 2014

I don't have a lot of regrets, actually. My father has done a good job of making sure I take the "important" ones to the taxy to be mounted. I have my first buck, greenhead, and turkey mounted. We would have mounted my first rooster but I blew him up pretty good as he sat pretty tight.

Currently, I have my first Canvasback at the taxy now. Very excited to get him back.

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