Canvasbacks

[SilentBirdHunter]

Been seeing quite a few Canvasbacks on my morning hiking route here in Montana.

 

[Nick87]

Never seem one in the flesh here. Would love to hunt them someday.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Big Drake Cans are badass. Use to hunt them a ton on big water.

 

[seeth07]

Never seem one in the flesh here. Would love to hunt them someday.

You aren't exactly far from the mecca of can hunting...

 

[Nick87]

You aren't exactly far from the mecca of can hunting...

There's a better spot not known by many. Some day.

 

[WildWill]

I'll see them every now and again around here but it's pretty rare .

 

[Bluffgruff]

In the days of a 2 can limit, I found quite a few in rafts of redheads and blue bills on big water in a little kayak. That mallard must have been lost.

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

In the days of a 2 can limit, I found quite a few in rafts of redheads and blue bills on big water in a little kayak. That mallard must have been lost.

It is still a 2-can limit (6 in possession) up in interior Alaska, but since the season opens Sept 1 and freeze up is
typically early to mid October, we rarely see them as colored up as those two drakes in Colorado.

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

I hike a refuge every morning and on the hike back to the pickup,
I pick up litter. This drake can was curious about my white litter bag.
Unfortunately there was not enough light in the early morning.

 

[mdhunter]

There is nothing like hunting canvasbacks late season on the Chesapeake. My favorite bird…

 

[Gellar]

On my walk this morning I heard a bird I haven’t heard in at least 10 years around here! A bird that you very rarely see, but its call says its name! A whip poor will! I think it’s my favorite night bird I’ve heard. It’s just a cheery little sound in the dark forest! I was able to get sound of it but I don’t have the first clue as to how to post that.

 

[Nicoli7153]

The King of ducks! During the market hunting days they brought the most money. A page from "The Outlaw Gunner" Harry M. Walsh

 

[mdcrossbow]

Back in the late 60s early 70s you could shoot 10 canvasbacks a day on the eastern shore MD. DNR finally figured out the canvasbacks were all but gone and placed a do not shot on them. Not sure what the limit is now but I think it's one per season. Just in the past few years did the DNR open them up.

 

[mdhunter]

I have a couple on my wall.

 

[seeth07]

The King of ducks! During the market hunting days they brought the most money. A page from "The Outlaw Gunner" Harry M. Walsh View attachment 324029

@jrabq look at how much a coot would fetch!

 

[thusby]

Seems launching a 6 gauge at a pod of coots would be the most profitable option.

 

[jrabq]

@jrabq look at how much a coot would fetch!

Sorry, those are not your coots, they are scoters, called "coots" by the northeasterners. But I thought about you when I saw that

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

Seems launching a 6 gauge at a pod of coots would be the most profitable option.

Coots

 

[txco]

Ive got a decent duck collection. I hope one day to get a can, a bufflehead and full plume blue teal. Ive missed a few cans sadly. I dont know if Ill ever go hunt eiders.

 

[glass eye]

I pass on a lot of birds, good birds, but it’s hard to pass on Cans.