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Shovler image #9744283 04/08/15
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,781 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute OP Campfire Ranger
OP 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,781 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	Put this in the photography section as well, but thought some might enjoy this shot that Cookie caught last Sunday. Serious mandibles there, Last edited by 1minute; 04/08/15. 1Minute

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Re: Shovler image 1minute #9744380 04/08/15
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 8,573 Northwest corner of Louisiana W websterparish47 Campfire Outfitter
websterparish47 Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 8,573 Northwest corner of Louisiana	Beautiful!

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9744603 04/08/15
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,649 Sweden jpb Campfire Outfitter
jpb Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 8,649 Sweden	Sweet! The males is one of the prettiest ducks -- even if they do have a bit of a Jimmy Durante thing going on. John

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9745942 04/08/15
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker
Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ	Love the spring colors on the smiley drakes. There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9746157 04/09/15
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC Odessa Campfire Tracker
Odessa Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 6,284 Downeast NC	Great picture! One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge

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Re: Shovler image jpb #9746842 04/09/15
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,781 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute OP Campfire Ranger
OP 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,781 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA	JPB: Jimmy Durante? Boy, you must be really old. Good night Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are. Later, Last edited by 1minute; 04/09/15. 1Minute

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9747934 04/09/15
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,252 HUNTS Campfire Regular
HUNTS Campfire Regular Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,252	Very nice!

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9750340 04/10/15
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 9 B BrotherDucker New Member
BrotherDucker New Member B Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 9	awesome picture!!! shot my first shovler last season

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9750378 04/10/15
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,240 North Carolina W wilkeshunter Campfire Outfitter
wilkeshunter Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 11,240 North Carolina	Wow, very nice. We actually caught a few Shovelers in the Arkansas timber last year.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9808382 04/24/15
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 482 Wasilla, AK D duckslayer56 Campfire Member
duckslayer56 Campfire Member D Joined: May 2013 Posts: 482 Wasilla, AK	Very nice!

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Re: Shovler image 1minute #9843270 05/03/15
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,199 W. Pa. B basdjs Campfire Regular
basdjs Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,199 W. Pa.	Terrific photo. That would make a great model for a duck stamp painting.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9843426 05/03/15
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker
Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ	Has anyone here actually eaten a shoveler? I have heard they dont taste too well due to their diet, so have never eaten one. There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9846528 05/04/15
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 482 Wasilla, AK D duckslayer56 Campfire Member
duckslayer56 Campfire Member D Joined: May 2013 Posts: 482 Wasilla, AK	I've eaten tons of them. I get a lot of crap from my buddies as the guy who shoots spoonies. I don't care, it's a duck and I'm duck hunting so I'll shoot them. They're a little more gamey than other ducks, and by no means a wood duck or mallard. But I don't eat them by themselves, I just mix them with other ducks and can never tell which one is the spoonie and which isn't. On the other hand, I've eaten mallards and pintails that eat salmon roe all fall, and honestly, those birds are on the same level as mergansers! Quite possibly the worst tasting duck on the planet! The best tasting waterfowl in my opinion is the sandhill crane though. The ribeye of the sky nickname is definitely a fitting one. Last edited by duckslayer56; 05/04/15.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9851684 05/05/15
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker
Hawk_Driver Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,499 Sierra Vista, AZ	Sandhills are good eating. There are a bunch of them that winter here in AZ, I am going to knock a couple of them off next year. There is no way to coexist no matter how many bumper stickers there are on Subaru bumpers!

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9862620 05/08/15
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming eh76 Campfire Kahuna
eh76 Campfire Kahuna Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 52,680 North of Liberalism in Wyoming	Wonderful picture 1minute! Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9912898 05/20/15
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,093 George_De_Vries_3rd Campfire Ranger
George_De_Vries_3rd Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,093	Very nice pic! While I have seen them often at distance, I've shot very, very few; this is the first time I've noticed the eyes. Why the radical difference in the sexes?

Re: Shovler image George_De_Vries_3rd #9912908 05/20/15
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,093 George_De_Vries_3rd Campfire Ranger
George_De_Vries_3rd Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,093	Hmmm. Even a difference in the forehead slope to the "maxilla."

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9960738 05/31/15
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22WRF Campfire Tracker 2 Joined: May 2006 Posts: 4,058	The ones I have eaten tasted fishy to me. Nothing like a grain fed mallard.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #9963260 06/01/15
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,517 n.w. new mexico splattermatic Campfire Outfitter
splattermatic Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,517 n.w. new mexico	I think the drakes are a very pretty bird. This one is in the freezer, awaiting his turn, for a trip to the taxidermist.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #10016060 06/13/15
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,706 North Shore, MA K kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter
kamo_gari Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 14,706 North Shore, MA	Why would you even consider mounting a dirty, pin-feather covered, not even close to being in full plumage bird? Just curious.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #10016618 06/13/15
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,517 n.w. new mexico splattermatic Campfire Outfitter
splattermatic Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,517 n.w. new mexico	Cuz its the only one I've shot. Was hoping to get another,but hasnt happened yet, nor the trip to the dermist. Trap did a great job retrieving him in the fast current, so it has a good memory.

Re: Shovler image 1minute #10016724 06/13/15
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 1,014 Idaho M mbhunt Campfire Regular
mbhunt Campfire Regular M Joined: May 2015 Posts: 1,014 Idaho	Beautiful Italian Mallard!

Re: Shovler image 1minute #10035222 06/18/15
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killerv Campfire Tracker K Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 4,501 Middle Ga	cool birds for sure, just carved my first drake one this past winter.

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