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Originally Posted by Rockyman41
I'm new to water fowling.
I don't have permission on any fields yet or a blind and decoys yet so I have been taking advantage of some afga land on the side of a pothole lake. I have had a little success with mallards and have seen a few geese. What I have seen in very large numbers are what I believe are buffleheads. The lake is covered with them.
Are they worth shooting? They seem small but a few of them would beat the one mallard I've got so far.
On a side note: what is the best waterfowl pocket reference book? I have been using my hunters ed book at the field and google at home to help Id what I have been seeing.
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Here is a website that you can go thru the list and check every migratory bird id. In fact there are all sorts of birds you can check out.
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/fram....html#Anatidae
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a great bird resource too. Has recording of birds too .
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Last edited by Red Bullets; 09-27-2014 at 10:51 PM.
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