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Old 10-28-2013, 01:26 PM
duncan4 duncan4 is offline
 
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Friend of mine was asking me if you can hunt bufflehead ducks in alberta n i honestly wasn't sure. looked in regs and online can't find anything. thought maybe you guys would have a quick easy answer for me thanks.
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Old 10-28-2013, 01:31 PM
Ryanpktaxiderm Ryanpktaxiderm is offline
 
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All actual ducks are huntable. Only non huntable water fowl are grebes, loons, swans, cormorants. You can shoot buffleheads, greater and lesser scaup, scoters, redheads, canvasback, both goldeneye species, ringnecks, mallards, pintails, both teal species, shovelers, wood ducks, and coots. As well as all geese.
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Old 10-28-2013, 01:32 PM
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thank you kind sir. problem resolved
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Old 10-28-2013, 03:47 PM
Jadham Jadham is offline
 
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All actual ducks are huntable. Only non huntable water fowl are grebes, loons, swans, cormorants. You can shoot buffleheads, greater and lesser scaup, scoters, redheads, canvasback, both goldeneye species, ringnecks, mallards, pintails, both teal species, shovelers, wood ducks, and coots. As well as all geese.
You forgot mergansers.... though most people don't target them. I see them on the eastern slope streams while fishing (along with buffleheads and harlequins... which seem to disappear come September).
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Old 10-28-2013, 05:17 PM
Ryanpktaxiderm Ryanpktaxiderm is offline
 
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True lol. Forgot them, which is funny as Ihad the luck to knock down a full coloured hoody drake two years back on chip lake.
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Old 10-28-2013, 05:27 PM
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When I first came here 40 years ago, I was hunting with a doggy friend, and I was identifying the ducks as they flew by, old squaws, ring necks, whislers, I'm sure you get the idea. Gary put his gun down and said "in Alberta there are Pintails, mallards and outher ducks" Don't shoot other ducks when you can get a limit of mallards.
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Old 10-28-2013, 06:38 PM
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Your friend Gary doesn't know what good ducks are Densa; Widgeons and teal are better than mallards by far.
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