Quote Originally Posted by hap View Post
Thanks, but what I really need is bronze mallard, and gadwall and teal flank... Some years I get enough to make it through but last winter I found myself buying bronze mallard for a spey tying class I taught... I never get a teal or gadwall old enough to have decent flank and I am living on birds shot decades ago...
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If I get down to the coast this year back towards Machias to hunt, I might be able to put a hurting on some greenwing teal, we used to clean up on them. Made for the majority of the birds we would shoot the first few weeks of the season. Most days we'd pluck the birds in the field so many feathers were wasted, but now that I tie a lot more I do it at home where I can take the time to save what I need. I'll keep it in mind though.