shot a northern shoveler

[total disaster]

I shot this bird tonight and I took it to get it stuffed!! these are a rare bird to shoot in NS so I am very happy and lucky to have got one

[RTF]

Nice. Congrats. How much did they charge you for that ?

[total disaster]

$175 (canadian)

[NS whitetail]

were did you get him Justin ? Up in the harbour ?

[total disaster]

yup just pour luck I got him too

[CBU93]

Not to bust your bubble, but around here, that is a scrap duck...we don't even shoot em unless we are hard up. Just goes to show how different regions perceive things. If you are happy, then great!

[fisherguy]

may be a non shooter there, but up here and the east coast they are very rare. I have never seen one. If i got one i wouldn't hesitate to mount it.

[total disaster]

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funny I think the same way LOL its funny how diffrenent places take totaly diffrenent pride in diffrenent birds

[sportsman2500]

a poor mans mallard. nice looking bird. i would rather have the drake to go with her. should make a nice mount

[huntn4bucks]

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funny I think the same way LOL its funny how diffrenent places take totaly diffrenent pride in diffrenent birds

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Sure is. Congrats!

[clayman]

My brother shot a real pretty drake shoveler this year, but his wing was pretty beat up. He almost went to the taxidermist.

$175 Canadian is pretty reasonable price to have your hen mounted.

My taxidermist here in Minnesota charged me $80 (US) for a flying greenwing teal drake and $100 (US) for a flying sprig drake a couple of years ago.

[Covehnter]

I've killed several hens but just cant seem to get a drake on the water, once i do he'll got to the taxidermist, they're a beautiful duck i think.

[clayman]

I'm not aware that he does have email. He's got a small shop and has about a two year backlog of work. We (my family) have used him for a long time but it's always a face-to-face experience for us. We drop off a fish or bird, talk with him about what we want done, and then in a couple of years he calls or sends a postcard when he's finished. Next time I talk with him I'll ask if he does any shipping options for folks who live out of his area.

[JupiterCoyote]

The drakes sure are pretty. They are pretty common down here.

kinda hard to see but the far right is a drake shovelor from last year.

[clayman]

Up in Manitoba this year, we shot several shovelers. Instead of taking them home, we decided to eat a bunch of them in camp.

We whipped up a quick bag of marinade (olive oil, Montreal Steak seasoning, diced onions...whatever we could find that looked good) breasted the birds and soaked them in the marinade for a day then cooked 'em on the bbq grill.

I tell you what, they didn't last long before they were comletely DEVOURED.

It's all in how you cook the birds I guess.