I cannot see your picture but I will tell you how to tell for sure if it is a drake. A mottled will have a black spot on the lower part of the bill right where it meets the face, a black will not. I wish I could somehow see your picture and then I'd be able to tell you.

Heres a good link with pics to tell the difference and notice the black duck does have a thin white line.

http://www.greglasley.net/motblk.html

Just make the tag on the plaque say... "Guess this duck"

It looks lake a "BLACK DUCK"....very dark colors and the bill is dark.

Thats a mottled duck...its a mottled

Mottle duck

its a mottle...its a dark one, but a mottle

Im not saying its a black duck, chances are its a mottle duck and I it probably is , but I love how many of yall are experts and say its a mottle duck without any prove or evidence to back up what yall are saying. Yes Ive never seen a blackduck killed around here but hey dont say it isnt if you dont have proof. Every website on the internet shows the white line being on blackducks too so without better pics explain to me how any of yall know for sure its a mottle duck.

The light brown etching on the feathers is to big. Black duck is a very small light brown line around the dark of the feather

How many people said they was esperts???





From what i've searched, all the pictures i've seen a black duck has a darker bill than the bright yellow like this one. I can pull pics from other forums if i need to prove what i've found it to be.

SHouldn't the taxidermist be able to I.D it?????

here is a link that explains it. A little better
read the "description"

Read again fool from ur website.....The adult Mottled Duck is 44–61 cm (17–24 in) long from head to tail. It has a dark body, lighter head and neck, orange legs and dark eyes. Both sexes have a shiny green-blue (wing patch), which is not bordered with white as with the . Males and females are similar, but the male's bill is bright yellow, whereas the female's is deep to pale orange, occasionally lined with black splotches around the edges and near the base.

All male mallards either mottle, black, or green head have the same bill.

"but the male's bill is bright yellow"

And by the way, Ive shot mottle ducks that were probably older than you lol J/J

Its a speckledbelly goose. Get over it! Buncha whiny babies. Sound like some little sissies on LAS. Lol. :thefinger:

lol, I was actually thinking the same thing!! This thread has turned into a legit LAS thread!!!

Its a panther!




Why does it matter weather its a mottle or Black, They all family...Brothers from another mother

Lol.suprised someone hasn't hounded him about shooting it in the first place. Hell, it looks like a snow goose/canadian goose/mottle/pintail/mallard drake/ wood-duck hen mix.... I aint sure

i did put this on las too lmao :grinpimp:

Aint it past ur bedtime little buddy ? :thefinger: :*****: :smokin:

fool the lady who does work for me is about 70 shes been doing it her whole life and good prices too... well any way this lady that has been doing this for centuries thinks it's a black also....