Eider shot on North long ( Brainerd MN)

[Todd Caswell]

Saw the pictures today of a Drake Eider shot 2 weeks ago on North long lake just north of Brainerd MN, cool looking bird and for sure an Eider...

[life=outdoors92]

are the pictures on the internet?

[Todd Caswell]

I'm not sure The guy that shot is was Tim anderson, I saw the pictures from a neibor that hunts almost every day on the South point between the main lake and the 371 bay...

[Muskie456]

I killed a hen Eider just south of Leech Lake about 15 years ago. Came in as a single

[fishuhalik]

never seen an eider, although i probably wouldnt know it if i saw it. weirdest duck i've seen was a big drake blackduck. my dad & i jumped about 500 mallards out of a beaver pond and he picked it out of the flock. pretty cool, shoulda mounted it...

[Matt Breuer]

Crazy to hear about a sea duck that far south. Hear stories of piles of them moving through LOW along with scoters.

Blackduck's were pretty common to see around NW MN when I was a kid. Been about 5 years since I've seen one now...

[bmc]

I know a guy who shot 6-8 long tail (old squaw) ducks on a lake here by Deer River a couple of years ago.

I've seen scoters up on Bowstring before too.

Cool!!!

Brian

[muzzy]

Hey Todd, I think the duck you are talking about might actually be an Old Squaw...joint effort shot between Tim Anderson's son and friend Shon. My buddy Shon texted me a pic that morning wondering what the heck it was...I had to look it up...I'm not used to sea ducks so I was pretty baffled...I forgot what it was but there is a reason for their funny expressions in the pic!

[Superduty]

Definitely an Old Squaw. Where the heck did that name come from anyway?

[sdsufowler]

That pic is pretty sweet! Back in college in Brookings, sd a good friend of mine shot a hen longtail which he had mounted. I guess from what I heard from a biologist is that the occurence of seeing one is one sighting a year in our area. Beatiful bird.

[SandPoint]

The name came from the sounds they make

[Todd Caswell]

Hey Todd, I think the duck you are talking about might actually be an Old Squaw...joint effort shot between Tim Anderson's son and friend Shon. My buddy Shon texted me a pic that morning wondering what the heck it was...I had to look it up...I'm not used to sea ducks so I was pretty baffled...I forgot what it was but there is a reason for their funny expressions in the pic!

Thank you that is the pic that I was shown, just the wrong info or wrong translation, I have never hunted sea ducks either. Either way a pretty cool bird. So it was not an Eider but an OLD Squaw

[luckycrank]

That pic is pretty sweet! Back in college in Brookings, sd a good friend of mine shot a hen longtail which he had mounted. I guess from what I heard from a biologist is that the occurence of seeing one is one sighting a year in our area. Beatiful bird.

I took a hen in lesuer county yesterday seen plenty of scoters this year as well

[sdsufowler]

Was it off Volney? I talked to a guy earlier this week that seen one out there.