Drake white mallard picture.

[tengauge]

sounds like a few people are jealous of your white mallard?? I think it is awesome, there was one flying around a lake i hunt up northa few years ago but never got him. Great duck and very nice photo's.

[KMR85]

it's probably a true albino. I saw an albino duckling in with a group of regular mallard ducklings with the mother hen. they may not be so rare.

[LABS4ME]

Can't be an albino... has color pigment. It can be a white mallard though... there is a name for something that is white, but not albino. It is caused by a recessive gene... melonistic? I can't remember for sure.

Good Luck!

Ken

[french_lake_kid]

Nice pic! I remember you sayn something about it in a different thread, what are the chances that that duck was the 1 you would get. Sweet

[Nate McVey]

Whatever it is, it is a great duck and a true trophy! Congrats!

[reddog]

Nice duck!, Whatever it is...

I dont know what this is. Dont care. I just thought it was cool, so I shot this pic.

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As far as I know, its still flying around.

[LABS4ME]

I agree! All trophys! That goose would be ultra cool to have on the wall!

Thought I saw a white honker the last week feeding in a field by my house... turns out it was a snow goose that hooked up with some honkers. 1st time I've seen a snow goose in a field in the east metro since 1993. I actually had a flock working a field by Afton and ended up getting one of those. Gave it to a co-worker for his birthday that day.

Good Luck!

Ken

Ken

[Matt Breuer]

reddog, you take that pic on the river in Brainerd?

Tippman, very nice, I dont' care what happened to that duck, or where it came from, it's a beauty! Congrats!

[jimbo80]

Your gonna mount a park duck?...wow

[harvey lee]

I have no idea what type duck or mix it is but I would say I wouldn't mind having it hang on my wall.

[Lunker]

Great duck, definite mounter.

And for all those saying "park duck" or "farm duck", how the heck do you know for sure? There are many many examples of animals in nature with albinism, pigment abnormalities, and cross-breeding. This duck looks like no domestic I've ever seen. Good job

[reddog]

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reddog, you take that pic on the river in Brainerd?

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Nope, North end of East Okoboji.

[killerloop1]

No blood???? did you net it?

[Powerstroke]

If you read all the stuff, he said he wiped it down with a wet towel for the picture.

I don't understand all the criticism. You're not trying to pass it off as anything, just calling it as it is.

I say congrats on the awesome bird, whatever they decide to call it.

[Tippman]

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Your gonna mount a park duck?...wow

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No blood???? did you net it?

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Are you people jealous or what? The duck was shot miles from any city in a marsh, not out of a farm pen. He flew in with about 10 other mallards, flying swiftly just like them. There was blood on his side and wing that I wiped off for the pic as I stated earlier and muck from the ground on his breast I wiped clean. I shouldn't even need to explain all this. If it is a cross between a wild mallard and a domesticated duck the chances of it incubating out and hatching, surviving to adulthood, flying away, and joining up with the wild mallards becoming one of them alone is a tremendous feat. For that I am proudly having him mounted.

[Nova]

Tippman, I agree 100% and congradulate you on your shot. I'd put that on my wall in a seciond!

[SD_waterfowler]

Here's another White duck pic for 'ya. Its a "blonde" pintail hen I killed in Saskatchewan last fall...pretty sweet.

[ChuckN]

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Are you people jealous or what?

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For that I am proudly having him mounted.

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I would be proud too! I would put that on the wall in a heartbeat. Congrats on that bird, I've never seen one in person, but I know these birds exist...I've seen photos myself.

That white pintail is sweet too, SD Waterfowler. I hope I get an opportunity at one some day.

[BeerHunter]

I saw someone in OUTDOOR NEWS

You Trying to make everyone jealous? I know i would.

[killerloop1]

No, no , no not triing to lessin the thought,,, I have a goose a lot less white but non te less a freak,,,,, just was thinking it was a ODD pic.... GO LYE BY YOU DISH POWERSTROKE,, I' ll speack to TIP 1 on one.....lol

[livintofish]

Tipp,

Ran your pics by a top notch bird specialist, here's the reply I got.

Looks like a white mallard to me. It's too small for a

domestic Pekin and too large to be a call duck. There are also domestic mallards, and some are white.

Coloration in wild mallards can vary, including leucistic (white) and melanistic (black)it could be mated with a tame duck or simply have an abnormal gene, genetic descrepancies often play a role in these phenotypic characteristics.

I think your duck is rare and spectacular looking, I keep hearing others talk about seeing them all the time mated with tame ducks but no pics. Well its hard to tell the characteristics from the air.

Basically what I think is it is an allele mutation on the gene that codes for pigmentation, in some cases (even in humans) the parents may both look "normal", but through millions of places where gene combinations and mutations can occur a rare combination comes up and looks like this duck.

[LABS4ME]

NICE!!!

Good Luck!

Ken

[Coach1310]

Not a duck hunter.....but that is one sweet looking bird. Congrats on your bird. Like I said, I am not a duck hunter, but if I shot it I would mount it...it looks awesome. Congrats!!

[Huntin&Fishin]

I saw that mallard pic, in the outdoor news last thursday.

[palisade1kid]

After hearing you tell me about the duck ,I had to come and find you with your pic.

WTG Brian,I'd love to see the mount when it's done.

Keep on hunting bud!