Stalking The Wild Duck, 18th Century Style.

It is not the done thing old chap to shoot duck on the water! "What?" said the country boy, "they can fly!?"  An oldie but a goody. When hunting for food you don't shoot fowl on the wing if you can help it, it is a much surer thing to shoot them on the ground or on the water. This is the way it was done in the 18th century when hunting for food.



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Wood duck on Cattail Pond, Wychwood Forest, Armidale NSW Australia.

Wood duck. They have been known to nest in the reeds, but more commonly they nest in hollows in stags/dead trees. Here you can see the darker headed male on the left, and the female on the right.