Dove season is about to start, along with early season goose and teal. What feathers do you normally seek from hunters, and what patterns are good to tie with them?
Both the drake and hen bufflehead have killer feathers and are fun as hell to hunt. Woodducks as well as drake hooded mergansers have some great feathers depending on what your tying. I will post a play by play of some ducks I shot last season, including the skining and tanning process I use before thier hides make it to my bench.
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marsh hens have some pretty good feathers
Peacock. He’s a pet. Wood duck and turkey for freshwater trout. Not pets, from hunters
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Wood ducks, teal, tukey and mersangers are my favorites.