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I'm 80 & my first Hunting & Fishing license was $5.00. The first duck hunting I ever did ducks were on a point system, each kind of duck had a certain number of points. The first duck you killed which put you = to or over 100 points made your limit. As I recall Mallards were 30 points & Redheads were 90 points. I believe at that point Canvasbacks were either totally off limits or were 100 points. The problem here was two people could be hunting together & one man could have three mallards & a redhead while the other had one mallard & a redhead, yet both had their limit because one shot the redhead too early in the hunt. I don't recall how many points a Woodie had then but was rather high.

I have not eaten a large variety of ducks but I really liked woodies & redheads, mallards not near as good to me. The woodies were battered & fried about like a chicken. Didn't taste like a chicken, but was very good eating.

Miller/TN
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