Okay, Dad confessed to Mom that he did not actually shoot the Wood Duck. She was asking him where he got it just wanting to know a general location. And he said he and my brother were driving back from duck hunting and he saw the Wood Duck laying on the side of the road. He turned around, picked it up, and saw that it was dead. He assumes it was hit by a car but said it was in good condition. Anyhow, he had to "claim" it and reported they got it at Cockroach Bay since that was close by and where they usually hunted.
Dad also used to participate in this program they had where hunters would send in a feather of each duck they got and mail it off so they could be studied. I guess it helped them estimate populations, where they ducks were and when they were there. It was before DNA testing was a thing but maybe they extracted other scientific stuff from them. I always thought that was kind of neat.
