Dead duck comes back to life...for about 3 seconds.

Had it happen with a blue wing teal before. Floating on the water, picked it up, tossed it over by where we were stand in the cattails, floating on the water. 5 minutes later, flew away. Another interesting life experience.

 

I've had that happen too Warren.

 

3 birds came into a beaver pond, shot them all - a rare feat for me. Picked up 2 mallards and hung them in a bush, then went looking for the woodie that fell long. Came back a few minutes later with the duck and one of the mallards had swam off. Still claiming it...

 

We laid a goose outside of the pit and after a while, we looked out and it was gone. We did happen to see it running off and chased it down and got it though.

 

A buddy had shot a dove, put it in his vest...felt something moving. The dove made it to the opening and started to fly away. My buddy shot it again, and while putting it in his game bag said "And STAY there, this time!"
Had a Canada goose come to life in a pit. It was like a cage death match! They can really flog, peck and scratch in a confined place!

 

This post brought back a childhood memory. Two brothers from down the street and myself went shoot a woodie hole and only two ducks were taken during the hunt. The brothers argued over who shot both ducks, the older brother took them and put them into his game vest. When we got out of the swamp and to my parents yard, he pulls both ducks out of his vest and as he’s tossing them on the ground, the woodie hen comes to life and never hits the grass. We never see her again. Good times.

 

Another bizarre one happened when I came home with three of the giant Canadas, quite dead. Drove one hour home, took pictures, and put them in my deer and beer refrigerator. The next day they were all jumbled about and goose crap was everywhere.

 

Typically on double retrieves I'll go ahead and carry one bird back to the pile on the bank behind where we sit and Zip would be along shortly with the second bird and drop it in the pile. It was a pair of goldeneye on this particular occasion and both the bird I had and the one Zip brought laid belly up in the pile. I did notice strangely enough that the black pupil on one was tiny and the other big, but didn't think a lot about it. I took the opportunity since I was up to bring lunch down from the truck and when I got back I had just a glimpse of one of the drakes sliding into the water after about a 15 yard overland trek unnoticed and he didn't come up for air for a good hundred yards down river. On a bit of an unrelated note, in my trapping days I usually dispatched 'possum by breaking there necks. On one trip I threw the "dead" 'possum in my pack basket and threw it on my back, it wasn't long before I was shedding that pack to the hissing of a live smiler climbing out.

 

Love your videos but the audio on your last couple has been messed up for me. Can't hear a word you're saying.