I could be wrong, but I think some of you may be getting confused. There is a difference between mottled ducks and black mallards, and black ducks. When I was younger, we killed a few and I showed them to my uncle and he said that they were black ducks, not black mallards. I asked him how he could tell the difference, and he said a black mallard is alot bigger, and all of his life he has only ever killed two in SW LA. He said alot of people get them confused because of the color similarity. They are alot bigger he said. He also said they are more common in North LA than down south. I think the LDWF needs to elaborate a little more. This could also be a ploy by them to write more tickets. My uncle said it is very hard to tell the difference.` Just my .02.
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