I've got an old friend from onterrible who's trying to plan a trip out here this fall. He's a hardcore waterfowler, and asked me about harlequin ducks. I said "I dunno," and agreed to ask around. I am going to be taking most of November to hunt, while my wife takes our newborn back to onterrible to meet her family.
Apparently they're a bucket list bird for him, and he's super excited about being somewhere that he can kill one.
I don't waterfowl at all, I jump shot probably a dozen ducks total 15 or so years ago, and that's my whole waterfowling experience.
So...can anyone tell me where to start? Who to talk to? Do people typically hunt these things? Is November a good time of year for them? I know they're a funky looking seaduck and that's it.