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Offline fishhuntconsume

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Banded Blue Bill
« on: January 22, 2013, 08:40:20 PM »
got 2 limits of ducks and 4 geese this weekend and a Banded Blue Bill! hadn't seen one of those before. My first band so i was stoked. he's off to the taxidemist  :IBCOOL:. took out a young lad for his second ever duck trip. He had an absolute blast! after getting a limit of mostly pintails and mallards, dumped some nice big geese. the look on his face when they hit the water was priceless! :o
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2013, 09:03:04 PM »
Cool! :tup:
In my younger, cooler, I only shoot mallard drake days, I passed on a pair of drake BB's that flew right past the point I was on. My younger brother dropped one and it was banded. I still wonder if that other one was wearing jewelry too...
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2013, 09:03:42 PM »
Congrats on the band! An pics of the other birds? :tup:

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2013, 09:15:04 PM »
That's a really nice mature bluebill. Congrats

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2013, 09:21:09 PM »
Awesome!! Hope you post up a picture when he is done!

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2013, 09:43:27 PM »
Sweet! Nice bird! My first band ever was off a drake Bluebill as well, the one Full Choke referenced!  :tup:
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2013, 09:45:05 PM »
Very nice!  did you get the band info back yet?  Always interesting on where they came from. 

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2013, 09:56:13 PM »
Great bluebill. Congrats, thats on my duck hunting bucket list to get a banded bluebill.
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2013, 10:09:59 PM »
My brother got a banded goldeneye this year and the info was never sent. He called it in and they said an email would be sent in five business days. Never came. Still waiting for my first band for duck or goose. Got a banded spruce grouse in okanogan a couple seasons ago. Had a red, a white, and a blue band.

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2013, 10:32:41 PM »
Congrats on the band.  Always adds a little extra excitement to the hunt.
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2013, 07:32:21 PM »
What a awesome weekend!!!

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2013, 07:43:05 PM »
Very cool  :tup:
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2013, 07:48:26 PM »
the day i get a banded bird will be the day pigs fly.  :bash: congrats!
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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2013, 06:07:27 PM »
Very awesome! I would imagine a banded blue bill is pretty darn rare.

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Re: Banded Blue Bill
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2013, 09:00:23 PM »
Very cool.
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