Had an amazing morning. Got to my duck pond to see literally over 1000 birds feeding in some puddles on the farm, being so flat we didnt have a chance at them and they flushed. Close to 100 landed in my pond, my hunting partner and I snuck into the blind to see pintails and mallards galore. None of which where in range from where the blind was. I told my buddy to wait while i hiked the pond to try and scare some up when I hear shooting unexpectedly. Out of no where this drake come swinging my way, I had a split second to decide if he was too high or not and because I have dropped birds at about the same range I fired two shots folding him dead in the air. I absolutely cannot express the excitement and disbelief when I picked it up to find it was banded. My first ever band, and on a huge Drake green top!! SO exicted!
was told it was banded in AUG 2014 as an adult in Eumeric, B.C.; I looked up EUMERIC(spelling?) Does anyone know where this is? I havent received the official email yet so i went off what she told me and it was hard to understand with my *censored*ty cell service.
Happy new year!
