First Banded Bird

[Buschingc]

Well boys, after duck hunting for over 8 years, I have finally become a man... Today on this very date 11-27-2010, I shot a banded hen Wigeon. It was the first duck to come into the decoys and it was the ducks last mistake.. Shot alot of other ducks and missed a bunch too, but I only cared about the banded bird... lol..

[gaddy]

cool,never seen a banded wigeon

[carpsniperg2]

sweet! congrats

[ducksdoom12]

congrats!
is it just me, or does it seem like there are more bands being shot this year then normal?

[h2ofowlr]

Maybe it's the picture, but it almost looks like a young drake.  Congrats on the bird.

[duckdog98604]

Sweet! I have shot hundreds of wigeons and have never seen a banded one! Good job! 

[270Shooter]

Thats a young drake, I killed one exacly like it today.... minus the band . Congrats I think I would have a heart attack if I shot a banded wigeon

[chester]

Its getting lonely in the No Band club     
Good job man 

[jordano]

Its getting lonely in the No Band club     

I'm there with ya in the no band club.... hopefully I can get out of it soon...

congrats on the band! and I agree with some of the other guys.. that looks like a drake with not that great of color yet....

[Buschingc]

I thought for sure it was just a hen... We shot one mature Drake and then several what I thought were hens.. I believe we shot 5 more that looked exactly like that. I guess I will know for sure when they send me the results in about four weeks.. Thanks guys, like I said, its been eight years of killing ducks and this is my first band.. The duck season has been pretty slow up here, so Im hoping to travel down to Pot Holes or Pasco here in the next couple weeks..

[macattack2]

H2 is right,thats a young drake