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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: fishhuntconsume on January 22, 2013, 08:40:20 PM

Title: Banded Blue Bill
Post by: fishhuntconsume 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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Post by: full choke 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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Post by: crow killer on January 22, 2013, 09:03:42 PM

Congrats on the band! An pics of the other birds? :tup:

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Post by: duckmen1 on January 22, 2013, 09:15:04 PM

That's a really nice mature bluebill. Congrats

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Post by: Devinshoe on January 22, 2013, 09:21:09 PM

Awesome!! Hope you post up a picture when he is done!

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Post by: Mfowl 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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Post by: WCTaxidermy 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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Post by: ellensburgpo 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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Post by: duckmen1 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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Post by: h2ofowlr 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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Post by: scree on January 23, 2013, 07:32:21 PM

What a awesome weekend!!!

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Post by: JJD on January 23, 2013, 07:43:05 PM

Very cool  :tup:

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Post by: TripleB 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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Post by: Idahocougar 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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Post by: sakoshooter on January 24, 2013, 09:00:23 PM

Very cool.

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Post by: xdog on January 25, 2013, 03:53:03 PM

Excellent. 

You should be sure to cherish that experience because I would imagine unless you are very lucky you likely won't ever get another BlueBill band again. 

Ever!

Congratulations. 

 :)