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Title: 1st band of the season!!!
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 25, 2009, 05:41:44 PM
Picked up the first band of the season.  Good start so far.  There have been lots of ducks to shoot at.
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Post by: coyotemadness on October 25, 2009, 07:05:05 PM
Very nice...now if I could just find one for me
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Post by: Skyhigh on October 25, 2009, 09:46:02 PM
Doesnt look like a local....Where was it banded at?
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Post by: h2ofowlr on October 25, 2009, 09:50:40 PM
Doesnt look like a local....Where was it banded at?

Banded at Sauvies Island in July of 08.
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Post by: 280ackley on October 25, 2009, 10:03:38 PM
Where is Sauvies Island?
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Post by: Skyhigh on October 25, 2009, 10:06:52 PM
Where is Sauvies Island?

Oregon.....its one of those reverse migrators if he shot it up here...
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Post by: shoot-em-dead on October 25, 2009, 10:15:07 PM
I'm not a duck hunter so I'll ask the question. What is so special about the band? Pheasants have them half the time.
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Post by: snocohunter on October 25, 2009, 10:33:27 PM
Nice work Tony. Do you even have any more room on your lanyard for more bands?  :chuckle: Hopefully i'll get my first band this year. If not, oh well.
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Post by: NW-GSP on October 26, 2009, 12:12:25 AM
I'm not a duck hunter so I'll ask the question. What is so special about the band? Pheasants have them half the time.

where are you getting pheasants with bands?
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Post by: General Disarray on October 26, 2009, 07:14:32 AM
Released pheasants hve bands.  Nothing really speecial about shooting a pen raised rooster.  But getting a band on a wild duck and seeing where and when it was captured is pretty cool info.  I've been pretty successful with bands over the years but it's still a great thing to see that silver on the leg every time!

Congrats on the bling!
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Post by: WCTaxidermy on October 26, 2009, 07:59:11 AM
Sauvies Island is 15 miles west of Portland.  One of those places where you have to get there at 2:00 in the morning just to get in line to get a blind.  Hunted it once years ago and that was it for me ;) 

Nice bird, were they able to tell you right away where it came from, or did you have to send it in?  John
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Post by: h2ofowlr on October 26, 2009, 06:05:15 PM
I turn in the info on the internet, so it tells you fairly quickly.  It just mentions the location and when it was banded.  When I get the certificate in the mail it should have all the banders info on it.  I ran out of room on the lanyard, they others will be going on the shelf.
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Post by: snocohunter on October 26, 2009, 08:47:13 PM
I ran out of room on the lanyard, they others will be going on the shelf.

That's a good problem to have  8)
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Post by: ducksdoom12 on October 26, 2009, 09:31:01 PM
i wish i could get a band :'( ive been hunting ducks for 8 years now and still havent shot a bird with a band :bash:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 26, 2009, 09:32:51 PM
i have been duck hunting since i was 10 i am 22 now and have only got one ever congrats
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Post by: jordano on October 27, 2009, 12:22:13 AM
i wish I could shoot a banded duck. never have before... dang..
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Post by: Whitenuckles on October 27, 2009, 04:42:57 PM
Hell Ya! Good job.
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