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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: NW-GSP on November 20, 2011, 02:15:17 PM
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I have hunted ducks on and off for about five years, nothing really serious but have prob harvested around 100 birds and have not harvested any with bands, I know its random but was just curious how everyone else has done
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I know some people that have gone YEARS without any bands and some that shoot them their first year. I think it is just luck of the draw.
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On my 41st year without one. Been with people that I let shoot first.... slow draws, That have got them.... BF. bands are for the vane.
Who cares but those that carry them to say "LOOK AT ME" YA!
If I get one I will prob sell it on Ebay for the cash. I will get the info first. Band are for the VANE. I HAVE SHOT 1000'S OF BIRDS. bf. I respect every bird I have harvested.
I entered the contest to prove hard work and love of birds will prevail. BF. If I get votes. but seeing 1000 birds trying to land on you....LOL
BANDS are cool. But the people that need to say look what I have.......Are putz LOL :tup:
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4th year yesterday i harvested4 geese with 3 shots and 2 were banded lucky me
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On my 41st year without one. Been with people that I let shoot first.... slow draws, That have got them.... BF. bands are for the vane.
Who cares but those that carry them to say "LOOK AT ME" YA!
If I get one I will prob sell it on Ebay for the cash. I will get the info first. Band are for the VANE. I HAVE SHOT 1000'S OF BIRDS. bf. I respect every bird I have harvested.
I entered the contest to prove hard work and love of birds will prevail. BF. If I get votes. but seeing 1000 birds trying to land on you....LOL
BANDS are cool. But the people that need to say look what I have.......Are putz LOL :tup:
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I think it would be cool to get the info from the banded birds
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I got my first one in 1970something. Back then you mailed the bands in and if you were lucky they sent you a report on the where the bird was banded. I’ve never understood all the hoopla over bands and I’ve never kept any.
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Congrats dadada, nice shootin
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4th year yesterday i harvested4 geese with 3 shots and 2 were banded lucky me
Just what I said LOL
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4th year yesterday i harvested4 geese with 3 shots and 2 were banded lucky me
Just what I said LOL...So is the band more important than the bird....VANE
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I do not think the band is more important then the bird, my excitement about getting a banded bird would be getting the info about the bird from turning the band info in
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Skagit- I don't know where you are coming off by thinking that people are vane who like bands. I have 5 myself and I just think it is a cool when you get one because it is a perk and I really enjoy finding out where the bird was from. Take it easy on the stereotypes :bdid:
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I do not think the band is more important then the bird, my excitement about getting a banded bird would be getting the info about the bird from turning the band info in
THAT'S IT !!!! This band crap has got people like foiles and "PARKING"
This band crap has taken hunting to a all time low. I remember as stated before... send the band in for the report. Now It is a status as look at me.... I need bands to show I Know something... PFFFFFT!
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I myself have twelve over 5 years and I don't think most people go out bird hunting with the intentions of only hoping to far a banded bird. And skagit , your saying if you got a banded bird you'd be just as excited as shooting an unbanded bird? I don't buy it. bands are just a perk of the sport and to say people placing them on their lanyard as an ego thing and that its ruining the sport is bogus.
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Bands are cool to get. Like Vandeman17 says, its a perk. For me, its not to showoff, its just kinda cool reliving that time ago, as I look at my lanyard. To sell a band on ebay (or anywhere) for the almighty dollar is, to me, cheap. Granted, some could use the cash for higher priorities but, I could find other ways to squeeze out $10-$20. Also, a lanyard is the perfect place to store the suckers. In my experience I get a band for about every 250 birds (ducks). If your also a band hunter theres ways (that are legal, not the Foiles way) to up those odds (read about it but, forgot the details).
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I was lucky enough to get two my first year ever waterfowling. Unfortunately I lost my first one (still kicking myself for that one, ddnt have a lanyard to put it on yet)
Since then I nobody in my group has gotten one. That year I think we got 4 or 5, it was a good year for bands
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i have never said the band is more important than the bird you dont have to mbe jealous that you havent harvested birds that have bands and other poeple around you have
on that note i never would have imagined to get 2 bands in one hunt or two on geese just luck of the draw was just as impresed that i shot 4 geese with three shots and they happen to have two bands i shot it with winchester super x 3inch 3 shot that is impressive in its self
i am very happy they had bands to me its just like shooting an elk or deer with horns its just an added bonus and may never shoot any with bands again
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I do not think the band is more important then the bird, my excitement about getting a banded bird would be getting the info about the bird from turning the band info in
THAT'S IT !!!! This band crap has got people like foiles and "PARKING"
This band crap has taken hunting to a all time low. I remember as stated before... send the band in for the report. Now It is a status as look at me.... I need bands to show I Know something... PFFFFFT!
You are taking one example of Foiles and lumping the rest of us with him and I call "pffffft" on that. I keep my bands on my lanyard but could care less what other people think, especially people who are so quick to judge.... :twocents:
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In my 41 yrs it doesn't matter. What matters is quality. If I decide to shoot 0 or the limit. I can shoot a limit in 3 mins. As fast as I can load shells. does that matter... I don't have anything that shows, Look at me.. But property that I can do it on......LOL
I dont care about bands or if you think your better for them.
parade all you want...I dont give a ratz azz. ( you all look like idiots with a banded lanyard) ask any old school hunter.)
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Twice now I have taken first hunters whose first bird was a banded hen mallard. Happened on opening day this year. The luck.
Personally I killed 8 banded geese my first year then went 10 years and haven't got one....
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In my 41 yrs it doesn't matter. What matters is quality. If I decide to shoot 0 or the limit. I can shoot a limit in 3 mins. As fast as I can load shells. does that matter... I don't have anything that shows, Look at me.. But property that I can do it on......LOL
I dont care about bands or if you think your better for them.
parade all you want...I dont give a ratz azz. ( you all look like idiots with a banded lanyard) ask any old school hunter.)
Wow, you sound exactly like the type of person I DON'T want to hunt with. Now you are calling everyone with a band on their lanyard idiots. I am done wasting my time with an "old school hunter" with nothing better to do then look down on people who don't do things like him.
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In my 41 yrs it doesn't matter. What matters is quality. If I decide to shoot 0 or the limit. I can shoot a limit in 3 mins. As fast as I can load shells. does that matter... I don't have anything that shows, Look at me.. But property that I can do it on......LOL
I dont care about bands or if you think your better for them.
parade all you want...I dont give a ratz azz. ( you all look like idiots with a banded lanyard) ask any old school hunter.)
It's that 41 years of bitterness coming out for not having shoot one. :sry: for the deep wounds there SKAGIT. This might be your year and you can throw it on your key chain.
There are ways to increase your counts legally. One would be to hunt around banding locations. Or be a 20 something that spends to much time on eBay.
:chuckle::chuckle:
I shot my first banded bird at age 10 and been steady at it since. Early goose was always a good time for shooting multiple banded birds a well. :tup:
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Whats up with the waterfowl board today! Easy fella's!
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In my 41 yrs it doesn't matter. What matters is quality. If I decide to shoot 0 or the limit. I can shoot a limit in 3 mins. As fast as I can load shells. does that matter... I don't have anything that shows, Look at me.. But property that I can do it on......LOL
I dont care about bands or if you think your better for them.
parade all you want...I dont give a ratz azz. ( you all look like idiots with a banded lanyard) ask any old school hunter.)
It's that 41 years of bitterness coming out for not having shoot one. :sry: for the deep wounds there SKAGIT. This might be your year and you can throw it on your key chain.
There are ways to increase your counts legally. One would be to hunt around banding locations. Or be a 20 something that spends to much time on eBay.
:chuckle::chuckle:
I shot my first banded bird at age 10 and been steady at it since. Early goose was always a good time for shooting multiple banded birds a well. :tup:
Well said! :tup:
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I don't manage to kill that many ducks because I have *censored* spots. But I got a band during my first or 2nd year. Haven't gotten one since.
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Very first duck I ever shot, a Green Winged Teal drake, in coastal South Carolina back in 1967 had a band. I was in the Air Force and stationed at Charleston, S.C. at the time. Over the years 3 or 4 more is all.
Had the bird mounted and it survived three kids and several dogs over the years, finally biting the bullet. Still have the band though on my lanyard with the others.
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In my 41 yrs it doesn't matter. What matters is quality. If I decide to shoot 0 or the limit. I can shoot a limit in 3 mins. As fast as I can load shells. does that matter... I don't have anything that shows, Look at me.. But property that I can do it on......LOL
I dont care about bands or if you think your better for them.
parade all you want...I dont give a ratz azz. ( you all look like idiots with a banded lanyard) ask any old school hunter.)
It's that 41 years of bitterness coming out for not having shoot one. :sry: for the deep wounds there SKAGIT. This might be your year and you can throw it on your key chain.
There are ways to increase your counts legally. One would be to hunt around banding locations. Or be a 20 something that spends to much time on eBay.
:chuckle::chuckle:
I shot my first banded bird at age 10 and been steady at it since. Early goose was always a good time for shooting multiple banded birds a well. :tup:
Well said! :tup:
Really I don't have anything to be bitter over. What I don't like is what this whole band craze has done to the sport. No If I get one I will report it to see the bird info. And give it away.... See that's my point. Hunting banding areas not for the hunt. But rather to get bands LOL. You can't tell me that this band crap has lead to a lot of illegal activities to obtain them.
If you think Foiles thing is a isolated incident your kidding yourself.
I have seen it at Welts two years ago. I was done and went there to talk with the Fed. He was watching 2 guys shoot 5 hens.
When they came in he asked to see their birds. One of the hens had a band. They said it was the last bird they shot. So then he said, I have been watching you and seen you shoot 5 hens and if I have to walk out there it isn't going to be good.
They left without birds or guns with a big ticket. Luckly they were let go. and didn't have everything seized.
They should have.
Accidents happen where more than the limit is harvested. It happens, But doing it to obtain a stupid piece of alum. Isn't good. It stands out for the anti's to use against us.
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I don't think bands turn ethical hunters into "poachers" who shoot just for the bands. I go out, do everything the same regardless of bands and I think 99.9% of hunters do too. You are making a big generalization over a very small percentage of hunters. :twocents:
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i shot a banded mallard drake as the first duck i ever shot. a buddy and i were jump shooting a creek and the drake and his hen jumped up in front of us at about 30 yards. i dropped the drake on the first shot and my buddy dropped the hen. we called the number on the band and the duck was from some place in canada if i remember correctly
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ANYWAYS.... YEASTERDAY I SHOT A BAND,.... AND IT HAD A DUCK ATTACHED TO IT!!! :yike: :yike: :yike: :chuckle:
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ANYWAYS.... YEASTERDAY I SHOT A BAND,.... AND IT HAD A DUCK ATTACHED TO IT!!! :yike: :yike: :yike: :chuckle:
:chuckle:
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Really? Guys are poaching ducks and geese just for the bands??
I hunt on the eastside and have never got a band. I don't hunt the migration routes or any great flyways either. :chuckle:
I can't imagine anyone does this...It's not like they are worth anything... It would be cool to get the info about the duck though.
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ANYWAYS.... YEASTERDAY I SHOT A BAND,.... AND IT HAD A DUCK ATTACHED TO IT!!! :yike: :yike: :yike: :chuckle:
:tup: :yike: :chuckle: I think if I ever shoot a band I will raffle it off for WWA...... :tup:
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I have hunted ducks and geese since age 10 and got one Green Wing drake with a band four years ago. It was awesome! I was dancing around and very excited to see where the bird had come from. It had been banded in middle Alaska and I got it in Puget Sound, quite a trip. I wear the small band around my neck and show it off whenever I can.
Yes, there are some who take a lot of pride in shooting banded birds, but for me, I shoot the intended targeted bird and if it has a band it is time to celebrate.
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can you really tell that the birds are banded while there decoying i cant
skagit first you want to sell the band on ebay then you want to give it away now you want to raffle it. thats crazy you can call me a putz or vane but i still have the honor of shooting two banded birds and yes i will put them on my lanyard :IBCOOL: i i dont know anyone who has shot a banded bird that doesnt have it on their lanard :twocents:
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I just want the bands so I can recycle the metal :o
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I've only shot 3 bands in 15 years, and they have all come in the past 6 years on the eastside on mallards. I think if you hunt moses area or try-cities and shoot lots of mallards your odds will go up.
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I shot two bands in one day and that was pretty cool. Two come in at first light, I dropped one, buddy dropped the other and mine was banded. Then a few hours later I dropped a solo that flew through and it has another band. Crazy thing was we were talking on the drive out how neither of us had a band and sure as chit... :IBCOOL:
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Ive been hunting ducks for 15 years and never got a band :'(
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Today I watched 200-300 mallards through my 10x42 Leicas at about at 30 yards taking off and landing and I'd be hard pressed to see a leg-band on one with my naked eye coming into my decoys! Maybe some folks have better eyes than I do.
Yes Skagit_Hunter, I too, think that there are those among us that think a legband is so important as to POACH but, I also think that it is so rare that to label anyone that has a legband or more on their lanyard as "vain" and a poacher is definately a stretch of your imagination. I too think that the sport is taking a turn for the worse when I see on all the media (magazine ads)(don't know about DVD's and TV as I have or watch neither) and forum BS where field photos show folks that look pissed off, stickers on trucks that say "if it flies it dies", skulls and skeletons etched on calls, cartridges that claim to devastate anything within sight etc, etc. Currently, there is a lot of vanity focused on numbers and success but, I don't think that most folks with legbands on their lanyards are guilty of pure vanity. By the way.....what does BF stand for?
Also there are others of us that own property that have excellent waterfowling and for you to boast of yours with an LOL might be considered a bit vain in itself, eh?
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There is some strong points on this subject, so remember to play nice guys. No persoanl jabs and keep it cival :tup:
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You got it Matt! I am trying to be civil ;)
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I have 8 Mallard duck bands. I had one snow goose band but I don't know where it went. I just got another one last weekend on a greeny in e.wash. I have been hunting ducks since I was 9 with my dad thats 24 years now. My grandpa had about 10 of them until he quite hunting in the lat 90's.
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People that have been lucky enough to collect bands have something to be proud of. Never heard of poaching for bands
And find it hard to believe. not impossible but hard to believe.
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47 years of waterfowl hunting and have bands from snow geese, Brant,mallards,pintail,widgeon. 17 total
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How the heck can you even see a band on a duck while concentrating on shooting them I sure don't and I have 20/20 vision? I have shot lots of ducks and never seen one with a band while flying.
I wouldn't think someone would want to poach a duck with a band, only way you would see them would be if they are flying with the duck. So how would you see a duck with a band when they are sitting on the water? Maybe the poacher has scuba gear and snares them :chuckle:
I guess if they were walking around in a field you may see one with a band on. But good luck trying to find one after they have been shot at all season. :twocents:
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I've been waterfowling for 35 years, have 3 bands...one from a Snow goose and two from Mallards...both of the mallards were the same trip to Potholes...
I dont know how one could see them on the birds coming in...I guess its the luck of the draw.
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The poaching in reference was thought of as a single waterfowling individual, Jeff Foiles was accused of parking geese. This happened as someone had banded all the park geese and placed neck collars on them. He was ratted out as having used Wonder Bread to lure them in and shoot them with a pellet rife in a park. This is an extreme measure and a very poor decision. Since neck collars seem rare in the NW corner, poaching of banded birds is highly unlikely. It was never the less a stretch of a statement based off an article.
I see a lot of individuals sporting fake bands these days. They wouldn't wear them if they had seen a real one up close. Those that spend most of the season out hunting and happen to be located in high banding areas will most definitely see an increase in birds harvested with bands. Some may shoot multiple per year, where most will not ever shoot one. I have heard a figure of about 1 per 100 birds harvested, but that doesn't seem to hold true. 3 years ago I shot 5 banded birds in a two week
period. luck of the draw.
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Ive been hunting for around 15 years now. And all I can say, is there is no real logic on getting a band. Sometimes it seems that you cant stop getting them and other times you and your buddies cant seem to find one. Last year I didnt get a single band. But the year before I got 9. :dunno: You just never know :twocents:
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One individual acting poorly was the cause of this?
I feel that the god's have smiled upon me when I realize tha
t I have a banded Drake, and can"t wait to call Maryland and get the banding info back.just my opinion.
it"s like this bird flew all the way from Alberta ,just to meet me
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I have only gotten three in my life & they are in a case that i made to hold all my old calls. I have hunted with guys that had many on thier lanyards, but they seemed to be heavy, noisey & shiney. when these guys reach for a call there is always noise & fumbling
I love to get a banded duck but i dont think carrying them around with me is needed.
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I saw at a ex friends house a use of bands other than laynards. He had them on some of his taxidereid birds. If I ever get a banded bird I may do the same.
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I started getting into waterfowlhunting in 2009. I shot my first band last year in december, it was a young of the year greenhead. So far this season I've gotten 3 more bands, all mallards, 2 drakes and 1 hen. All young of the year local birds. Not as cool as getting one thats a few years old but still pretty cool none the less. I've been pretty lucky when it comes to shooting bands it seems.
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I saw at a ex friends house a use of bands other than laynards. He had them on some of his taxidereid birds. If I ever get a banded bird I may do the same.
I have left 4 on the mounts I have had done that were banded.
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One band I got a few years back was from a bird banded in New York from 8 or 9 years prior, I can't quite remember. I am sure if that greenhead could have talked, he would have had some adventures to share.
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One band I got a few years back was from a bird banded in New York from 8 or 9 years prior, I can't quite remember. I am sure if that greenhead could have talked, he would have had some adventures to share.
Shot in WA? that is crazy!
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One band I got a few years back was from a bird banded in New York from 8 or 9 years prior, I can't quite remember. I am sure if that greenhead could have talked, he would have had some adventures to share.
Shot in WA? that is crazy!
That IS crazy. that is why bands are special. As far as I'm concerned foiles or whover he is doesn't represent duck hunting. He represents himself and him alone and people are prone to gross human error. To hell with the anti's. don't give them any credit because they don't deserve it. We know they all have a warped view of the world. Hey Skagit, if your around vancouver area over the holidays your welcome to hunt with me. If you drink, i'll hand you a fifth of crown royal to put in your jacket and if we start knocking down some ducks, i'll hand you a cigar. Now that's old school. I know, don't drink and drive. :tup: Never had a dui or been to an AA meeting in my life. a shot here and there to warm up the pipes doesn't hurt :chuckle:
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One band I got a few years back was from a bird banded in New York from 8 or 9 years prior, I can't quite remember. I am sure if that greenhead could have talked, he would have had some adventures to share.
Shot in WA? that is crazy!
That IS crazy. that is why bands are special. As far as I'm concerned foiles or whover he is doesn't represent duck hunting. He represents himself and him alone and people are prone to gross human error. To hell with the anti's. don't give them any credit because they don't deserve it. We know they all have a warped view of the world. Hey Skagit, if your around vancouver area over the holidays your welcome to hunt with me. If you drink, i'll hand you a fifth of crown royal to put in your jacket and if we start knocking down some ducks, i'll hand you a cigar. Now that's old school. I know, don't drink and drive. :tup: Never had a dui or been to an AA meeting in my life. a shot here and there to warm up the pipes doesn't hurt :chuckle:
Sorry, I will be there Friday for work. But will NEVER mix alcohol and guns.....Alcohol makes you colder, Thins your blood LOL.
I don't really need to travel to hunt. Skagit has all the birds one needs. All you need to know is where to look....Look up when they leave the bays and follow them. Ask permission and be on them in the morning. simple. Or have private that the birds like to use.
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One band I got a few years back was from a bird banded in New York from 8 or 9 years prior, I can't quite remember. I am sure if that greenhead could have talked, he would have had some adventures to share.
Shot in WA? that is crazy!
Ya, I was shocked when I got the certificate back. I will have to dig through my files and look it up again but it was an old bird and yes, it was shot in Eastern Washington.
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I saw at a ex friends house a use of bands other than laynards. He had them on some of his taxidereid birds. If I ever get a banded bird I may do the same.
I have left 4 on the mounts I have had done that were banded.
I am going to add that on my bucket list to hae one bird moutned with a band :IBCOOL:
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What is foiled? And parking? I've never heard of it.
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I want a wolf band collection :chuckle:
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I had a few from Alaska ended up throwing them away. Dust collectors etc. if it don't have a use it going in the bin.
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There is some strong points on this subject, so remember to play nice guys. No persoanl jabs and keep it cival :tup:
good lord, big brother at its best!
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I saw a banded duck yesterday along the river. I was scouting for some photoops.
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Got my first collared goose today after waterfowl hunting 12 seasons!
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Got my first collared goose today after waterfowl hunting 12 seasons!
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good job!
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yeah I got a collard snow goose a long time ago, but I lost the collar band. It was from (w)rangle island, Russia, pretty cool.
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yeah I got a collard snow goose a long time ago, but I lost the collar band. It was from (w)rangle island, Russia, pretty cool.
That is amazing!