So now, duck count might be 25 or so in a good year. 
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I don't agree with the 1/100 ratio either. I wouldn't say that I have slaughtered ducks but in my eight years of hunting I would say I've killed around 300-350 ducks most of which have been in the past 4 years and all I have seen is one.About 75 have been mallards and the rest greys,mottleds,teal, and woodducks.Hopefully my day will come.So it sounds like Crackhead has shot the most at 17.
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half dozen in my career, but it's been a lonnnnnng time! Seems like I read somewhere that if you kill a banded duck in a certain area that your chances are favorable for adding more to your lanyard if you continue hunting there. Anybody ever heard that? May just be a coincedence, but i no longer hunt those areas anymore & like I said, i'm on a band drought so it's not very hard to convince me that this logic has merit.
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I know y'all probably don't want to hear this.......(because it might hurt your ego) 
.......but my wife killed 3 banded birds in 5 shots over a 2-day period, several years back. I think it was 97-98.
Day 1: First duck - one shot - dead - banded. 'Killed next 3 birds in as many shots. Last duck - banded. So, 2 in one morning's hunt.
Day 2: First duck - one shot - dead-dead - banded.
Over a 15-day period, she and I took 5 banded birds out of 41 mallards (as I recall).
The most interesting thing.........One of the ducks I shot had the same prefix (2357) as one of hers. They were shot 8 days apart, less than 1/2 from each other. 'Got the certificates back - they were banded 8 days apart in Plumas, MB by the same bander -6 years prior to when we shot them.
Damn, that was a good year!
I wrote a story about her 'Luck' at Harden Phillips' urging - that's how I came to know Harden. He had it on his website until it went off. Another MSDucks member shot a 2357 bird that same year......10 digits separated his band number and mine - both ducks banded on the same day - in Plumas, MB. Pretty neat stuff, huh?
I've got a copy around the house, somewhere. I'll see if I can put it on here, with the photos Harden printed with it.
.......but my wife killed 3 banded birds in 5 shots over a 2-day period, several years back. I think it was 97-98.
Day 1: First duck - one shot - dead - banded. 'Killed next 3 birds in as many shots. Last duck - banded. So, 2 in one morning's hunt.
Day 2: First duck - one shot - dead-dead - banded.
Over a 15-day period, she and I took 5 banded birds out of 41 mallards (as I recall).
The most interesting thing.........One of the ducks I shot had the same prefix (2357) as one of hers. They were shot 8 days apart, less than 1/2 from each other. 'Got the certificates back - they were banded 8 days apart in Plumas, MB by the same bander -6 years prior to when we shot them.
Damn, that was a good year!
I wrote a story about her 'Luck' at Harden Phillips' urging - that's how I came to know Harden. He had it on his website until it went off. Another MSDucks member shot a 2357 bird that same year......10 digits separated his band number and mine - both ducks banded on the same day - in Plumas, MB. Pretty neat stuff, huh?
I've got a copy around the house, somewhere. I'll see if I can put it on here, with the photos Harden printed with it.
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