Oldest Banded Bird Killed?
Oldest Banded Bird Killed?
Two years ago, I shot a banded greenhead and when I got the certificate back, the report said "Hatched in 1990 or earlier"! Freaking duck was at least 11 years old.
I was just wondering if anyone else had bagged one that old or thereabouts.
I was just wondering if anyone else had bagged one that old or thereabouts.
Oldest i have seen was a 7 year old woddie drake.
I am with you dukbum. But I did get a friend of mine started duck hunting and took him out on the MS river. I out shot he and my dad and went to the boat to grab a bite to eat and that SOB shot his first green head and it was banded. One day I will get to kill one too.
dukbum wrote:maybe one day i will be able to post about killing a band....
I am with you dukbum. But I did get a friend of mine started duck hunting and took him out on the MS river. I out shot he and my dad and went to the boat to grab a bite to eat and that SOB shot his first green head and it was banded. One day I will get to kill one too.
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My buddy and I both shot a banded hen mallard last year. First banded duck any of us had shot. Both shot at the same time and neither was interested in who killed it until I went and picked the bird up and noticed the jewlery. We decided to flip a coin and of coarse he one. He still taunts me about it.
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oldest banded duck
A few years back a buddy I was hunting with killed a banded pintail. The band was so old that there were only 2 legible numbers. The band had worn almost into on one side and had only about 1/4 inch of metal holding it together!
I killed a greenhead last year that fell into some buck brush and when i retrieved him he had a stick though his head
not sure how he flew around like that
but seriously i've never been on a hunt where a banded bird was killed. with my luck i will hunt for fifty years and never kill one or i'll shoot down a can out of season that's banded and get the book thrown at me 



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