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I haven't harvested a duck band in 2 years and then within a week I get 2 - go figure. The second one was on 12-06-2002. One of the digits got crushed by a #2 steel shot, but I'm fairly sure I deciphered what was left correctly. I called the number in and got the info today. That greenhead was banded in 1990 near Islay, Alberta and was born before 1989!

I'm wondering if I got the number wrong? Is it likely this duck was this old and far from home? All of the bands I've taken in previous years were from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or N Dakota.

FYI: The other one I took on 12-01, and was banded in Wisconsin and born this spring.

my camp killed a jack miner band, the lady told him he was the 3 band killed in ms in 2 years, they banded 1,400 birds each year.

I harvested one in 1995 that was born before 1984 from Cananda.

Shot one that was banded in Edam Sask.in 1990. Now those are two old ducks. Shot mine because he was old and slow. Hpoe the hunting is good and safe.

My dad and are were hunting together Sat. morning, and each killed one. One of them was one of those AVIS bands from Alberta I think, and the other was from the US fish and wildlife service. That was awesome though. I have never seen two in one hunt get killed.

My very 1st duck I killed with my benelli was a banded greenhead. a little later that year I took a buddy of mine on his 1st duck hunt and he killed a banded greenhead. even later that same year another buddy of mine (who probably shot my aforementioned buddy's duck for him) killed a banded greenhead that I totally failed to see the band on its foot. When we got the duck in the boat he asked me "is it banded" I kinda casually looked at the duck's legs and didn't see the band and said "no". About 5 minutes later he got to examining the duck and it did in fact have a band on it. My 1st duck hunt (not counting my grandfather taking me when I was 10 or so) the guy that got me back into duck hunting killed a banded hen, and his dad killed a banded hen later that same year with us not 100 yards from where the other one was killed.

Sounds pretty crazy, but the first duck i ever shot in my life was a banded duck. A drake mallard @12 years ago. Only killed one other in my life a banded green wing teal.

i killed one in jan 2001 that was hatched in 1990


hey torch....that one was close to you!!!


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Dutch Dog it sounds like the Guy i took on a hunt. He killed a double banded 50$ reward greenhead first time out

torch, have you recently taken some hypnotizing classes? cause it shore does seem you have a certain someone really fascinated with ya.

That sounds like jelousy ::::snicker:::::: Went to a big dove shoot one year they all piled the doves for a cook out cleaned em in the process of cleaning the birds I found a banded one......my nephew went to thru the pile and came out with another....I have been checkem them from then on with no luck..........Went on a snow goose hunt with ole goosebruce and out of about 2500 geese one decoys right in it was banded........Another time Hunting with a freind he killed a double banded mallard with a 100$ reward band and then smacked a banded teal same hunt.......ALL about luck I have a couple myself not very many tho one came from a cripple tader chip duck heh called em in with some freto lays and tackled em heh!!! It was from a local club not a washington band.

OK, but does anyone know of an older or longer distance band?

I killed one from Alberta 2 years ago.

And, I have heard of a banded Pintail hen that was 28 years old.

MAG

OK, thanks. That makes me feel better about the possibility that I got the numbers right. Just how old can a mallard live to be?

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