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Duggernaut
09-07-2009, 03:37 PM
I got my first leg band this year from a little drake American Widgeon. AWESOME:super_hap:super_hap:super_hap
BIGHORN
09-08-2009, 07:01 PM
HA HA Good for you Doug!!! I see your still shooting water though LMAO Went out this am to a duck field limited out on ducks in 14 minutes nice mix of mallards and pintails and then had some bonus geese hit us!!!
BIGHORN
10-15-2009, 08:13 AM
Anymore Bands Doug??? I have killed two this year a nice shiney #10 honker band and a fairly old (4 year) #7 Mallard band.:D
Duggernaut
10-15-2009, 09:11 AM
No more yet, but I am trying hard. Thanks again Steve.
Swiffer
10-16-2009, 06:53 PM
Yah that was a fun hunt...To bad Tuesday wasnt......those snows were close to being in range. Still alot of fun. We will do it again next year!
BIGHORN
10-30-2009, 01:18 PM
Add a lessor Snow Goose Band for me!
HOYTarcher
10-30-2009, 03:33 PM
Damn dog.............
BIGHORN
10-30-2009, 04:31 PM
Damn dog.............

Awesome Dog LMAO
BIGHORN
11-21-2009, 03:56 PM
Congrats to Mathewsarcher who slammed a pair of Giant Honkers that came in on his side, the bonus here is one of them had nice shiney #10 band hanging off the leg!!! Congrats Kev about time you killed a band LOL:D
Buck Rogers
11-21-2009, 08:51 PM
sorry guys, but what are these bands your talking about and what do the numbers mean? thanks
BIGHORN
11-21-2009, 11:51 PM
Every year the USFGA goes to the nesting areas of migratory birds usually about mid-july while the adult birds are molting and can not fly, they round up the birds and band them with small aluminum band on their leg, they then take all of the birds info species, sex age and so on, they are then released back inot the wild. When a hunter harvests a banded bird he can call the USFGA and report the sequential number off of the band to them along with the bird info date of kill and location this help's in the study of the migration for where the birds fly what time of the fall they migrate and where they migrate to. As a waterfowl hunter the band is a bonus you can put on your call lanyard as a keepsake plus after registration you get a certificate mailed to you, fun stuff!!!
Buck Rogers
11-22-2009, 12:02 PM
thats pretty cool. not a whole lot of quality bird hunting here on the west coast... just have to wait till they put them on squirrels i guess.