Author Topic: What is your jewelry count? (Read 4284 times)

Specklebelly · « **on:** September 03, 2007, 11:00:45 AM »

Something a little different:

I have been hunting waterfowl since the early 80's and have had a lot of good memories. However, nothing tops getting bands.

Over the years I have only harvested three banded birds. A mallard drake in the early 90's and two geese last year.

I passed up a shot about three years ago on a green head to let my dad get him and low and behold it was banded.

Question, how many bands have you been lucky enough to get and what kind of birds?

gooser · « **Reply #1 on:** September 03, 2007, 11:14:13 AM »

I have taken 3 bands from ducks,all mallards, and 2 bands on geese.One of the goose bands is actually a collar.

Specklebelly · « **Reply #2 on:** September 03, 2007, 01:33:23 PM »

I read some where that collars are starting to be made in black instead of the old white ones. Too many hunters were picking out the geese with the collars and thus skewing the results.

gooser · « **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2007, 11:37:50 AM »

that would be a good idea.

lewdogg21 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 26, 2007, 11:15:09 AM »

I've got 3 banded honkers and 2 or 3 banded ducks. Two years ago I missed a bull spring at 20 yards 3x that my dad dropped which was banded. Then later in the day a pair of mallards came in and I took the hen on my side and he got the drake. The drake was double banded including a $100 band. I'll never live that day down.

Doc T · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2007, 05:22:40 AM »

I've been hunting hard since 1992 and I have killed one banded Mallard.

Doc T

raynor · « **Reply #6 on:** October 28, 2007, 01:09:17 PM »

I've taken 2 banded ducks, one mallard, and one wood duck.

Just shot the woody a few days ago and it was banded 8/21/2002

I thought when I pulled it from the water that it had been banded for a while. The band was polished and pretty smooth with no sharp edges.

The mallard was only banded for a year and had sharp edges around the numbers.

I've been hunting ducks since 1990.

Specklebelly · « **Reply #7 on:** November 14, 2007, 11:41:22 AM »

Add one to the list. I shot my first banded Speck this week. In fact we hadn't even shot a Speck in a couple of years.

Three came in and I picked out the closest, lucky draw. Too bad the limit is only one.

JoMiBru · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2008, 11:20:09 PM »

Shot some snows two weeks ago, Eastern Shore of MD at the home farm. Got my first neck collar.

Had a good year with ducks. Only one band, a black duck that was banded in Nova Scotia.
Here are a few Mallards from a good mornings shoot.

-John Bruning

gooser · « **Reply #9 on:** February 29, 2008, 02:29:08 PM »

JoMiBru, that's a nice bunch of birds you got there. The goose collar is nice,did you check to see where and when it was tagged? I find it pretty cool to see how far they have gone.

Sorry about the barrel thing,but GB has its rules.I have to follow them as best I can.
gooser.

Blue Duck · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2008, 01:23:45 PM »

I have hunted waterfowl for 50 years and only have taken 3 bands. those were all in the last 5 years. 2 on Mallards and one on a Red Head.

mas19 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2008, 02:15:40 PM »

I have 10 mallard bands. 10 goose bands, 1 neck band.

gooser · « **Reply #12 on:** October 16, 2008, 01:13:12 PM »

Add one more, I got a goose on October 12th with a band. I called it in and was sent a response by email, it was banded on 6-22-06. It was a female that was banded in Baycity, MI.......about 15 miles from where I got.

Macthediver · « **Reply #13 on:** November 16, 2008, 04:23:26 AM »

Thirty Eight years hunting waterfowl, hundreds of ducks couple dozen geese. Only twice have I shot banded birds. One was back in the early 80's the other was a goose two falls ago.
My son has shot two ducks now with bands so he is off to a better start. When I see these guys with a whole string of bands on their call lanyard. I have to wonder if their just hunting where there are lots of birds with bands? or buying them on e-bay?

Mac

338JDJ · « **Reply #14 on:** December 07, 2008, 03:53:33 AM »

I tend to agree with you macthedriver...sometimes I wonder. I have duck hunted for thirty two years now. I hunt in an area were we kill alot of duck..I mean alot I have no doubt that I have killed hundreds of ducks and have only killed 7 greenheads with bands (thats all I will shoot). I have killed tons of canadians and have killed ony one banded one..16 pounder tho. Some people I know are just lucky to..My brothers first 3 canadian kills were banded. All different hunts to. He's also killed a greenhead that was nine years old. My oldest was 4. (http://www.myspace.com/nomercyhuntingclub)

just alittle bit above average day. Cold cold that morning.

Curtis

duckslayer72 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2008, 05:32:51 AM »

i got 6 duck bands and 2 goose bands. duck bands came off of 3 mallards, 2 woodies, 1 ringneck(9 yr old). My 2 goose bands came out of the same bunch and are consecutively numbered. 338jdj where is your club located? I checked out your myspace page looks like a heck of a place.

338JDJ · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2008, 03:01:41 PM »

Quote from: duckslayer72 on December 27, 2008, 05:32:51 AM

i got 6 duck bands and 2 goose bands. duck bands came off of 3 mallards, 2 woodies, 1 ringneck(9 yr old). My 2 goose bands came out of the same bunch and are consecutively numbered. 338jdj where is your club located? I checked out your myspace page looks like a heck of a place.

SW Oklahoma, dry peanut fields

browndown · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2008, 06:55:07 AM »

I have duck hunted for years and only seen one band. It came on a canadian goose.

Vic49 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2009, 01:04:05 AM »

Thirty years of hunting 11 geese with bands and one duck.

Specklebelly · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2009, 11:01:05 AM »

Opening day today for our zone 2. I shot a banded Widgeon.

Quite a surprise.

jbaldwin · « **Reply #20 on:** November 21, 2009, 02:53:57 PM »

38 years and 24 bands. Mallards ,woodies, widgeons. blacks. 1 can and 1 bluebill and 1pintail. Pamlico Sound in NC has its advantages. Not counting the local bands from releases.