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Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:53 pm
by ducman77
Great Story from the past and also a great present from your brother..
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:47 pm
by Plainsman04
Incredible story! Thanks for sharing.
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:14 pm
by Anatidae
One more bit of information discovered today.
I dug-out the log my brother kept - one section for ducks, one section for geese, and a section for squirrels.
I found the entry for a blue goose on the date of the reported recovery (12/24/58) ......and it had a notation out to the side......'band'. He killed another blue that day and it had the notation 'im' for immature by it. There were several other im notations on other snows/blues......I just never noticed the 'band'.......but wouldn't have known where the band actually was.....until this weekend.
I figured he flattened it out to drill a hole in it and put it with the other award medallions he had on the watch chain. I'm just glad it didn't snap in half when I re-bent it in a circle.
The location (as noted in the log) was 'Martone'. There were a lot of other entries for ducks and geese killed here - more than any of the other 3 most-popular locations in the log. Must have been a helluva good spot - but it's the only one I don't remember hearing anything about.
Again, I appreciate the nice comments, support, and positive response to this story.
Happy Hunting!
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:49 am
by timberjack
Nice Randy, nice...
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:40 am
by Doc & Nash
That is awesome Randy. It is funny how the smallest of items found in the back of a drawer revive the biggest and best memories.
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:59 am
by champcaller
That is too cool!
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:07 am
by coonman
Great Story! That is AWESOME!
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:34 pm
by rustypjr
MAn that is awesome.
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:36 pm
by Hole Hunter
Great story of a waterfowling legacy.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:39 am
by T-Bone
good story Randy! thanks
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:24 pm
by feedcall
Very good story and great memories to cherish. Thank you for sharing.
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:54 pm
by randywallace
Very cool. Congrats on the find!
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:58 am
by crow
Wow, Randy! Great find.
I've looked over Hell and half of the country for the cigar box I used to keep bands in from when I first started hunting in the delta. I sent the info in, but I never wanted to put them on a lanyard...believe it or not, it would not have been cool back then, just showin off!
I lost track of them over the half dozen moves I made after college. Probably had 10-12 in that box along with some other treasures that would be valueless to someone else. Your story gives me hope that when I'm gone, someone will find them and give them to my son. I sure hope they find their way into his hands one day.
As I said, your story gives me hope!
Bobby
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:41 am
by Roach
Threads like this is what makes this website and the brotherhood of this sport so special.
Thanks for sharing.
Re: Unusual Band Recovery-w/results
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:57 am
by tica-tica
Great story! Thanks for sharing.