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How many bands.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:45 am
by champcaller
I have two questions, how many bands have you shot and how many bands do you average per year.
I have one,,, two ,,, three. Oh yea ZERO.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:25 am
by duforester
Well, I have one band which came last year. I guess if you averaged it out over the years.....oh never mind....let's just say that was the first and only band in 10 years of hunting.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:31 am
by lower14
I have six total, all of them in the past 8 years. Although I've gotten one each of the last 4 years - a 3 year old, a yearling, an 11 year old, and a 15 year old!
Back in 99-00, my father killed 6 banded birds and was present when 2 others were taken! Talk about a banner year.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:34 am
by DuckyDan
One band, got it last year off a woodie. Only band I've gotten in about 10 years of hunting.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:48 am
by chopper30
3 bands which have all come in the last 3 years. Been hunting for since I was 10, so 12 years. Lets see 3/12........ 0.25 bands per year!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:53 am
by crow
I heard all this talk about "getting bands" all my life! Sounded like the thing I ought to aspire to. So, I finally got one...and it danged near ruined my hunting life! Now I don't really see what all the fuss about bands is all about
Yep, I got a wedding band over thirty years ago and it has drastically reduced the days I spend hunting! Be careful about your pursuit of these bands. They can purty near end your days hunting if it comes from the wrong bird!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:55 am
by teul2
0 for 20 years.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:02 am
by dukbum
yea me also.... 0 for (jeeess i dont know, how about a damn long tiome) like i always say when i do everbody will kn ow about it
i heard that on those wedding band thing.....
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:11 am
by RIP EM
1 in 17 years !
Even stranger,... I started duckin in 87,.... Didn't kill a Mallard duck, til 1992. 5 years of "due payin" !
Heck,..... I kill that many per year nowdays !
Rip Em !
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:12 am
by SWAG
Most times it seems to average a band for every 100-125 ducks killed.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:23 am
by CW
16. Overall, I would average less than one a year. However, on years where I really have time to get after them (20+ days) I would average a little over one per year. Mostly mallards. Nothing too exotic, most unusual would be a hen gadwall.
CW
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:12 pm
by Money
Six bands, twenty years.
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:21 pm
by Don Miller
23 bands in 31 years. (1) dove band (1) pheasant band (1) snow goose band (1) widgeon band and (19) mallard bands
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:32 pm
by Ducks be us
1 band, Drake Woody in Iowa.
Caught a Striped Bass with a tag one time...he was delicious
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:32 pm
by lab-dog 4
one banded woodie last year-that's it but still mad at 'em