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Question about an old duck Band
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:05 pm
by uptonlj
I found some of my Grandfather's duck bands. They are all marked AVISE BIRD BAND write wachington DC with a 10 digit number. I assume they are pretty old. Is there away I can find out about them?
Thanks for your help
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:40 am
by Wildfowler
You should be able to call the 800 # and ask about them. If they were ever originally reported, the band laboratory should be about to find out about them. If not, they'll tell you.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:08 am
by Double R 2
I'd request duplicate certificates. That's cool stuff. My grandfather through them out with attached to th fet after cleaning; thought absolutely nothing about them.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:28 am
by gator
hey, while ya'll are at it, could ya'll ask those folks for my band info from november???
i've ask 3 times.
thanks, gator
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:18 am
by DUCKAHOLIC
Gator they will not have information on bands that you made at home while watching TV.............
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:27 am
by gator
DUCKAHOLIC wrote:Gator they will not have information on bands that you made at home while watching TV.............
hush groid.
gator
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:23 pm
by augustus_65
I killed a banded woodie in January with one of those bands marked AVISE Bird Band. I assumed it was an old band as most new ones have phone numbers on them. But when I called it in the bird was banded last summer in Georgia. Could be that they still had some old bands they were using for banding.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:12 pm
by eSJay
hey guys - new to the forum so this is my first post. I'm sure some of you already know this, but for those who don't, you can actually claim your bands online now!
http://www.reportband.gov/
I recently submitted some old numbers of mine & they mailed the certs to me within a week or two. One problem I encountered though is that older bands (20 years +)are not in the database. So more than likely your Grandfathers bands won't be there, but it's pretty neat otherwise.
It's worth a try though.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:18 pm
by Tedl10
I killed a banded sprig on my first hunt and it was an AVISE band. Lost the info years ago. Wouldn't mind getting a new copy though.
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:03 am
by eSJay
a banded sprig ~ every hunters dream...
Ted - if you still have the band, submit the number to the site I posted above & you'll get instant info on the bird & the certificate will follow via snail mail (only if it's in the database so if your first duck was after 1987, you shold be okay).