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Banded Canvasback !!
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:38 pm
by eagle700
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:04 am
by Wingman
Show 'em some pics of the paper-thin band.
I want to know how old it is when you hear back from the BBL.
I did find about 2 dozen today. Maybe more will show up this week.
band
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:18 am
by jdbuckshot
that band sure looks old and tarnished, i cant wait to hear the results!
JD
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:04 am
by duckter
Awesome! Guys, if you've never had grilled Canvasback, it is far and above, the best I've put in my mouth.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:15 am
by eagle700
The band is so well worn that it was difficult to read any of the numbers. The last digit is completely worn off. The main office at the Bird Band place could not give me any info, but with the help of Scott Baker at MDWFP and his contact at the USFW Lab we were able to do some deciphering and come up with the fact that the band belongs to one of four canvasback drakes all banded in 1994 in Saskatchewan, CA. Two of the drakes were already mature ducks, so the band is 14 years old, but the duck may be older than that!!
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:29 am
by GET-N-RITE
Thats cool rite there, congrats on the prize.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:35 am
by duckter
Get that boy mounted. I've got one here in my office and he is awesome. Get in touch with Shane Smith in Bridgeport, AL (256-495-2596). He is an awesome taxidermist, won the 1998 National Champ. Hunts Can's quite frequently. You won't believe his work. Also, try him at
http://www.birdtaxidermy@aol.com
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:43 am
by eagle700
duckter wrote: Get in touch with Shane Smith in Bridgeport, AL
Thanks for that info. I have seen his ducks at a DU show and was wondering how to locate him.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:11 am
by 4dawgma
Congrats! nice bird
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:21 am
by duckter
Sorry, Eagle700 - his website is
http://www.waterfowltaxidermy.com
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:33 am
by duramax
Now THAT is a prize!
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:19 am
by nbkillr
Congrats on the trophy, you can't go wrong with Shane Smith on getting a outstanding mount either.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:22 am
by Wingman
The band was so thin, that there were two "notches" worn down in it. One apparently where the band rode on the front of the leg and the other where it rested against the hind toe.
Eagle showed me the duck on Sunday. Very cool!
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:24 am
by quackerbarrell
Congrats on the BAND as well as a pretty Drake Canvasback
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:38 am
by weimhunter
Thats great. Congrats on great trophy for sure!
