Duck band info just in: 14 year old green head from Alberta?

[h2o_dog]

I haven't harvested a duck band in 2 years and then within a week I get 2 - go figure. The second one was on 12-06-2002. One of the digits got crushed by a #2 steel shot, but I'm fairly sure I deciphered what was left correctly. I called the number in and got the info today. That greenhead was banded in 1990 near Islay, Alberta and was born before 1989!

I'm wondering if I got the number wrong? Is it likely this duck was this old and far from home? All of the bands I've taken in previous years were from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or N Dakota.

FYI: The other one I took on 12-01, and was banded in Wisconsin and born this spring.

[SCOOTER]

my camp killed a jack miner band, the lady told him he was the 3 band killed in ms in 2 years, they banded 1,400 birds each year.

[torch]

I harvested one in 1995 that was born before 1984 from Cananda.

[crabs]

Shot one that was banded in Edam Sask.in 1990. Now those are two old ducks. Shot mine because he was old and slow. Hpoe the hunting is good and safe.

[feedcall]

My dad and are were hunting together Sat. morning, and each killed one. One of them was one of those AVIS bands from Alberta I think, and the other was from the US fish and wildlife service. That was awesome though. I have never seen two in one hunt get killed.

[Dutch Dog]

My very 1st duck I killed with my benelli was a banded greenhead. a little later that year I took a buddy of mine on his 1st duck hunt and he killed a banded greenhead. even later that same year another buddy of mine (who probably shot my aforementioned buddy's duck for him) killed a banded greenhead that I totally failed to see the band on its foot. When we got the duck in the boat he asked me "is it banded" I kinda casually looked at the duck's legs and didn't see the band and said "no". About 5 minutes later he got to examining the duck and it did in fact have a band on it. My 1st duck hunt (not counting my grandfather taking me when I was 10 or so) the guy that got me back into duck hunting killed a banded hen, and his dad killed a banded hen later that same year with us not 100 yards from where the other one was killed.

[River Hunter]

Sounds pretty crazy, but the first duck i ever shot in my life was a banded duck. A drake mallard @12 years ago. Only killed one other in my life a banded green wing teal.

[GREENHEAD]

i killed one in jan 2001 that was hatched in 1990


hey torch....that one was close to you!!!


gh

[River Hunter]

Dutch Dog it sounds like the Guy i took on a hunt. He killed a double banded 50$ reward greenhead first time out

[um_rebel]

torch, have you recently taken some hypnotizing classes? cause it shore does seem you have a certain someone really fascinated with ya.

[Stano]

That sounds like jelousy ::::snicker:::::: Went to a big dove shoot one year they all piled the doves for a cook out cleaned em in the process of cleaning the birds I found a banded one......my nephew went to thru the pile and came out with another....I have been checkem them from then on with no luck..........Went on a snow goose hunt with ole goosebruce and out of about 2500 geese one decoys right in it was banded........Another time Hunting with a freind he killed a double banded mallard with a 100$ reward band and then smacked a banded teal same hunt.......ALL about luck I have a couple myself not very many tho one came from a cripple tader chip duck heh called em in with some freto lays and tackled em heh!!! It was from a local club not a washington band.

[h2o_dog]

OK, but does anyone know of an older or longer distance band?

[MAG]

I killed one from Alberta 2 years ago.

And, I have heard of a banded Pintail hen that was 28 years old.

MAG

[h2o_dog]

OK, thanks. That makes me feel better about the possibility that I got the numbers right. Just how old can a mallard live to be?

[WETFOOT]

HEY H2O K9,LOOK AT THIS. ESPN.GO.COM/OUTDOORS/CONSERVATOIN/S/H FEA DUCK RARE BANDED WIRE.HTML