Old Duck Band

[nripres]

I shot a banded Greenhead this morning and reported it online when I got home. It was banded in Saskatchewan August 24, 1992. 16 Years old. Any one ever killed anyone older? Just curious. The bird was in great shape except for the #6 Hevishot holes in him.

[River Hunter]

[quote="nripres"] Any one ever killed anyone older? Just curious[/quote

i'm trying not to go to jail could not resist. Congrats on the band

[nripres]

LOL. Should have said duck I guess. He came busting in the decoys with his walker with the tennis balls on the front.

[Copiah Creek]

I have one that was 13 years old , and i called the 800 number and talked with a lady and ask her what was the oldest she had gotten a call on . She said the oldest she has recorded was 23 years old , but said they have one on record that was 27 i cant believe it but i guess thats why they keep the records ..........congrats on your band .

[nripres]

Thanks. I'm pretty stoked

[Wingman]

According to the Bird Banding Lab’s (BBL) longevity records on the web, a 30-year old bird isn’t that much of a stretch. There is a 22-year and three month old pintail, a 22-year and six month old wood duck, and a Common Eider and Redhead, both 22-years and seven months old. The stats also show a 22 ½-year old Ross’ goose, a 23-year old Steller’s Eider, a blue-winged teal that was 23 ¼ years old, and Lesser Snow (blue) and Greater White-Fronted geese, both 25 ½ years old. BBL records show a 26-year and four month old mallard, a black duck of 26-years and five months, a 27 ½-year old Lesser Snow (white), a 28 ½-year old Black Brant, and a 29 ½-year old canvasback. The oldest bird reported on the BBL site is a 30-year and four month old Canada Goose

They killed a mallard hen a couple of years ago at Morgan City that was 29 and four months.

Congrats on your band!

[mossyisland]

A guy that hunted with me has the record for a duck. he killed it in 05 while hunting with us and it was 29.5 years old. It was an article in the mississippi sportsman last month.

[Wingman]

Sapp's duck missed the record by two months.

[nripres]

my duck had a script for viagra and an AARP card under his wing though. What does that mean?

[mudsucker]

my duck had a script for viagra and an AARP card under his wing though. What does that mean?

He was looking for a motel and a GOOD time!

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Imagine the spreads, skyscrapers and migrations those birds have seen.

[H20fowlkiller]

A guy that hunted with me has the record for a duck. he killed it in 05 while hunting with us and it was 29.5 years old. It was an article in the mississippi sportsman last month.

i read that article, was it ever actually declared the oldest one killed

[MallardMauler]

my grandfather once shot a banded mallard that was 13!!!

[duckter]

I saw a couple of older greenheads at a rest stop on I-55 south of New Madrid, MO a few weeks ago buying lotto tickets and playing dominos.

[goosebruce]

Unbelivable... someone shot a mallard! The band thingy was pretty intresting too. travis, (who is sick of pintails)