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Boo
02-08-2006, 06:43 PM
Hey Dano

Here is a pic of the Mallard whose band I have on Ebay right now.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/501/mallard_band.JPG
Boo
02-08-2006, 06:51 PM
It was a good day for sure.

I took the Gadwall shortly after I shot the Mallard. My hunting partner's daughter took the Bufflehead on the same pond.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/The-_boys.JPG
Dano
02-08-2006, 07:22 PM
Thanks for posting the pics, 3 banded birds of different species in a day? Wow!
Here's my mallard with the same sequence of numbers at the start of the band.
Dano
BTW, the link you sent me was to a site I was told about a few weeks back but the guy didn't send me an email!
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/299legband.JPG
Iron-Head
02-08-2006, 10:16 PM
How much does a band like that go for on Ebay?
Symon
ruger#1
02-08-2006, 11:14 PM
that gadwall has nice feathers for tying flies.
Dano
02-08-2006, 11:17 PM
How much does a band like that go for on Ebay?
Symon

We'll let you know in a couple days. I've seen them go from $20 to $100usd.. I guess guys collect them and other guys want them to put on the lanyard holding their duck call.
Dan
huntwriter
02-09-2006, 06:12 PM
Nice ducks, Congratulations Boo and Dano. There is nothing like a day in the marsh.:-D
ruger#1
02-09-2006, 07:21 PM
oh yes there is and it is a day in the woods
MB_Boy
02-09-2006, 09:32 PM
How much does a band like that go for on Ebay?
Symon

I just did a search and I was quite surprised what I found.

Hope this link works.

http://search.ebay.ca//search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=duck+band
Boo
02-09-2006, 09:52 PM
I just did a search and I was quite surprised what I found.

Hope this link works.

http://search.ebay.ca//search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=duck+band

For the last 30 years I have been giving away any bands I recovered after I reported the data.

I personally think that stringing dozens of bands on call lanyards looks very silly. I don't have any need to "keep score" so to speak so the bands I have found over the years held more interest with their data than they did with their "bling"

After seeing what some collectors will pay for certain bands on Ebay I decided to list 5 that I had sitting in a box on my reloading bench. I will let you know what the final prices are but right now those five bands - with 2 more days to go - will pay for a VX1 or Elite 3200 scope! If they keep going it may be a VX2 or a 4200! LoL Not too shabby for something I usually give away.
Freshtracks
02-10-2006, 01:13 AM
Very nice Gary. I like to still keep my bands memory purposes. Hunted for about 20+ years and never bagged a banded bird. Then suddenly got 1 one (hen pintail) weekend and the very next weekend got 2 in one day (drake Mallard, hen Widgeon).
PGKris
02-10-2006, 11:00 AM
Holy crap! That's unreal what people will pay for those!
Elkhound
02-10-2006, 11:32 AM
Wow, I didn't even know people bought them, never mind what they go for, it could start to pay for your day hunting or at least some gear
MB_Boy
02-10-2006, 01:05 PM
I have already sent an e-mail off to my Dad t round up some of the ones I still have in Winnipeg from years ago......those little engraved pieces of metal could be worth some $$$!!!
Johnnybear
02-11-2006, 11:46 AM
If this $$ thing gets to carried away I wonder how long it will be before it turns into something (increased poaching) like the trading of bear parts if it already hasn't. I don't agree with it (just an opinion). I think guys keep them on the call lanyards as a trophy just like a head on the wall for the memory of the hunt.
Boo
02-11-2006, 12:01 PM
:roll: Just a quick follow-up .....................



Too hell with a new scope ................ how about a new rifle?? ;)



The 5 bands I had listed on Ebay just sold for $805.00 Canadian.
Dano
02-11-2006, 03:58 PM
I saw that! Those diver bands went huge! Let me know if the money comes in, I have a couple here now (2 goose and 2 duck) and a lead on 20 or so more.
Dano
Boo
02-11-2006, 04:39 PM
The guys that bought the diver bands have already paid for them. They are collectors and they needed those particular series of bands to help complete their collection.

The reasons the 3 diver bands went so high is that those particular series bands are very-very rare. (The collectors told me that after the auction) Also a good clear pic of the COAs proved that the bands were not fakes.

The mallard band at 52 bucks sold for 10-15 dollars more than they usually do but again the COA went with it to prove it wasn't fake.

I do know that I will quit giving bands away! LoL