got a band today

[kyleklassen]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/HPIM0277.JPG got my first band in B.C. today after hunting here for almost 25 years. took the daughter down to the bay this morning I only shot these 2 but she had fun waling away at the buffleheads.

[kyleklassen]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/HPIM0273.JPG the boy likes to hold them for pic's

[Crazy_Farmer]

Outstanding man. Pretty rare hen thats for sure to be sporting some extra weight.

BUFFLEHEAD BIRDS
BANDED 21,249
BIRDS ENCOUNTERED 2,004

this compared to almost 7 million mallards and 1 million recovered.

[Chessieguy]

Congrats on the band...

A banded diver is always a treat to get!!!

[Duckman]

Congrats!

www.reportband.gov (http://www.reportband.gov) will give you instant feedback on where she was banded. Post it up!

[kyleklassen]

reported it by phone this morning. didn't know about that site. so i just finished the online report. and it was banded 06/03/2003. in alaska. don't know how long they live. but that one managed to dodge hunters and preadators for at least 7 years. thanks for the tip on the site..... k.k.

[kyleklassen]

just found out they live up to 13 years.

[Fox]

Hey that's cool. I guess having the gun smith put that custom cast stock on your 870 has paid off. :mrgreen:

[kyleklassen]

thats right if you treat your gun well it will treat you well.

[Marc]

That is too cool. Who would of thought that they would go to the trouble of trying to catch one of those little buggers to put a band on them.

[guest]

Must have tasted like eating a MUD BULLHEAD.

I'll stick to the Puddlers thanks.

To each his own though, congrats.

CT

[Theo722]

Very cool. 25 years for a band? man, they should start coming in on a regular basis for ya now that that drought is over =)

[kyleklassen]

25 years for one in b.c got a 100$ one in alberta

[kyleklassen]

Must have tasted like eating a MUD BULLHEAD.

I'll stick to the Puddlers thanks.

To each his own though, congrats.

CT tastes like jerky.

[kyleklassen]

recieved an e mail from the bird banding lab requesting a picture of the band be sent to them to verify. because the migration path of this bufflehead was so unusual. turns out it was banded 30 miles east of fairbanks alaska.

[d6dan]

recieved an e mail from the bird banding lab requesting a picture of the band be sent to them to verify. because the migration path of this bufflehead was so unusual. turns out it was banded 30 miles east of fairbanks alaska.

Thats cool, do they send you a letter of authenticity etc or just a e-mail. The reason I ask that is years ago I shot a banded mallard from Wash state and they asked for the band and then sent me a real nice document..Still have it at my parents house...

[kyleklassen]

i got the document that shows who banded it and where and when and how old the duck was and so on.