Was slow day in Langley but one of the three ducks totaly made it worth while.

[Qwa-honn]

Well got a couple of mallards in the bag then low and behold my season has just been made. Not only did I get nice big Pintail it was banded to boot.
My hunting buddy will send me the pics and will post.
:mrgreen:

[lorneparker1]

Cool! there are less then 100 banded pintails reported in BC in the last 12 years.... Cant wait to see the pics!

Lorne

[Steeleco]

Well done Johnny. Do they come with the same dollar value or are they worth more due the rarity?

[Qwa-honn]

http://i.imgur.com/XTpAa.jpg

[fowl language]

what,s going johnny ? how did you get a pass to hunt this side of the river? i didn,t think you ever left the north side any more....dale

[BiG Boar]

Wow congrats.

[BlackwaterMerc]

Buy a lottery ticket!!

[Angus]

Beauty bling!

[lorneparker1]

Beauty bird to.! Congrats!

Lorne

[lorneparker1]

Well done Johnny. Do they come with the same dollar value of are they worth more due the rarity?

only double banded reward bands are worth money. Which are very few and far between.

Lorne

[Qwa-honn]

Called them and they said they don't mail certificates anymore only email. Should here in the next few days. Also they couldn't see any information it will be on the certificat that they email.

[Crazy_Farmer]

Could of reported online at bbl and they'd give a bit of info right there online.

Congrats. Way nicer bull sprig then my banded pinny from last season!

[keoke]

When I submitted my pintail his year online they just emailed me a certificate PDF and you can print of off yourself.

[blindman]

That is one beautiful bird! Congratulations.

[longshot]

Hey are you going to mount that sprig?? That is a beautiful bird!! Congrats!

[Freshtracks]

Cool! there are less then 100 banded pintails reported in BC in the last 12 years.... Cant wait to see the pics!

Lorne

Hmmm ... interesting. Where's that info from Lorne. Wonder what the #'s on a widgeon band are?

[Duck Buster]

Thats awsome, congrats......

[303Brit]

nice work a very nice sprigand with a band to boot awesome.

303

[Qwa-honn]

Going to get it mounted. Cant wait now just to figure out the cinfiguration of the bird.

[The Hermit]

Okay question from ignorant non-water fowler... why are banded birds so special? Does one need to report kill location etc for research purposes and the certificate issued as an incentive to report? Do they taste better? ;-)

[lorneparker1]

Hmmm ... interesting. Where's that info from Lorne. Wonder what the #'s on a widgeon band are?

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/start.cfm

And hermit, you dont have to kill it to report it. But yes you do need to specify where you shot it, date etc. THen you get a certificate telling you where it was banded, who banded it, how old it was etc. Bands are cool because they are pretty rare. Especially out here. Where im from there are places where its More common to shoot bands. And even then (i grew up 45mins from jack miners) I have less then 10.


To give you a quick break down there are around 12 million mallards in North America. Of those in the last 10 years 400k are banded, and of those around 23k were shot. So
.0019% of birds in North America end up shot sporting a band in the last 10 years.

[wicket]

836 ducks this year and we got 6 bands which is less than 1 percent they were all drake mallard. beautiful pintail congrats

[lorneparker1]

836 ducks this year and we got 6 bands which is less than 1 percent they were all drake mallard. beautiful pintail congrats

I assume thats everyone total that hunted the club? Bradleys?

Lorne

[wicket]

I assume thats everyone total that hunted the club? Bradleys?

Lorne
:-D
thats not my total....:-D I shot 6 greenwings this year and sat my buddy and I each shot 6 drake mallards. yes that is the clubs total ...def not bradleys though. both hunts were with my best friend and were a lot of fun. I might get out once more by the 9th of jan. nice thing about where i work is that they eat duck twice a weekend and steak one night so the ducks are getting used plus they take them home cleaned and frozen. ducks gettting used isnt always the case at some places that cater to corporate types. they might leave the property but you know they are just going to disapear somewhere which is sickening.

[Qwa-honn]

I've been bird hunting for 29 Years and in total I have four duck bands and two canada bands.

[BiG Boar]

So by Lorne's numbers you have to shoot 526 mallards, or 66 days limiting out of mallards, and in that time you'll get one.