re: Whats the oldest banded duck you've ever shot?

I killed a banded redhead in 1996 that was banded in 1990. Probably the oldest one I've kilt. Killed a woodie in Oak Ridge one time that was banded 2 months prior.

Someone in my group killed one with a transmitter. Botchalism study from Saskatoon. The guy i called on it was happy to explain all the details.

Been duck hunting for 20 plus years, never got a band. My son,13, killed his first limit of woodies last year and two of the had bands.

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Been duck hunting for 20 plus years, never got a band. My son,13, killed his first limit of woodies last year and two of the had bands.

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at least hes still young enough you can kind of take some credit for putting him in a position to kill the ducks with bands.

Killed a banded woodie a few years ago. Honestly can't remember the age. Really just posting this to brag about killing a banded duck, seeing that most haven't killed one.

5yrs. was my oldest banded bird IIRC...a pintail killed in between delacroix/hopedale ...


I'm waiting for choupiquesushi to chime in on this thread...I know some of the guys he duck hunted with in the 80's and they were some banded duck killing mofo's...

not the oldest but here is my best band story - opening day of duck season about 10 yrs ago a flock of geese (canadas) head toward us, about 20, so we eject the 3s and load BBs. They come straight in and my uncle shoots at birds on left, me on the right. First shot I drop one, dead, move to the next bird, drop it dead - ok I move to the next bird but only one shot left and I hit it, not dead but falls in the water. My uncle dropped one and dog is off getting my 1st bird. Our birds were separated and when dog returns w 1st one I notice a band, he goes to get my next bird - yep another band. He goes to get my uncles bird no band. For the wounded bird we had to chase it in a boat and yep another band. 3 shots 3 bands but this is where it gets really strange the bands were consecutively numbered xxxxx15, 16 and 17...... Talked to some padnahs at USFWS and DU and they had never heard of 3 shots and 3 consecutively numbered bands. Birds were yearling canadas banded about 50mi away so no good migration stories. Sorry to hijack thread but I love telling this story

I got 3 banded woodies 2 that were banded a few miles away from my house and another that was banded up in the northern states, dont remembere where. I had to fight my buddy over a banded mallard that was killed on the red but i lost that battle

Killed 2 banded greenheads. Both on the Tensas NWR.

Upham, ND - 3 year old
Saskatchewan- 7 year old