First Banded Bird

[Ron.C]

Shot my first banded duck today. A hen mallard that was banded in Aug 2022 near Pilot Station, Kusilvak Alaska.

 

[Fowler530]

Congrats on the jewelry!!

 

[richyrich408]

Awesome Band!!


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[MOwhitetail]

Where did you shoot it?

 

[WBT]

Congrats! I’ve shot a bunch and have never gotten one. Maybe someday.

 

[Lvthntitall]

The best kind of jewelry

 

[go_deep]

That's awesome! Only shot 2 banned birds in my life, both were on the same day of all things.

 

[Ryan_1129]

Shot my first banded duck today. A hen mallard that was banded in Aug 2022 near Pilot Station, Kusilvak Alaska.

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Nice work!

 

[Ron.C]

Where did you shoot it?

Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia in a tidal estuary

 

[MOwhitetail]

Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia in a tidal estuary

Ok that makes sense. I always enjoy seeing what their flight patterns are. Some make perfect sense like the one you shot, but some don’t at all. I shot a pintail last year that was banded a week before I shot it and had flown hundreds of miles straight north against a major cold front/northern wind to where I was.

 

[bigbassfish]

Congrats! What's the mix of sea ducks to puddle ducks like on Vancouver Island?

 

[Ron.C]

Congrats! What's the mix of sea ducks to puddle ducks like on Vancouver Island?

Really depends on where you hunt. Lots of sea ducks out beyond the estuaries, and they are not heavily hunted at all ( I only know a couple guys that do).

 

[Bullwrd]

Good job! Congrats.