shot my first banded duck today. I have only been hunting ducks for about 30 yrs. It was green wing teal that was banded in the northwest territory on august 26 1999. 4 of us went out today and all limited in a few hours, 1 goldeneye, 2 shovlers, 1 hen greenwing and 24 drake greenwings. man was it cold my nephews wet glove actuly froze to the pump on his shotgun.
Nice job! How long to ducks live?!!? I’ll bet that duck had dodged a few pellats in his day. 
Nice job on the band! I’ve killed probably close to a hundred GWT this year and no band whats up with that? I like to see a piture of the banded teal! it must be a real small band?
Sweet work on the bling. I’ve yet to get any bird with jewelry…one day you little beasts…one day.
That’s only the 2nd band I have heard of this year… Hookjaw got a banded goose in October. [:)]
I have never got jewlery either,I am going on 26 yrs,I dont shot to many teal though mostly mallards,pinies and gadwalls.I am constently watching out for the bands though,I usally get a pretty good look when they are circling the decoys.
great job on the band.
good hunting,FNF
I should have taken a pick with the band on the duck but I didn’t think about it. Here is a pic of it on my lanyard. It is realy small.
Damn!! that is small! but good job are you going to get him mounted?
Very small! I shot a hen mallard, hen redhead and 2 geese with bands in 15 years. The geese were 1 year apart and 119 #'s off one another.
[:)]Small is definitely better than none. Great work on the band, hopefully one of these days I will get one.
okay to those of us who dont know…what do the bands mean? is it a cash prize for killin or what?? what goes with the bands?
Bands are used by US fish and wildlife service to track migrating birds.
The odds of getting a banded duck are very very slim. So I guess It is a trophy of sorts. I will get a certificate in the mail with more information on this bird.
SAH WHEET! they send you a lil award an all? man thats another reason I want to learn how to go web foot wailing. that and I love to eat duck. and I think my dog (bl. lab) wants to hunt em down too. I gotta go get that benelli I been watching at sportsmans. That is really cool with the bands man. great shot, congrats.
Great job, I have never shot a banded duck. However, I have shot a lot of geese that were banded; including one that had a neck band. I shot one goose that had a band, got the return info. that said it was at least 15 years old! At the time, I didn’t know geese lived that long.