Banded birds - banded where?...harvested where?

[Big Sky]

The coolest thing I find about banded birds is not so much how many each hunter has shot, but where they were banded and where they shot...the story behind the band.

It's really amazing how far some have traveled as well as how long they have lived.

Please share the stories.

I have one banded mallard that was shot near Horicon, WI, but banded somewhere in Minnesota. (Too long ago to be specific).

[Rost]

We shot two banded honkers one day this fall. They were shot 5 miles SE of Madison, banded 2 miles SW of Madison in 2001! Great story huh!

[lawdog]

I can top that one Rost. I shot a banded honker by Talcot several years ago and it had been banded in Cottonwood County (same area) ELEVEN years earlier.

Did the thing ever leave????

[Sifty]

I get the Wildfowler magazine and each month they have info on about 12 banded ducks or geese. It tells you where they where banded and where they where taken. They also give you a map. It is pretty cool.

Sifty

[guy100]

shot a canvasback in north dakota that was banded in maryland and was 13 years old.

[Tom Wilson]

I can top that one there Lawdog--This one time...at band camp...

I shot a banded goose while he was being tagged. That DNR guy got pretty mad!

I have only shot one banded bird. I shot in Woodbury, as a 3 year old. It had been tagged as a fledgling at Horicon Marsh, WI.

Tom W

[merganser]

I was pretty excited when I shot a banded goose at the Weaver Bottoms. Got my band info back from the USGS and found out it was "too young to fly when banded" earlier that year and was banded near Alma, Wisconsin. For those of you who know the area you could say it was darn near right out of the net. Probably within a mile of where it was banded. It was still exciting to get one with a band.

[rattlem'up]

well so far i have 3 banded birds. All shot in Glencoe,mn

1 Drake Mallard Local bird banded by a guy i know that raises them mcloed county

1 pheasant that was also a local band by the same guy

and 1 canadian goose that was banded in maryland. 6 yrs old!!! it weighed 16 1/2 pounds.

[poutpro]

Group of 4 of us this weekend shot 4 banded geese out of one flock. Have yet to here where they are from and age, but they looked to be pretty young.

[jiggin' fool]

Canadian goose shot on the afternoon of October 9th, 2005. Banded as "too young to fly in 2003".., "male".., "banded near Oak Bluff, Manitoba".

On that day, in the morning, my buddy shot one that was banded in 2005, banded in Bemidji.

[full force five]

I shot a banded redhead on 10/09 in north dakota. It was banded in Mirror AB. Assuming it returned there each summer, that duck had alread gone a long way when it was shot.

[FOOT]

5 banded ducks.

3 Mallards all shot by Brownsville MN and banded just north of Mpls.

1 Teal shot by Battle Lake MN and banded north of Mpls.

1 Widgeon shot in SE ND and banded in NW ND.

[Walleye Guy]

One banded drake mallard. Banded in NY state. Shot near Luck, Wisconsin. 3+ years old.