How Many Bands? No B.S'n! [Archive]

motorcitymadman

12-24-2006, 02:08 PM

I was just wondering how many bands people like Jeff and other Pro-Staffers have. All of 'em. Reward bands, neck bands, miner bands, etc. I been hunting hard for five years now, probably have been part of hunts totaling about 1000 ducks and about 500 snow geese ( numbers are real rough estimates ) and have seen only about 15 banded birds. Myself, I have 2 bands - Mottled Duck this year, and a BW Teal 3 yrs. ago. I know location and types of birds harvested (Mallards and Honkers I hear are banded the most) play a major role in retrieving banded birds, I just thought this would be an interesting topic.

If only they banded the crap outta Gadwalls! LOL!

SMOKE

12-24-2006, 05:14 PM

0 :oops:

Duckman4Ever

12-24-2006, 05:14 PM

They don'nt band many!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p000fda2afc023e538e4436fde91c1cc3/f12935d4.jpg

I've got 28 duck bands, 6 canada bands, 2 speck bands and 3 snow goose bands.

Max4hdmatt

12-24-2006, 05:17 PM

i have 2 goose bands and 1 snow band. hope to extend on both bands this year. i will most likely have more snow bands.

Matt

H-Unit

12-24-2006, 05:31 PM

ZERO

kingkilla

12-24-2006, 05:32 PM

i have one honker band and i got it a year to the day.

Max4hdmatt

12-24-2006, 05:33 PM

H-UNIT: im loving the chinstrap man. hopefully mine will look something like that here in the future. i want one like that. keep it growning man.

Matt

Kelly Rees

12-24-2006, 05:36 PM

2 ducks. 1 redhead and the mallard from the club this year. No goose...got a bunch of pigeon bands though.

kingkilla

12-24-2006, 05:39 PM

I was just wondering how many bands people like Jeff and other Pro-Staffers have. All of 'em. !

when we were at a show in burlington iowa one guy (from foiles i think) had a lanyard full of reward bands that he didnt call in. he said that he was going to sell em on e bay and buy a new truck with the money he recieved from them.

scouttracker

12-24-2006, 06:27 PM

I have 7 goose bands, [ 3 is $100.00 reward ] and i think 60 duck [no reward] plus about 500 release bands. But i hunt near farms that release alot of ducks.

HRK

12-24-2006, 06:34 PM

16 geese
1 duck
1 2004 jack miner duck
also a 1933 and a 1939 jack miner goose bands i got from a private collector in kingsville ontario

HRK

12-24-2006, 06:58 PM

MOTORCITY
they band geese around my location every year so we have alot of banded locals

iawaterfowler88

12-24-2006, 07:02 PM

I got one goose and a duck....my pops shot the duck when I was like 10, but I was the one that found it after he had given up looking for it...took me about an hour of searchin after he finished and I got it...and well i was rewarded! took us about 2 hours of on and off searchin to find him....boy im glad we hunt with a lab now!

geneva bob

12-24-2006, 07:08 PM

none

H-Unit

12-24-2006, 07:14 PM

MOTORCITY
they band geese around my location every year so we have alot of banded locals

Im not too fond of the guys I run into which so much aluminum on their neck they need need a ciropractor in the pit-only to tell me 95% of it was from birds that only made a 1 mile flight path. How does that help information recovery for conservation? Just another status hunter I dont want my sons and nephews to look up to...

Oh, ridge, Im not speakin of you, just got me thinkin of the whole subject. haha.

HRK

12-24-2006, 07:26 PM

H-unit
i do go to the chiroprator not because of ***elry but a fractured (C 4-5) from a constuction accident. BTW just happens were we hunt is the same area they band the birds, so most dont get a chance to migrate but to become a local statistic.

IowaMigr8tor

12-24-2006, 07:29 PM

I have 3 Goose bands, 1 or them is a $100 reward(Double Band), both of them banded close to where they were shot. One of them was 18 and it really makes you think "man this bird has seen it all, and i was lucky enough to out smart him". The other band was only a couple of years old.

Kinda hard to help shooting banded birds near a banding site, or knowing where a bird was banded and sorry but if I see a band Im going to shoot it. No offense.

Silver Webfoot

12-24-2006, 07:31 PM

i have a whooping 3 bands gadwall ,mallard and snow goose,,im allergic to silver i think

H-Unit

12-24-2006, 07:34 PM

I hear ya man. I know your situation is a matter of location, but those doodz road trip to the nesting grounds...meh.

Haha, remember this is all coming from the guy who said ZERO.

HRK

12-24-2006, 07:43 PM

H-UNIT
unfortanatley the nesting and banding locations are the same which is roughly 1/4 mile or less from where we hunt , yea i know kinda a $hitty for the birds and conservation,but were not lookin to kill just banded ones just happens to fall that way

Silver Webfoot

12-24-2006, 07:51 PM

its all got to do with what I call the 2 l's lucky location.

RidgeNelson

12-24-2006, 08:51 PM

where do they band the pigeons?

Beretta_hunter_forlife

12-24-2006, 09:10 PM

I got 1 wood duck band and one of my buddies got 4 goose, 1 mallard, and 1 wood duck.

HRK

12-24-2006, 09:55 PM

we get some banded pigeons in kalamzoo michigan mostly from local farmers though

hammer007911

12-24-2006, 09:59 PM

[ How does that help information recovery for conservation? a.

:idea: Well it tells them they made it 1 mile from the banding station :idea:

Hammer

HRK

12-24-2006, 10:13 PM

[ How does that help information recovery for conservation? a.

:idea: Well it tells them they made it 1 mile from the banding station :idea:

Hammer

man its hard to concentrate on reading your posts with those HMMM things bouncin on the left side of the page :shock:

RidgeNelson

12-24-2006, 10:19 PM

do the farmers band them just to see where their pigeons are going or whats the deal? Does anybody know about any pigeon banding in MO?

RidgeNelson

12-24-2006, 10:20 PM

not trying to hijack the thread guys, sorry ^^

Ive shot one banded drake mallard. It was three or four years and banded in North Dakota.

Ridge

HRK

12-24-2006, 10:25 PM

actually the farmers band em because there homing pigeons,and they also radio collar them. i personally havent shot any, but have a freind who hammers the heck outta them.

RidgeNelson

12-24-2006, 11:06 PM

are they migratory?

Killer Miller

12-24-2006, 11:13 PM

I agree with H-Unit...thats not cool hunting a place just because they know that geese or ducks were banded there, maybe only weeks before that. In fact, I think I would be kinda ashamed of putting bands that I killed like that on my lanyard.

But as far as bands go, I have 8 honker bands (1 $50 reward band), 5 shot last fall and 3 this fall so far. I've got the big 0 for duck bands.

HRK

12-24-2006, 11:53 PM

KILLER
im not the only one who hunts this area, theres about 8 privately owned islands 1/4 mile away, besides state land thats only 1/2 mile away. probobly 25-40 guy's hunt this area at all times so i do agree to a point,but also theres fields and golf courses we hunt that have the the same banded birds and also some fields in the next town about 15 minutes east where they also band birds so i guess im in a catch 22 situation here.only 6 of my bands were shot in my county in 8 yrs the others were from management units in other countys private and state land , totaling 12yrs worth of hunting.

HRK

12-25-2006, 01:09 AM

H-UNIT @ KILLER
just a clarification here,
the DNR bands birds in all my surrounding counties,so its very hard to not shoot local birds,so its a bonus to get bands but i wished more were migrators,also i either hunt with my son or one or two other freinds so the amount of bands i have ive worked hard for. 3 of my bands came from other states ,missouri ,thunder bay ontario, kingsville ontario.im not like some of my other freinds who go six guy's to a feild and smack the crap otta them and get 9 bands in 12 or 18 bird limits, day in and day out. im in it for the hunting not the bands,so i hope you understand my situation i have no choice theres just lots of local ganders anywere i go within 50 miles of where i live.

HRK

12-25-2006, 01:14 AM

REDLEGG93
no the pigeons are not migrators, banded and radio collared for local trackin only

Greg Ruark Jr.

12-25-2006, 06:08 AM

twenty years= one honker band :evil:

Greg Ruark Jr.

12-25-2006, 06:14 AM

barry- don't mind these guys; killin geese is killin geese. I'm ready to travel for one of those bands lol.

HRK

12-25-2006, 09:18 AM

no problem think they misunderstood a post i put in and assumed i got all my bands in one location only :wink:

KILLER those 8 bands ya got do you know where they were banded at and how far from ya, where they also locals or migrators?????????? know ya been smacken em hard!!! just curios.

also its not by choice where we hunt, this area has been hunted for ever by everyone and the DNR picked this location for banding not by us its actually in the city limits and just east is where everyone hunts.

Wild Wings

12-25-2006, 10:50 AM

In my sixteen years waterfowl hunting I've run across a few bands along the way.
1 Black duck
1 wood duck
7 mallards
26 goose bands

We don't get many banded birds around where I hunt and alot of them are migraters.My black duck was from northern Quebec and I've got geese from all over northern Ontario.I was especially lucky this year and have shot three geese from Nunavut.I personally don't care where the band is from,I'm always happy to get one!!

Wild Wings

SUPREME

12-25-2006, 12:49 PM

Canada bands 28-3$ 100-3 neck collars(orange,white,yellow,
Duck bands 11-1$ 100
Snow bands 42-4$ 100-30-10-10-1 radio trans
Pigeon bands 2- 1 radio trans

RidgeNelson

12-25-2006, 04:33 PM

Supreme,

How long did it take to collect that many bands?

hammer007911

12-25-2006, 05:49 PM

Zero on my lanyard. I gave away all 7 I shot this year. :wink:

Hammer

honkerhunter104

12-25-2006, 07:19 PM

2 Honkers
1 Mallard
1 Blue Goose

my dad and i both shot a mallard the same day within 15 mins of each other..it was pretty cool

BIG SEAN

12-25-2006, 08:29 PM

Hunters Ridge.... ha... i wouldnt care if i had to hunt the same place everyday just to shoot banded geese.... killing geese gives me the same feeling no matter where i am ... urban style hunting or in canada.... i will come up there and bump elbows to shoot bands anyday... dont feel bad for killing them.,, heck shoot em' all and fill up that lanyard... i grew up in michigan south of you about 2 hours... i know how the bands are around here, and the days you get lucky you can really get a bunch of bands from one flock and the next day you might not get any....i have about 60 goose bands just from Michigan banding the locals....i like them just as much as much as i like the other 60 bands from migrators or other states across the county... they all fit the same around my lanyards .... this year so far i have given away 7 of them and only kept 4.... my friends benefit from hunting with me because i am just too nice of a guy and i let them take them.... its all in good fun though, i probably have enough anyway.... sean~~~

HRK

12-25-2006, 08:49 PM

BIG SEAN
thanks bud ,have ya talked to lewis lately???? heard he smacked em real hard this year down in yer neck of the woods!!!! didn't hunt the muskegon waste water this year, but seen him there last year and hunted a feild by him ,was suppose to go down there this year and hunt with him but kinda lost touch with him. this was a busy year for me, maybe next year.nice hearin from ya bud take care 8)

PS great job settin up my reeds on my TR. sounds awsome.

scouttracker

12-25-2006, 09:05 PM

The way I look at it is A bird down is a bird down. I dont care if the farm or place next to where you hunt bands birds. If I pay for a [BLIND, A PIT, or a Truck,, and can shoot birds out of it ,Then By Dam I hope they have bands on there legs. If not O O O Well.

H-Unit

12-25-2006, 09:19 PM

[ How does that help information recovery for conservation? a.

:idea: Well it tells them they made it 1 mile from the banding station :idea:

Hammer

Post count +1

H-Unit

12-25-2006, 09:26 PM

Ridge, I love ya man, but your always missing the point haha.

Dont have problems with guys who hunt what God gave em, or what they have been hunting for years. Just guys who make a point to shadow these banding sites to up there bling.

If you make a point to do this, how can you be proud of anything hanging from your neck? Really?

Still, remember, this is all coming from the guy who said ZERO.

HRK

12-25-2006, 09:32 PM

H_UNIT
good point.... thought you and killer may have misunderstood my post so i clarified it ,but also i dont brag to everybody YEA i shot all these from point X but i also see your point on conservation and migration..... just another good debate between freinds 8)

did i miss the point again HAHA...........

DropEmInDE

12-25-2006, 09:36 PM

One Duck And One Avise Washington DC band, both of which were christmas gifts....THANKS BARRY !!!!! your the best...!

HRK

12-25-2006, 09:41 PM

your welcome bro.

Gooseblitz

12-26-2006, 09:22 AM

H-Unit...not to sure why you would "not be fond of" guys that kill locally banded birds....they are lucky but no reason to look down on em...what do you expect them to do.... not shoot geese becuase they live close to where they banded em.....or try to pick out unbanded geese so they don't skew the conservation data?
In PA you are really relegated to PA banded honks from the refuges except for the SJB geese they get in NW PA.
I know 3 local guys that hunt near the middlecreek refuge 1 guides and kills more geese than me and has enough bands to fill several lanyards one kills a more normal amount of birds and has been doing it for 40+ years I don't begrudge them their success on local birds....
I'm 37 and with 25 years of waterfowling I have 1 bib collar(refuge 50 miles away 9 year old bird), 1 snow tarsal, 1 canada tarsal, 1 $500 reward band banded 2 years ago about 30 miles from me, and about 20 regular bands....I hunt several areas where they band and over the last 10 years of really stacking up the geese (300 year) we still kill about a 3- 5 percent banded which is better than the 1 % they actually band.

Good luck fellas and when you get in the banded hammer em!

wooziegoose

12-26-2006, 10:17 AM

2 geese
1 redhead
1 farm duck (i think). it was all tan and had a mallard bill but was only half the length. it had gadwall wings. it came in with a flock of about 200 mallard/blackducks. the band wasnt your typical band. it was banded on both legs with flouresent pink zip ties.

njhonker

12-26-2006, 10:18 AM

Hey Biggie....how about sending some my way.......lol

help a brutha out! I never really paid attention to bands till about 5 years ago..I used to see banded geese all time while we were hunting but I didn't considered them any different than the non banded ones I just shot them and didn't care....the first goose I ever shot WAS banded however...

goose bands 18
neck collars 2 both orange

duck bands 3 1 mallard
2 wood ducks

H-Unit

12-26-2006, 11:04 AM

Kelly Rees

12-26-2006, 11:35 AM

Dude some people dont read the whole post, just to where they get mad and then they hit the reply button.

H-Unit

12-26-2006, 01:31 PM

Dude some people dont read the whole post, just to where they get mad and then they hit the reply button.

I need to learn how to put my entire thought process into the first 3 words.

HRK

12-26-2006, 03:42 PM

Dude some people dont read the whole post, just to where they get mad and then they hit the reply button.

I need to learn how to put my entire thought process into the first 3 words.

im not mad and i hit the reply button!!!!.....haha........i thought this thread was kinda fun and a good debate.......its all cool..

rushcreekganderlander

12-26-2006, 05:40 PM

4 goose bands

You shouldn't feel bad for shooting local banded birds. There isn't anything wrong with it. What are you supposed to do not shoot geese because they band a lot around your area? Whack and stack em who cares where they are from. But maybe if you guys didn't hunt them a few would make it down my way.

SUPREME

12-26-2006, 06:52 PM

redlegg,Ive been hunting since i was 10.I am 30 now but I am off all
winter long so i do alot of hunting when i dont have to guide.

Gooseblitz

12-26-2006, 07:05 PM

H-Unit not mad here bud....Kelly is right on I read the first handful of posts and didn't realize there were 3 pages of opinion...my bad...stackem up bro...bling or not!

HRK

12-26-2006, 10:11 PM

SGTSLTR

12-26-2006, 11:21 PM

1 band

It was a great one too. I was with Hammer for 2 of the 7. Maybe next season I'll get another one. I guess if I'm hunting with Hammer, there is a good hane I'll get one.........if I'm the one that shot it.......lol :wink:

The band I shot this year was banded in the same city, not sure where. It was this years bird. I'm not shy about shooting birds, banding area or not. I'm a meat hunter. Providing for my family. If I happen to be in a banding area...so be it.

Sorry everyone has to add their $.02 :wink:

Killer Miller

12-26-2006, 11:48 PM

Barry, all the banded birds that I have killed have been banded in Iowa. I did shoot one in Illinois, but just across the Miss. River. So I see your point. But I DO NOT know where they are banding birds. But I think the closest banding spot to where we hunt here in central Iowa is about 60 miles or a little more.

Oh and btw, Dekker (iawaterfowler88) killed a banded honker this evening in a field that I got permission to. :twisted: Oh well, Im happy for him. After all, he has 2 and I have 8. :lol: