Indiana opener.....

[Smashfest]

i have a few more better pics to come but this is all I have for now.... enjoy! Hunted 6 guys in a wheatfield this morning, had a flock come in early and dropped 6 and four of them were double banded.. about an hour later we had a flock of 15 come in and we dropped 8 out of it, gave some comebacks and flagged em and they turned and we dropped another 4 then called back 1 more and killed it and went to go get them and found out that we had 6 more double banders!! we killed a total of 24 geese with 10 double banders and one single! I can say this was my best season opener and probably the best one i'll ever have!!! :D


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[Hunter Lewis]

That is AWESOME!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing! Invite me next time!:rolleyes:

[Nathan Bender]

Nice hunt man. What are those blank white/orange bands???

[Goose4280]

I dont get jealous very often but right is a very jealous time :p Good job man! Id be happy with 1 band on our opener.

[randy fox]

damn, now thats an old fashioned Smack Down!!! great job, and if ya keep shooting bands like that, you will have a lanyard full in no time......keep up the good shooting.......................................... ...R

[mlgorecki]

Wow!! I am speechless. Looks like you one-upped us. I think we beat ya with our posting time, but you bitch-slapped us with your harvest. Great hunt; nice shootin'. :cool:

[straitmeatshooter]

Congrats guys!!!!!!!! One of these days I hope the luck is with me to pound out 22 bands in a hunt.

[southern mn slough slayer]

i believe they are tarsus bands, but i could be wrong.



Nice hunt man. What are those blank white/orange bands???

[spaightlabs]

i believe they are tarsus bands, but i could be wrong.

you're half right - they were on the tarsus of the geese but they aren't part of a USGS tracked study - they were most likely added by a private bander for sight tracking purposes...

[jjwanz]

Wow man good job! Thats awesome to hear i'm jealous lol!

[cut em]

That is awesome, congrats. Would be a nice addition to a hunting video if you only had it on tape. What do you do for an encore?

[Smashfest]

you're half right - they were on the tarsus of the geese but they aren't part of a USGS tracked study - they were most likely added by a private bander for sight tracking purposes...

Negative on the non USGS.... Adam Phelps of the Indiana dnr wanted a 3 year study where they put Orange collars on the adults and white ones on the juvies.... they were caught in another part of the state and banded and brought to a few f&W areas! they also have been banding aton of birds throughout Lake, Porter, and Newton counties in Indiana! those collars are just bonus bands along with the original aluminum ones!

[Mallardman9]

- they were most likely added by a private bander for sight tracking purposes...

Probly by Smahsfest so he could see which ones were banded........:p:D

[Goose4280]

Probly by Smahsfest so he could see which ones were banded........:p:D

ha ha ha ha

[Stallion1189]

awesome john, youll have to get me and dan and mark out there with you sometime

[Smashfest]

awesome john, youll have to get me and dan and mark out there with you sometime


No problem.. we'll hook up for a few hunts this year!!