Its LUCK. My best friend and I took his little brother once. A couple woodies came in and sat down so we let the little brother shoot the drake on the water,( his first duck and he was 10) and you guessed it, banded!!!We had been hunting that swamp for 3-4 years and wore the wood ducks out and never a band before, for that matter never one since... also his gun broke when he shot so he couldn't shoot anymore that day! Talk about fate...