congrats to yall and great stories .... yeah those bands will put a big smile on your face .... i rember my first one .... had a group of canvasbacks come in .... which are fairly rare here for the most part .... had killed limits of drake cans the 2 days before (1 each day) ....so i picked out a hen for taxidermy purposes ....ended up being banded ... i bout crapped my pants when i picked her up ..... since then i have killed a few others ..... but season before last it was unreal .... killed 4 bands in 9 days of hunting .... 2 on the same day ... had a flock of canadas come in one day ... killed the lead bird (neck collar) and the bird behind it .... i was so excited about the neck collar that when i picked up the second bird and saw the legband i let out a YEAH !!!! prolly coulda heard me a mile off ...even tho i was huntin solo .... yup those bands will make ya do funny things .... lol ....thanx again for the stories .... keep em comin .... love to read em .... and RBduck ... i been watchin for ya in the chatroom, yahoo, and msn to talk duck .... but havent caught up with ya .... pat ya boy on the back for me ...and tell him congrats on that band ..... hope yall are tearin em up up there .... save sum for us southerners tho .... still waitin for our main season to open ..... later yall