I was fortunate enough to kill a banded greenhead this past season, in january.....I called in the number on the band and the operators took my info and said I would get a letter or something in the mail in about four weeks.....that was back in January, and I STILL HAVEN' T RECIEVED ANYTHING... what do they send to you??? and any suggestions on how to get it.... I have been waiting on the bird to get back from the taxidermist so I can get the number on the band and just try again I guess, ..........man that sure will be a duck I will never forget, it came in with a susie and I let her go cause you got to shoot DRAKES1ST man it sure was worth it..... and the rest of they day went like crap I didn' t even fire another shot...but it was still awesome.... I killed my first banded duck!!!! well I' m doing to much remenissing better go......

northern pintail, hatched in 98, banded 9/21/88, recovered 1/99

mallard, hatched 90 or earlier, banded 1/3/91, recovered 1/02

pigeon, banded and recovered in 98

drakes 1st, the letter they will send should have the the following info. there might be more, but this is the basic stuff.

1- they will tell you the date the duck was banded.

2- where the duck was banded.

3- the age of the duck when it was banded,so you should be able to calculate it' s age when it was harvested.

4- if i remember correctly it will also tell you if this bird was part of a management program, banded, and released to the wild or if it was a wild bird that was trapped by a state wildlife agency and banded. ( dont hold me to this one i may be wrong)

hope this helps.

killed a hen mallard with a band on it. called the number in and got the certificate in the mail about 3 to 4 weeks later. you should be gettin it prty soon.

Greater Canada Goose....18 lb female, 4 yrs old

Banded July 1st 97 in Sabula IA when it as too young to fly

Recovered Sept 8th 01 in Libau Marsh, Manitoba, Canada

This is the only band I have recovered in 35 yrs of waterfowling

Ron

Mallard Hen

Banded in Kramer, ND 9/19/2000

Harvested in Albany, OK. 12/14/2002

Like rbduck this is the only band I have ever had the privelage of taking in my18 years of waterfowling.

Mallard Drake
Banded 8/29/1988
Mont Nebo, Sask.
Recovered 12/8/2001
Columbia, LA

Yes, that' s right, 13 1/2 years old.

I finally sent the band with a different bird off 2 weeks ago to get mounted.

2 actually.

Canada Goose-banded in Moosinee Ontario, early 1989 (too young to fly)
-shot december 1991, Eldorado WI

Mallard Drake-Banded in Dalton WI Sepetember 12 2002
-shot October 06 2002, Berlin WI

It may take a while to get the certificate back due to budget cuts etc...

The certificate will contain the following:
Band Number
Date banded
Species
Sex
Age of bird
Location of banding site
Banders name and address
Recovery location
Recovery date


Hang in there...it will come!

I' ve been hunting ducks a long time but have yet to take one with a band. Maybe I' ll get lucky this year!

One Mallard hen in south Louisiana on leased water.
One Woodduck hen on russell sage WMA
One Green Wing Teal hen on Ouachita WMA

Sorry they were all hen' s but you could see the band' s as they lit.