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 Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
[Re: Rude Dawg]
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01/17/11 08:09 PM
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Rob Robertson
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50 trips year is a lot !!. (unless you live on the place!!) I don't and hunt 25 to 30 times a year and think thats too much. Im 15 min. from a Large Public Hunting area.
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/17/11 11:21 PM
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The answer to your question is somewhat a regional thing. If you are in South Texas no doubt the mottled duck. If you are in North Texas it is the mallard. We average about one band to 200 mallards. Woodies, pintails, and teal would be tied for your distant seconds up here. Some areas in South Texas and the coast are 1-10 if you are near a location that they band them. We used to hunt an area down there that was over 100 miles from the nearest place that banded them on a regular basis. We prolly killed 150-200 mottles over the course of 5 years and got one band. Im not too far from you. We sell a lot of duck hunts out at the ranch I work on and have killed around 800 birds since the split with no bands...just got me wondering which ones are most likely to be wearing one. Thanks guys.
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/18/11 01:41 AM
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/18/11 03:35 AM
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you shot bands one number apart one year later... thats awesome!!
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/18/11 04:31 AM
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talk about crazy odds.....Rob I would love to know the odds of that. How far were they apart....oh and did you change your name?
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/18/11 05:36 PM
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Rob Robertson
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talk about crazy odds.....Rob I would love to know the odds of that. How far were they apart....oh and did you change your name? I was hunting a small lake next to a peanut field near Davidson, Oklahoma.Single mallard comes in and I take it. Banded Alzada Montana. Almost one year later to the day I was invited by a Ducks Unlimited Chairman to hunt his Duck Club lake near Thackerville, Oklahoma. He said since I was his guest I got first shot. A single greenhead comes in and I take it. Banded. I get to work, call in the number and then enter the number in my hunting notes. I could not believe what I was seeing. I shot the very next number. Consecutive band numbers in Consecutive years at lakes 100 miles apart. I dont even want to try and figure the odds on that. I had a bad Email account. That locked me out of all the forums. I have a new email now and signed up with my real name.  
Last edited by Rob Robertson; 01/18/11 05:40 PM.
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/18/11 08:16 PM
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WOW!
By the way I had a roommate in college back in Virginia named Rob Robertson
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/19/11 04:05 AM
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Got the little band last month, was kinda pissed bout it! 3 Mallard hens, 2 Greenheads.. yes them hens need lovin too 
Thanks for all the positive THF support. Y'all are awesome.
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/19/11 09:16 PM
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Rob I remember you posting about this last year, I have told your story several times to my friends and they think im full of chit. Were most of the bands you took singles or were they in groups?
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Re: Which duck is most commonly banded?
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01/20/11 03:36 PM
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Rob Robertson
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Rob I remember you posting about this last year, I have told your story several times to my friends and they think im full of chit. Were most of the bands you took singles or were they in groups? Equal amounts of Singles, Pairs and flocks.
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