Crossed the border for the first time this season yesterday and got rewarded.

100$ double banded mallard hen.

Bet thats worth the -1 pt LOL

maybe I will start shooting some mallard hens after seeing tht double reward band...

Nice.

Passed on alot of hens this year, sure makes ya wonder ??
We always try to look at them as close as we can.
Shot a banded drake yesterday. 1st one of the year out of over 100 ducks from that spot this year.

So all I need to do is shoot 25 double banded birds and I might have a shot at winning the tournament.

I think just about everyone that hunts ducks will look for a band. I would think of those that do get bands many people will intend to call them in but for whatever reason they never do.

I have been huntin for like 9 years now. Never have gotten a band, but I find myself checking every single bird no matter what it is. I sure hope I get one soon...Congrats duckiller

Thanks guys. I was pumped. It was total luck. If that bird would have come in 5 minutes later I would not have even shot it. I was unsure at the time what the bird situation was going to be like since this was the first time to hunt that area this year. A pair droped in a couple of minutes after daylight and I couldn't tell which one was the drake. So I shot them both. For the rest of the hunt I had mallards pouring in on me. If I would have known there would be that many mallards in there I would have been picking out greenheads for sure.

It only took me about 10 minutes to limit out. After I shot my last greenhead I was kind of frustrated that I had shot the hen..... until I went to pick her up.

I went to the same area the next morning and let me tell you, It sure was difficult to pass on the hens.