Wood Ducks on Barkley Lake - 9-24-11

[BassFishing Boy]

i herd getting a banded wood duck is rare. I am 13 and last year i shoot my first goose. And guess what it was banded. It was my first goose and it was banded. And the weird thing was is i was with my grandpaw that day and he shoot his first goose and it happened to be banded too! But not on the same day he shoot his like 20 years ago. Congrats on the wood duck!

[artcarney_agr]

i herd getting a banded wood duck is rare. I am 13 and last year i shoot my first goose. And guess what it was banded. It was my first goose and it was banded. And the weird thing was is i was with my grandpaw that day and he shoot his first goose and it happened to be banded too! But not on the same day he shoot his like 20 years ago. Congrats on the wood duck!

Where were those banded at?

I shot a banded goose in '02 while hunting in Marshall Co. KY, and it was banded near Springfield IL

I shot a banded wood duck in '04 while hunting near Murray, KY and it was banded somewhere in Iowa.

And of course the latest one I shot was banded just a few miles from where I shot it.

I've been duck and goose hunting since I was 13, which was in 1994. 3 bands in 17 years, so yes they are a bit rare and a special prize.

I have seen four geese shot, and all four were banded, and all four bands were in sequence...I was in a pit next to those guys and heard quite a commotion when they got out to retrieve the birds, and understood why when I talked to them later.