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Post by bsutravis on Jan 22, 2007 21:05:33 GMT -5
No pics to verify, but I trust him......  Art took 3 shots to down 2 geese this morning....both having bands! He said he could see the band on the first goose, but was amazed when he found the band on the other goose as well. Amazing Art!!!! You are 'da man!!! |
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Post by johnc911 on Jan 22, 2007 21:11:53 GMT -5
No pictures no proof then it didnt really happen. Actually I could tell the old man was excited when he called me while walking out of the field. Nice job Art that is great. |
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 22, 2007 21:27:55 GMT -5
Did you just call Art, "old man"  ? |
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Post by jajwrigh on Jan 23, 2007 0:28:33 GMT -5
I don't think it can get any better than that! Good shooting man!
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 23, 2007 3:05:32 GMT -5
That's amazing. How close were the #'s? A friend of mine did that a few years ago, but the band #'s were about 50 apart.
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Post by shootsa410 on Jan 23, 2007 5:39:20 GMT -5
The whole dang flock must have been banded. When they landed in the hole I counted 5 and decided to start shooting since I could only take two. I rushed the second shot and missed, guess I was a bit excited, but bore down on the third shot. I lost view of any of the birds with bands after the first shot and just hoped the one that I picked for my second bird was one that had a band. Last 5 numbers are 16470 + 85050. I'll have pictures tonight, I hope, after the wife reloads the software.
I left two more out the pen late last night so I need to go shoot them this morning. ;D
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Post by dec on Jan 23, 2007 7:44:44 GMT -5
Congrats on the bling!
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Post by kyle on Jan 23, 2007 8:53:18 GMT -5
whats the deal with the 3 shots. I have never heard you taking more than two!
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 23, 2007 11:04:24 GMT -5
Maybe Art's loosing his aim Kyle......... you know, they say a man's aim is the first to go.... next we will be checking Art into the 'home. |
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Post by supr87gt on Jan 23, 2007 12:54:27 GMT -5
whats the deal with the 3 shots. I have never heard you taking more than two! You should have seen him shoot 3 times and not connect at all one morning off of the interstate ;D |
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Post by shootsa410 on Jan 23, 2007 13:21:23 GMT -5
What you need to understand Tom is that I was a bit handicapped. I was shooting a brand new gun and I had to shoot left handed. Now since the bird did fly into the decoys but could no longer fly when it made it to the pond I would say there was at least one BB that found its way home. So how many shots did it take to finish off that bird? Remember I picked up your hulls.  I'll let you know how many shots it takes me to kill my two birds tomorrow. |
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Post by kyle on Jan 23, 2007 14:06:24 GMT -5
good luck
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 23, 2007 15:00:22 GMT -5
Wow, those #'s are no where close to each other. Please share the info when you get it. Those birds might have been banded at two different times, in two different locations. If that's the case, the chances of you shooting those two in the same flock is just crazy. Do you play the lottery??
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Post by supr87gt on Jan 23, 2007 15:43:10 GMT -5
Wow, those #'s are no where close to each other. Please share the info when you get it. Those birds might have been banded at two different times, in two different locations. If that's the case, the chances of you shooting those two in the same flock is just crazy. Do you play the lottery?? Dont worry. He wins every prize at all the banquets too. |
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Post by snakeeye on Jan 23, 2007 17:18:02 GMT -5
410,
Congrats!
Snake
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Post by quackingtim on Jan 23, 2007 17:23:33 GMT -5
They use sequential #'s for a banding operation. So when two banded birds are shot from the same flock the numbers are close to each other since geese tend to fly in family flocks, even if they were banded in different years. I always thought it would be neat to get a pair of sequtial band #'s. I never thought about one person knocking down two banded birds from one flock that were banded in two different states, or even countries. I know I'm jumping to conclusions, but the thought of that happening just amazes me.
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Post by shootsa410 on Jan 23, 2007 17:35:04 GMT -5
As a matter of fact I did stop and buy two donuts and two lottery tickets on my way hunting yesterday. Now if I'd killed them both with two shots I'd be saying , WOW. So maybe I'll only win on one of the tickets. ;D If I win the big one I may be taking some of the boys on a waterfowl hunt.  |
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 23, 2007 20:07:14 GMT -5
Hopefully I will get two with bands in the morning! 630am.......
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Post by kyle on Jan 24, 2007 6:46:14 GMT -5
As a matter of fact I did stop and buy two donuts and two lottery tickets on my way hunting yesterday. Now if I'd killed them both with two shots I'd be saying , WOW. So maybe I'll only win on one of the tickets. ;D If I win the big one I may be taking some of the boys on a waterfowl hunt. Thats what are problem was sunday. John was suppose to bring doughnuts due to a lost bet and he didn't bring any ;D |
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Post by jwkimber45 on Jan 24, 2007 8:38:59 GMT -5
Cool deal Art!!! Congrats!!!
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Art took 3 shots to down 2 geese this morning....both having bands! He said he could see the band on the first goose, but was amazed when he found the band on the other goose as well.
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