The Billetheads Tore Them Up This Morning!

[Bird Watcher]

Marty just called and asked me to post up for him as he's having a little trouble getting on the forum. I'll let him fill in the details, but he, the Mrs., and a couple of his friends from St. Louis had a super shoot this morning. Sounds like they were making it rain! Here's a little teaser.

[jdmidwest]

Poor little birdies. I that a double banded bird or 2 different legs from 2 different birds?

Don't look like you got any white stuff over there. 5 or 6 inches here this morning.

[moodyfour]

Can't wait to hear the whole story!

[BilletHead]

Finally got on this palce again. Two differnt birds Report a bit later, got to wind down. It was a hoot! Thanks Chris for getting this started,

BilletHead

[duckydoty]

Two more Bands! Nice Marty!

[jdmidwest]

Having troubles with the forum? Report them to Lilley, he started a thread on it and has a trouble ticket in for support.

[Feathers and Fins]

Very Nice Mr Marty, shortnecks?

[BilletHead]

Greaters, lessers and Richardsons

[BilletHead]

The Story,

Got a little intel from a trapper friend of mine about a field that had alot of birds using it. So, thanks to Cody for the intel~! I had been watching the field for 4 days, every morning knowing that we had some friends coming in to hunt for a couple of days. Called Birdwatcher for some hints on how to hunt this place, as it was full of ducks and geese. It is a wheat field with some corn stubble and grassy waterways in it. Tip #1 from Birdwatcher: go get a hand cutter and cut LOTS of grass to camo your blinds! A 30 gallon trash bag per blind. I did five just in case. Now to the morning of the hunt: we got the blinds put together and the girls started using their talent to decorate the blinds with the fescue. The guys arranged the decoys-3 1/2 dozen big foots and 2 dozen full body mallards. Did I mention it was 22 degrees this am and the wind was blowing from the northwest at a pretty good clip! With everything just right, we climbed into the blinds. We were expected ducks early, but the geese were first to show up. About 60 or so geese pitched in too far out, and soon more geese and 400-500 ducks proceeded to join in the party! CRAP!!!!!! Now what??? About 20 minutes later some other hunters north of us did some shooting and all these birds got up and left! They flew around and started trickling in, and we got one duck and six geese for the next 45 minutes. Then a huge mass of ducks started swarming and dumping in; we let about 30 mallards land in front of us, and that is all we could stand. We popped up-ducks popped up, and 6 hit the dirt. After picking those up, 3 flocks of Canadas converged in front of us and they proceeded to drop in. Up we came and our remaining 6 birds crashed in front of us; and then BONUS we found two bands; and the girls quickly claimed them!! With 12 geese and 7 mallards, we decided to call it a morning. We did the internet band reporting, and found out about Pam's bird.

INFORMATION FROM OUR FILES:

Species: CANADA GOOSE

Date banded: 07/31/2012

Banding Location: HUDSON BAY COAST, 57 SE CHURCHILL, MANITOBA, CANADA

Age: WAS TOO YOUNG TO FLY WHEN BANDED IN 2012

Sex: FEMALE

and then Pat's bird INFORMATION FROM OUR FILES:

Species: CANADA GOOSE

Date banded: 08/06/2007

Banding Location: HUDSON BAY COAST; IN BUTTON BAY, MANITOBA, CANADA

Age: WAS TOO YOUNG TO FLY WHEN BANDED IN 2007

Sex: FEMALE

Good times with good friends and a hunt I won't forget. First ducks over a field what a hoot! Some photos to share,

BilletHead

[moodyfour]

Thanks for sharing and great hunt!!! Glad you could get on them!