Teal Opener Sept 10th

Had a great morning in Bay City today out in the duck blind.  We had a nice group of hunters and knocked down 16 between 7 of us.  Brought a limit of 4 home and discovered a nice band on one of them.

Plugged the band number into the interior department website and came up with the following.


INFORMATION YOU ENTERED:
 
About your Band/Bird
   Band number: 1045-20057 Kind of Bird: Blue-winged Teal
   How Obtained: Shot
   Status of Band: Removed from Bird
   Status of Bird: Dead
 About Date
 Date of Recovery: 09/10/2011    Hunting Season: current
 About Location
Duck Unlimited Hunting Blind, 3 miles W of Town of Markham,  County is:  Wharton in Texas


Information from Files
Band Number: 1045-20057
 Species: BLUE-WINGED TEAL
 Date banded: 09/04/2008
 Banding Location: 7  E OF KILLDEER, DUNN COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, USA
 Age: HATCHED IN 2008
 Sex: FEMALE


That bird had a lot of miles on it.  We have the option to go again in the morning but it's 3:15 am wake up.


Sept. 17th had another great hunt with the guys from Third Coast.  Met at the Bay City Whataburger at 5am then out to the field.  The teal were flying everywhere but were not decoying well.  Most of the buzzed us and flew on but the unlucky ones came in and didn't go out.  


Near the end a group of 40 teal came in and the 6 of us dropped 6 teal and the 3 dogs retrieved them.  Great outing.