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I shot a banded pintail as a result! Ol' Drundie drawers was running late for a hunt with Waller and I and as a result we ended up hunting the marsh instead of some freshwater flats on the far South end of the Ranch.

It had been pretty slow and we only had 3 birds to show for our effort. About 9:30, a group of about 25 pinnies is heard overhead. Didn't have any pintail drake decoys out and only 3 hens but Drundie and I blew at them with the whistle just for the hell of it. As soon as we hit 'em a couple times they banked like a squadron of F-16's and headed right into the decoys.

Wings cupped and landing gear down, we each picked a lane to shoot. Waller picked a bull on the left and Drundie aimed in the middle on the right. Right as I was pulling up on a nice Bullin the dead center, something shined off one of the bird's legs below it. I instinctively pulled off the bull and dropped the other bird with one shot as did Waller. Drundie shot a couple of times and another bull went down about 75 yards away.

Not really thinking about why I pulled off one bird for the other, I reloaded and sat there waiting for any other birds to come by while Randy and Brad went to get birds. Randy gets his bird first, a nice bull with a hella sprig, and then walks over to mine. He picks it up and starts to go help Brad, and then he tells me a minute later there's a band.

Of course I'm thinking, yeah ol' sh!thead is trying to pull a fast one on me since I give him hell all the time (aka a Haydel or Lucky Duck band). But no, a real live band. Pretty cool. That's my first pinnie band.

Anyway, here's some pics for ya'lls enjoyment...

Me with the banded pin...



Randy with his bull...



Closeup of Randy's bull...


Obviously that made the hunt!

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Nice! ...very nice....Thats a nice sprig in those pics as well.

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Wow, thats a great drake. Dont get too many with pins that long.

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nice band. and nice bull waller. so which would you rather have? a bull sprig like that? or a band for the lanyard?


having never shot a banded bird, I would take the band.

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You so owe me...

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Nice!! Where's the gloves?

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Man I would just like to get a bull sprig to mount let alone a a pinnie with a band.

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Nice pics Hollywood ,congrats no the band , and thats a heck of a sprig....




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What??!! No rubber gloves?!!!!

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congrats on the band!

and thats one helluva bull sprig too!! I have yet to shoot a pintail...that's the #1 bird I want for the wall

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And Drundie whiffed?!

Congrats on the band bro!

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And Drundie whiffed?!

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No, I think they are giving him the cripple

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Oh, and for the record, all we shot were decoying birds.



I could watch those pintails turn and dive in on us 1000 times and not get tired of that, truly awesome!

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Brad didn't whiff. He had his special Cripple Choke aka Cripple Wizzard in. I keep trying to tell him to stick with one choke but the boy don't listen to me (and for good reason)...


Yeah it's pretty funny that I was talkin' smack on Drundie on the ride out about the only decoying birds crock and then all we shoot is feet down birds... WEIRD!!!

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AWESOME WORK ON THE BAND! I wish I had one...maybe someday

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so you shot a hen just to get a band.......i thought u were more ethical than that............

congratulations..........

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Brad didn't whiff. He had his special Cripple Choke aka Cripple Wizzard in. I keep trying to tell him to stick with one choke but the boy don't listen to me (and for good reason)...

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Sweet! Congrats on the band. One helluva nice bull sprig too.

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Congrats on the band!!!

Nice sprig Randy. Sure would be a nice one to mount. Are you mounting it?

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Brad, you wanna get rid of that WW?

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cool beans!

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Randy is asleep right now, but he is planning on mounting the bird.

How did ol' Barney do this morning? We heard a little shooting back their way.

Sand, there are gloves in Brad's pic, just not the kind you were hoping for. They have already had their prostate checked. If you come hunt with us, you can have your prostate checked too and I'll wear the gloves for ya!

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They ended up with 7. They got their pins as well. They hunted till 12:15 and should have had a couple more. Sounds like they had a pretty good hunt.

By the way, how many bands is that now? Can't wait to get one myself. Congrats again.

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Nice...

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7

3 snows, 2 mottled, 1 teal, 1 pin...

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3 snows, 2 mottled, 1 teal, 1 pin...

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Man. I just hope to get one before TW. He hates that!!!! Just ask him about the Wigeon?

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150 is being nice.

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congrats on the band Brent


congrats on a beautiful bull Randy


As for you Drundel, you deserve recognition for just putting up with these two...bwwwaahahaha...


Great hunt guys.

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Damn hen killer!!!!

Congrats on the band. There seems to have been a lot of banded birds taken this season by the guys on this forum.

Sure like that sprig Waller, I am supremely jealous

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congrats

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, you can have your prostate checked too and I'll wear the gloves for ya!

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He might enjoy that WAAAAY too much!!!

You might get more than you bargain for there Cajun!

btw..congrats on the band! only allowed hens!

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Congrats dude.

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damn thats a pretty bird

the scary part of the hunt, was CD muttering "band" under his breath BEFORE he shot

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Congrats on the Band
and WOW what a spectacular Drake.

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Good God look at that sprig!!!!!!

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Dude, you shot the Flambeau Pintail Decoy model.

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