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Started by Will, Today at 07:06:39 PM

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Will

I killed a banded gobbler on this property last year and another hunter killed a banded Jake. Going through some photos of recent birds I've captured on camera and it looks like there are 2 in the area. The DNR biologist did tell me they banded multiple birds near our farm. Trophy birds. Hopefully you can see the bands.




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JeffC

That's awesome, congrats, did you get a history of when and where tag was put on? Top photo looks like a double beard also, double trophy.
Print by Madison Cline, on Flickr  GO BIRDS  FLY EAGLES FLY

Will

Actually, I did get the information on the tagged birds that were killed. Mine was a 2-year-old tagged about a half mile from where he was killed. The bird was tagged with 12 other birds and at the time of tagging they were all jakes. The jake killed on the same property was tagged a few months prior to being killed. He was tagged with other jakes, but I can't remember how many were with him at the time of tagging. The biologist was tracking two hens on the property, one by my stand where these birds were captured on camera. They have radio collars on these hens. Unfortunately, the one lost a nest last year early into the breeding season and appeared to have laid another nest the last time I had contact with the biologist. I never did find out if the second nest hatched. One of the birds they had collared has been tracked for almost three, going on four years now. I will contact him soon to see if she is still being tracked.