by SpinnerMan » Mon May 20, 2024 11:49 am
I wasn't going to submit any band reports, but I went ahead and submitted the one without the leg band just to see if it is an old goose or if it just lost its leg band by chance. The last time I submitted a report on a visual leg band, it took a while to get a report back. I think the standard leg bands are automated once they get in the system, but these visual ones are not so someone has to look it up.
I know they put white neck collars on geese at the Brookfield zoo, where I took these pictures, a number of years ago because that year they shot 2 or 3 at the club where I hunt that year. None since that I know of. The club is about 25 miles apart as the goose flies from the zoo. I've seen a few white neck collars other places over the year, but have no idea if they were all banded at the zoo or just what they use in our area.