
Once you get involved in the outdoors, you’ll be thinking about it 24/7. The Young Guns Fun and Games page is the place to experience the outdoors when you can’t actually be in the field. Each feature is designed to sharpen your outdoor skills and have a blast while you’re at it. Play games, swap hunting stories, and learn from other Young Guns Hunt Club members from across the country.
Information on life span is collected every time a banded bird is reported to the Bird Banding Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. And the record ages for some duck species may surprise you.
A band placed on the leg of a pintail in Canada’s Northwest Territories was recovered from the stomach of an American alligator in Florida’s Orange Lake 13 months later.
By Charles "HammerTime" Snapp, Drake Elite Team Member
By Jason Thompson, Drake Waterfowl Web Manager