I've heard all those same stories John but never really knew the truth. I turned the band in online and it was rung as a hatchling in July 2013 in Wisconsin. I was surprised it was that young. Bird was HUGE, half again the size of the other drake in the pile.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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