Do They Still Neckband Geese?

Registered. Yes they still do and they have a bib collar as well.

How rare is it to shoot a banded goose?

Recovered Bands are Rare

Overall, band recovery rates are only about six percent for waterfowl, and even less for non-game species—likely around 0.5 percent for songbirds. Because band recovery rates are so low, reward bands were created to entice hunters to phone and report when and where they harvested a banded bird.

How rare is a neck banded goose?

Even so, in those early years, it was not uncommon to get ten or more banded snow geese in a single season. We always figured a rate of 1 out of every 300-350 snow geese was a leg band. It is very rare to get a neck collar today, but back then, we shot about one neck collar for every 1500 snow geese harvested.