Cormorants

On Rice Lake for Pickerel last week and went trolling around West Grape Island. The Cormorants have virtually defoliated all the trees and it looks like the bird crap is ankle deep. There were dozens of them continually diving on fish. What a mess! Permission to shoot on sight won't come soon enough.

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Originally Posted by js4fn

Bad weekend to really do any shooting Comorants move on by 7:00am

But on a side note this pond had a tremendous frog population where you couldn’t sit outside after 8:30 pm without going deaf
last two mornings I would say the Cormorants have removed 70% of the frog population fish were taken early in the spring

Bring on the mosquito’s ?

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There are other explanations for the frogs going silence apart from Cormorant predation, although that may be factor. There are other factors that can switch them off such as changes in temperature or an increase in wind, “ ... the frogs of any one species in one area are similarly adapted to conditions of that locality, they can all switch on or switch off with amazing synchronicity. One night, the chorus frogs (Pseudacris feriarum) are calling like crazy, and the next night there is silence. High temperature in particular seems to have this effect. And the effect of high temperature is fairly universal across many species of amphibians, which is why I suspect that if you had several species calling and then silence, it was probably a rise in temperature that switched them all off at once.”

You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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Originally Posted by Gun Nut

There are other explanations for the frogs going silence apart from Cormorant predation, although that may be factor. There are other factors that can switch them off such as changes in temperature or an increase in wind, “ ... the frogs of any one species in one area are similarly adapted to conditions of that locality, they can all switch on or switch off with amazing synchronicity. One night, the chorus frogs (Pseudacris feriarum) are calling like crazy, and the next night there is silence. High temperature in particular seems to have this effect. And the effect of high temperature is fairly universal across many species of amphibians, which is why I suspect that if you had several species calling and then silence, it was probably a rise in temperature that switched them all off at once.”

You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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Do you believe that the over abundance of cormorants, and the spreading of their range is beneficial to the enviroment? If yes, please explain why.

My question is what are people going to do with all the cormorants they shoot?

Not a big fan of just shooting stuff for the fun. Would imagine they would taste like &;$$; but don’t know. Anyone ever tried one?


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Originally Posted by Saskfly

My question is what are people going to do with all the cormorants they shoot?

Not a big fan of just shooting stuff for the fun. Would imagine they would taste like &;$$; but don’t know. Anyone ever tried one?


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What do you do with : ????
Gophers
Groundhogs ( if you had any)
Crows
Starlings
English Sparrows
Magpies
Jackdaw

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Originally Posted by js4fn

Seen a couple a week ago counted 22 this morning on my property sitting in a maple tree over looking a pond
can we shoot them yet legally?
the tree is already showing leaf thinning

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Yes you can shoot any animal destroying your property legally. I think it’s in the hunting regs. Let some steel fly[emoji16]


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Shot gophers out west for the bounty. Ground hog tastes pretty good, like it roasted. Never shot any of the other species.

I’m in if the government puts a bounty on the cormorants.

Just curious if anyone has tried one before.


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Originally Posted by Saskfly

Shot gophers out west for the bounty. Ground hog tastes pretty good, like it roasted. Never shot any of the other species.

I’m in if the government puts a bounty on the cormorants.

Just curious if anyone has tried one before.


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I have seen recipes in a couple of old Irish CookBooks, but the Irish....they...I mean....you know tha.....:confused:

They have a "taste" for the ....:rolleye:.....Whiskey.
:joker:

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Originally Posted by zoli 16ga.

Do you believe that the over abundance of cormorants, and the spreading of their range is beneficial to the enviroment? If yes, please explain why.

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If you read my initial premise carefully, you might understand where I’m coming from.
Do you believe that the over population of the human specie, and the spreading of their range is beneficial to the environment? If yes, please explain why. The Cormorants haven’t begun to be as detrimental to the environment as our specie. Why should we attempt to eradicate a specie that doesn’t stand a chance of messing up the environment half as much as we have. The Cormorant may even be an asset in dealing with some of the invasive species that have been devastating our fishery. The last great population of a specie that use to break tree limbs and wreck forests was the passenger pigeon. It’s number were so extensive while flying over head they could literally blot out the rays of the sun. It was hunted to extinction by market hunter to provide table fare an expanding population of humans. Maybe it’s a good thing that the Cormorant isn’t that eatable.

You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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Originally Posted by Gun Nut

If you read my initial premise carefully, you might understand where I’m coming from.
Do you believe that the over population of the human specie, and the spreading of their range is beneficial to the environment? If yes, please explain why. The Cormorants haven’t begun to be as detrimental to the environment as our specie. Why should we attempt to eradicate a specie that doesn’t stand a chance of messing up the environment half as much as we have. The Cormorant may even be an asset in dealing with some of the invasive species that have been devastating our fishery. The last great population of a specie that use to break tree limbs and wreck forests was the passenger pigeon. It’s number were so extensive while flying over head they could literally blot out the rays of the sun. It was hunted to extinction by market hunter to provide table fare an expanding population of humans. Maybe it’s a good thing that the Cormorant isn’t that eatable.

You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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No one said anything about "eradication" which would be impossible,at any rate. What we need is a concerted effort to cull the species from over population. Declaring them as varmints is only a first step. Biologic methods are also useful. There's simply far too many of them,nobody can deny that. Your analogy to human over population is ridiculous.