2020/2021 Proposals

[kk1]

[QUOTE=jaycee;1103894]It looks like you have a bad case of " lastworditis

Na, just addressing unnecessary comments that make little to no sense

[jaycee]

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It looks like you have a bad case of " lastworditis

Na, just addressing unnecessary comments that make little to no sense

Just as yours do!

[kk1]

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Just as yours do!

Lol. From a guy who doesn't understand how seasons work!

[jaycee]

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Lol. From a guy who doesn't understand how seasons work!

Hmm, after 60 years of Waterfowl Hunting, ??? and working with the MNR as a Deputy C.O. , I wonder if you could explain things to me??

[kk1]

Personally myself and friends find that the end[late] part of the regular season is the best for ducks especially when most ponds are frozen over and we find them in the sheltered creeks that are still open and flowing. For this reason , we would hate to lose that.
As for the geese,over the years, we have found that in the late season [ end of Feb. into March] the geese are not as tasty as they have lost all the fat in their bodies.

You would not lose any time off your duck season. Ducks and geese are 2 separate things.

If days were taken off the end of the regular goose season, to make room for a late goose season. This would not change dates on ducks!

[jaycee]

You would not lose any time off your duck season. Ducks and geese are 2 separate things.

If days were taken off the end of the regular goose season, to make room for a late goose season. This would not change dates on ducks!

There had been some discussion earlier concerning ducks also , that is why I posted my reply as I did.

[kk1]

There had been some discussion earlier concerning ducks also , that is why I posted my reply as I did.

Never saw any of that. No one ever said duck season would be shorter. It was about geese. Anyway duck dates werent the issue........

[singlemalt]

I hesitate to inject myself in this discussion there seems to be a lot of bad blood from earlier discussion. I also admit I am not much of a goose hunter. I much prefer ducks both to hunt and eat. However I do live in farm country and watch the birds. If we want to control resident non-migratory geese I think there should be a season starting mid-March (call it a nuisance hunt or cull). At this time of year I watch mated pairs (so for sure they are local) spend all day flying from small water to small water shopping for a nest site and making a lot of noise. It would not require decoy spreads, calling or sophisticated hunting techniques. Any farm kid with a shotgun could plunk himself by a pond and have a reasonable chance of success. All the birds harvested would be adult, local and breeders and therefore offer the best population control.

[duckslayer]

It looks like you have a bad case of " lastworditis "!

Bingo!

[Snowwalker]

I hesitate to inject myself in this discussion there seems to be a lot of bad blood from earlier discussion. I also admit I am not much of a goose hunter. I much prefer ducks both to hunt and eat. However I do live in farm country and watch the birds. If we want to control resident non-migratory geese I think there should be a season starting mid-March (call it a nuisance hunt or cull). At this time of year I watch mated pairs (so for sure they are local) spend all day flying from small water to small water shopping for a nest site and making a lot of noise. It would not require decoy spreads, calling or sophisticated hunting techniques. Any farm kid with a shotgun could plunk himself by a pond and have a reasonable chance of success. All the birds harvested would be adult, local and breeders and therefore offer the best population control.

A very effective plan. It would also correspond with the start of the proposed Cormorant season. Lots of small creek with areas that are only accessible via canoe or kayak would hold lots of the nest shoppers as well.