h2ofwlr wrote:Night Hawk wrote: Ease up on the bag limits and possession limits
-Half hour after sunset would put a demise to alot more geese in the early season
-Pull the plugs for the guys that can and do get into the larger flocks
One thing to note(and im sure i ll be corrected if im wrong) is the August season is run by the state. Once Sept 1 comes around the Federales run the show.
I think it already is for Aug. It will not happen more so in Sept as there are migrating geese into MN by then. They want to target locally raised geese which are the problem. EG: Not to target EPP and other populations raised elsewhere.
Not sure during the reg season that they can allow the 1/2 hr after sunset and no plugs. I think it states something in the Migratory Treaty Act, but I may be mistaken.
Nope--they both run it all the time.maplelakeduckslayer wrote: Also, the whole reason for the August season is to target birds in Western MN before they migrate west to the Dakotas before their full on migration.
not sure why the boundary came so far east into MN
I'm not so sure about that. Since when has MN cared about the Dakotas or vice versa? The main reason is to target birds that were nesting and eating crops in May/June here in MN. Would there be a dividend of less geese going to the Dakota's? Yes, but it is a secondary factor, not the primary factor for having the special season.
I am thinking to target the problematic birds in the Hutch/Willmar region that are eating the crops in the spring.Night Hawk wrote: Could the three states come together and do a "no boundaries" August season?
The other thing I would like to see is a list of farmers/Corps/idividuals who have accepted funds for waterfowl destruction.
Good luck with that cooperation
Good idea, if they accept predation payments, then they must allow hunters to hunt in Aug and Sept seasons.
Here in the metro the DNR forced the cities to accept hunting (if a viable option) to receive permitts to trap and remove problem geese like at parks. Same principle.Waterfowlist wrote:If they wanna get rid of them, make the limit in the regular season ten the whole time, that would help.
It will not happen becuase of the influx of non local birds into MN in that time frame.
That's what I mean...kill the geese being raised there before they leave. Otherwise they leave, don't get shot in big numbers in the area, and just return and nest the following Spring. Didn't mean to imply they were doing it to help the Dakotas...there isn't crop predation going on in August really anyway.
