It is my understanding the "attempt" means you actually shot at a duck/s.
And BTW, the 1965 2.5 day Teal season along with the reg season we had harvested 181K BWTeal per the info that Cordts provided at the Mn Waterfowl Symp.
In recent years in the MS flyway, the early season Teal take is about = to reg season take with those states with a Teal seasons to our South. We have harvested in recent years about 100K teal during our reg season. So likley if we had a teal season it wouild be = to around 100K additional Teal. BTW, 61% of the Mn teal harvest is opening weekend.
Trigger wrote: The continental population was around 4mil in 1965 and mn shot around 180,000. Last year the population was around 9mil and we shot 120,000, which is a far cry from the 30% of the teal in the whole flyway claimed by some.
You misunderstand the 30% basis. In 1965 of the total harvest, we shot 1/3 of the Teal harvested in the MS flyway, not 1/3 of all teal.
Some of you perhaps should take a 1/2 hr and view Cordts presentation at the MN Waterfowl Symposium on the BWTeal. He starts at the 48 minute mark.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/43335416I forgot that in his presentation, IA now gets a special early any duck season. So it is not unprecedented at all that we could put forth for a 2 day Mid Sept any duck season which would count towards our 60 days. This would totally eliminate the concern of shooting non legal other ducks in a Teal only season.
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