Lack of Geese
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:29 pm
So I was just reading the Lack of Geese thread, and it got me thinking.
Why are waterfowlers not completely up in arms about the decimation of the goose population?! And I'm not being sarcastic. Talking to any old timer they will talk about how it was the rarest of days to see a goose (outside the traditional staging areas), and obviously even more rare to kill one. Now, we have an early early season, an early season, a regular season, and a late season on them which is all well and good (I'm in no way saying these increased opportunities should be taken away), but they also have big bag limits with the intention of actually lowering their population. That, along with goose round-ups, the population appears to be taking a nose dive. How on earth can waterfowlers in this state be in favor of this? Not treating this as one of the greatest conservation stories ever told and doing what they can to allow it to continue, they act as though they are doing the world some great favor by killing all these geese, just to keep them from shyting on someone whiny little biatches lawn. It just doesn't make sense to me.
Why are waterfowlers not completely up in arms about the decimation of the goose population?! And I'm not being sarcastic. Talking to any old timer they will talk about how it was the rarest of days to see a goose (outside the traditional staging areas), and obviously even more rare to kill one. Now, we have an early early season, an early season, a regular season, and a late season on them which is all well and good (I'm in no way saying these increased opportunities should be taken away), but they also have big bag limits with the intention of actually lowering their population. That, along with goose round-ups, the population appears to be taking a nose dive. How on earth can waterfowlers in this state be in favor of this? Not treating this as one of the greatest conservation stories ever told and doing what they can to allow it to continue, they act as though they are doing the world some great favor by killing all these geese, just to keep them from shyting on someone whiny little biatches lawn. It just doesn't make sense to me.