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Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:07 am
by Goldfish
But early reared birds molt migrate out, do they not? So really, is there any perfect option to the goose problem?
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:38 am
by get-n-birdy
Goldfish wrote:So really, is there any perfect option to the goose problem?
No.
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:11 am
by h2ofwlr
Goldfish wrote:But early reared birds molt migrate out, do they not? So really, is there any perfect option to the goose problem?
They transmigrate right before Labor Day. Those of us that have been on the hunting forums for years have all heard over the years, "I had geese feeding in a field for 10 days that I have permission for and 3 days before the Sept opener they are gone? What is up with that?"
So that is why the Aug season exists. To target locally raised birds (that are predating fields in the spring) before they transmigrate.
And the Feds give farmers predatation permits too, meaning they can shoot them with what ever means (rifle, shotguns, etc) but must let them lie where they fall.
It is the best that they can do to control the population.
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:52 am
by triplecurler
Early goose season is a waste of time for most people. Corn is still up, beans are still up...unless you own a sod farm you are kinda out of luck...
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:03 pm
by gimpfinger
triplecurler wrote:Early goose season is a waste of time for most people. Corn is still up, beans are still up...unless you own a sod farm you are kinda out of luck...
If we were open south of 212 I'd be killing em in the oats and peas right now.
your mom...
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:40 pm
by HnkrCrash
unless you own a sod farm you are kinda out of luck...
Or you could instead hunt an oats field, or wheat field, or alfalfa field, or sweet corn field, or pasture...all of which we've killed geese off of over the past two Aug seasons, and none of which we owned.
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 3:40 pm
by h2ofwlr
Or over water.... just saying.
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:14 pm
by triplecurler
h2ofwlr wrote:Or over water.... just saying.
It would be considered hunting the roost or messing up opening of duck season...
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:23 am
by greatwhitehunter3!
gimpfinger wrote:If we were open south of 212 I'd be killing em in the oats and peas right now.
your mom...
Yupp.
They are thick in small grain right now. No silage yet but won't be long.
Re: So has anyone hunted the Aug goose season yet?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:44 am
by lanyard
Wait, the August season isn't open South of 212?