Fish Felon wrote: The only reason he is asking for input is because he's a coward and that way when he runs into a hunter who doesn't like a decision he made he can go,
The old DNR used to make decisions and then citizens would get all pizzed off because they hac no imput. So in the last 10 years I have seen a dramatic turn in their obtaining info and doing surveys from us here in MN. Basically it is the new policy of the DNR.
Hansen wrote:From the responses I get from him regarding the teal issue . . . . . There are a bunch of 45-65 year old duck hunter that: A) are vocal B) remember the glory days of duck hunting when you could set up on any point and mop-up a limit C) during those glory days the season was only 3birds and 30 days. D) see these days as only being paper ducks around.
That's my take. I started hunting in the early 80's it seemed like there were more ducks arounde during the 3/30 seasons. When was the last time we had anything other than 6/60?
Now the otherside is you can't stock pile ducks. Cordts serves his clients aka duck hunters, he should allow us to kill as much as possible while protected the resource. He is trying to strike a balance, he just seem conservative with it.
No arguement about A & B. C is more like the 60's and 70s not the late 80s. The reason we saw more ducks in Mn in the late 80s is that 99.5% of all the wetlands were dry in ND, and we had lakes that still had water in them. As for D, some of the older guys do not believe in the current way the USFWS uses "compensitory" , VS the old way in what the "take" can be,. Look at the Waterfowl Symposium video on the BWT and he showed the old system VS the new system what the figures would be. There is a big difference.. And it the reason why we are getting these 6/60 seasons these last 10+ years.
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God, help me be the man that my dog thinks that I am.