Nershi wrote:Sask is 8 ducks of which only 4 can be pinners. No sex restrictions. I didn't count their days but their season is way longer than ours.
I don't see why allowing us to hunt through December and into January would hurt the duck populations. I would guess less than 5% of hunters would be still hunting ducks after most water freezes which is typically before the normal season closure now (unless we have an El Nino).
If we could shoot 8 we would probably need a sublimit on Cans, Pins, Bills and Wood Ducks. Maybe 3 cans, 4 pins, 4 Bills and 4 wood ducks. I am sure if they gave us this season the average duck per hunter per season in Minnesota would remain pathetically low like it is now.
If the feds did decide to adopt Canada's liberal seasons I am sure Landwher would shut it down anyways. That would make us hunters way too greedy.
Exactly.
If hunter numbers continue to fall, why couldn't we get regulations similar to Canada?
Have always heard the reasoning for the "liberal" season and limit structures in Canada was because of the low hunter numbers. So if the trend continues south of that imaginary boundary, in their own theory, there's no scientific reasoning for current regulation models in the USA, other than a border drawn on a map.
And there wouldn't be any drastic uptick in hunting pressure. Look at how our current "liberal" reg's still produces a whopping 8 birds per season per hunter totals. With the drop in hunters, it's relatively simple math.
Biggest hurdle imo for hunters, still is refuge type scenarios where hunters can't hunt birds. That's the biggest problem waterfowl hunters face and will eventually be the reason numbers dwindle down to nothing.
So for guys like DA, it's not that there won't be any ducks in 2020, it'll be we will have tied our own hands to spite our face.
Pure stupidity!
DENNIS ANDERSON, Then, about five years ago, in 2020, there were no more ducks in the state,