S.478 - Hunter and Farmer Protection Act of 2017
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-con ... 5D%7D&r=52
Basically it defines burned, rolled, etc fields for crop insurance purposes as "normal ag practices". USFWS currently has defined these areas as baited as it's not "normal"
I saw major conflict in ND 10-25 yrs ago. 1st was when the wheat got scab ('94?) because it was so wet. They burned it and the hulls were all over the ground. Hell 2/3 of ND was a baited area under the current definitions (remember it is not just THAT field that is considered baited - but the area is. Meaning any geese going from the roost to what they deemed a "baited" field, the route the waterfowl were taking is considered a baited "area" and is off limits for legal hunting). 2nd time was when they had a late spring and an early frost, the corn was stunted, so the framers were told to roll or disk the fields so they could not normally harvest the crop. 4 of 5 corn fields where I was at were rolled/disced and guess where all the spring time Snow geese were headed too? I hunted harvested corn fields only as I had heard the week before that the Fed COs were writing tickets. I had them glass me for 10 minutes 1 day and they moved on.
To be clear I was running traffic, as I had rolled corn field 1 mile away and another a 1.5 miles away and I was between the roost and those other rolled fields that they were using. I think I shot like 5-6 geese that morning. If I was on the X I could have literally filled up the pick box with Snow geese if I was in rolled corn.
So there is reason why the Feds declared rolled/disced corn as a baited area.
Anyway, I wonder if the USFWS will fight this tooth and nail?
Or if this will pass?