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Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on October 01, 2015, 08:11:23 PMQuote from: pianoman9701 on October 01, 2015, 02:48:15 PMThis is a bad move. I have no problem with increased hours, but making taking a dusky a violation is ridiculous. Hunters will either not shoot or they'll break the law. The 2 million geese which now winter down here, will increase because people are afraid to shoot them. The farmers will suffer, the hunters will suffer. The only things that won't will be the steadily increasing goose populations.Protecting dusky geese is a no-win opposition to natural selection. They lost their breeding area because of an earthquake, not because of man. Left to nature, they'd be gone now. There are 6 other subspecies that are doing just fine and they should let nature take its course. It's incredible how egotistical some humans are to think that we should change what nature has in store. Earth quake lost breeding grounds? Keep in mind I don't hunt waterfowl, just curious about this earthquake. Pianoman is correct on the earthquake. It raised up the areas around their breeding ground to allow brush to grow. This allowed for predation to take it's toll on the dusky population. Also, according to the WDFW, a dusky killed carries the same punishment it has only there won't be any check stations.
Quote from: pianoman9701 on October 01, 2015, 02:48:15 PMThis is a bad move. I have no problem with increased hours, but making taking a dusky a violation is ridiculous. Hunters will either not shoot or they'll break the law. The 2 million geese which now winter down here, will increase because people are afraid to shoot them. The farmers will suffer, the hunters will suffer. The only things that won't will be the steadily increasing goose populations.Protecting dusky geese is a no-win opposition to natural selection. They lost their breeding area because of an earthquake, not because of man. Left to nature, they'd be gone now. There are 6 other subspecies that are doing just fine and they should let nature take its course. It's incredible how egotistical some humans are to think that we should change what nature has in store. Earth quake lost breeding grounds? Keep in mind I don't hunt waterfowl, just curious about this earthquake.
This is a bad move. I have no problem with increased hours, but making taking a dusky a violation is ridiculous. Hunters will either not shoot or they'll break the law. The 2 million geese which now winter down here, will increase because people are afraid to shoot them. The farmers will suffer, the hunters will suffer. The only things that won't will be the steadily increasing goose populations.Protecting dusky geese is a no-win opposition to natural selection. They lost their breeding area because of an earthquake, not because of man. Left to nature, they'd be gone now. There are 6 other subspecies that are doing just fine and they should let nature take its course. It's incredible how egotistical some humans are to think that we should change what nature has in store.
Quote from: sakoshooter on October 08, 2015, 09:17:19 PMQuote from: Boss .300 winmag on October 01, 2015, 08:11:23 PMQuote from: pianoman9701 on October 01, 2015, 02:48:15 PMThis is a bad move. I have no problem with increased hours, but making taking a dusky a violation is ridiculous. Hunters will either not shoot or they'll break the law. The 2 million geese which now winter down here, will increase because people are afraid to shoot them. The farmers will suffer, the hunters will suffer. The only things that won't will be the steadily increasing goose populations.Protecting dusky geese is a no-win opposition to natural selection. They lost their breeding area because of an earthquake, not because of man. Left to nature, they'd be gone now. There are 6 other subspecies that are doing just fine and they should let nature take its course. It's incredible how egotistical some humans are to think that we should change what nature has in store. Earth quake lost breeding grounds? Keep in mind I don't hunt waterfowl, just curious about this earthquake. Pianoman is correct on the earthquake. It raised up the areas around their breeding ground to allow brush to grow. This allowed for predation to take it's toll on the dusky population. Also, according to the WDFW, a dusky killed carries the same punishment it has only there won't be any check stations.If you shoot a dusky, you will be done hunting geese the rest of the season in 2A/2B, you will have to retake test and be fined for harvesting it. Probably $150-$175 dollar ticket. This required mandatory court appearance and stays on your record as a misdemeanor offense. A slightly bigger deal. You used to be able to get one per season, no fine, just a punched card and finished goose hunting for the remainder of year.My guess is there will be more coyote bait this year for those that can't identify birds.
It's a "munsel soil color chart" normally found in biology text books. In case you want to carry one this season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Tealer on October 10, 2015, 11:09:01 PMIt's a "munsel soil color chart" normally found in biology text books. In case you want to carry one this season. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI used to carry one along with calipers. It was a clean chart unlike what they typically used.