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I think its goi g to be hard to get one. We have several hurdles. The main argument is that hunters cannot tell the difference between kinds of swans. Not a very good argument but the closest comparable is the dusky goose in sw wa. The second major hurdle is the pacific flyway rules can only be changed if we can get California's and Oregon's game agencies to go along with it. We cannot even get a seperate bag limit for mergansers like the other flyways. In order to controll cornmerants the usfw has to kill them on the lower Columbia instead of opening a season.Additionally there would be a lot of upset bird watchers who would fight it tooth and nail. Likely with the aide of the Audubon society. They have make life hard on lots of Falconeers.So likely never...Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using Tapatalk
I've scene 6 different swans shot on Fir Island over the past 9 years from guys thinking they were snow geese. I can only imagine what would happen if they opened that season. They would have to require some sort of ID course for those applying.
Quote from: Special T on December 01, 2015, 11:39:59 AMI think its goi g to be hard to get one. We have several hurdles. The main argument is that hunters cannot tell the difference between kinds of swans. Not a very good argument but the closest comparable is the dusky goose in sw wa. The second major hurdle is the pacific flyway rules can only be changed if we can get California's and Oregon's game agencies to go along with it. We cannot even get a seperate bag limit for mergansers like the other flyways. In order to controll cornmerants the usfw has to kill them on the lower Columbia instead of opening a season.Additionally there would be a lot of upset bird watchers who would fight it tooth and nail. Likely with the aide of the Audubon society. They have make life hard on lots of Falconeers.So likely never...Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using TapatalkUSDA Actually pays guys to shoot a limited number of Cormerants and Seagulls at the dams
Quote from: JJB11B on December 01, 2015, 04:09:53 PMQuote from: Special T on December 01, 2015, 11:39:59 AMI think its goi g to be hard to get one. We have several hurdles. The main argument is that hunters cannot tell the difference between kinds of swans. Not a very good argument but the closest comparable is the dusky goose in sw wa. The second major hurdle is the pacific flyway rules can only be changed if we can get California's and Oregon's game agencies to go along with it. We cannot even get a seperate bag limit for mergansers like the other flyways. In order to controll cornmerants the usfw has to kill them on the lower Columbia instead of opening a season.Additionally there would be a lot of upset bird watchers who would fight it tooth and nail. Likely with the aide of the Audubon society. They have make life hard on lots of Falconeers.So likely never...Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using TapatalkUSDA Actually pays guys to shoot a limited number of Cormerants and Seagulls at the damsI know one of the guys that does some of the shooting of Gulls for the USDA. Started the hell out of the fishermen around! He did get a few thumbs up also. I just find it wasteful that we are paying for some of this instead of just opening hunting season with some kind of limit. I know lots of people that wouldnt shoot them. Me I might hang up my "hunting" for gulls, cormorants, mergansers, crows, magpies, coyotes and wolves!
Mergansers? Yuck fish ducks!
Could it be possible? You bet. Is it very likely even with lots of effort? Not so much.I think the best thing we could do for salmon is a seperate merganser limit and cornmerant hunting but we cant seem to make that happen.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I547 using Tapatalk