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Seems that most folks that have issue with the pressure on public waters...hunt on public waters...
I'm not saying...I'm just saying
I'm not saying...I'm just saying
Yep, 4 of the top harvest counties in NC have blind laws that limit pressure. Apparently limiting pressure has a positive effect on duck harvest....
NC kills about 3 times the Gadwalls, and about twice as many mallards as NY.....
IMO biology and hunting quality take a back of the bus seat to what truly drives these decisions- money.
Who cares if there are no ducks or the sound looks like a Wal Mart parking lot. Money is being made and lowering limits/shortening seasons hurts business. It's always a business decision. Not that I think the biologists feel that way-they just don't have much say in it, particularly when 'economic opportunity' is put on the other side of the scale.
Pressure doesn't necessarily hurt overall duck numbers but sure hurts duck hunting. People think these huge numbers of ducks migrate in as soon as the season goes out. You and I know those ducks have been here most of the season. They simply retreated to NWR impoundments, DEEP swamp, or mid sound and feeding at night, for the season. Once they aren't getting shot at everytime they venture within 100yds of shore they go back to traditional areas where folks see them and think they just migrated in last night.
Besides the pressure factor, I also don't think trading 8-9 full hunting days for 8-9 half mornings makes sense. Truth is we don't know what hours we'll be allowed to hunt on Suns. It could end up no hunting 8am-12, or only after 12. We don't even know which days will be removed to allow for Suns. Just ram it through and figure out the details later, subject to which special interest group has the most pull.
I'll adapt and probably manage to beat down a few ducks
either way but I can't see this as being a positive for public duck hunting.
I appreciate your perspective, good luck this season.
Seems that most folks that have issue with the pressure on public waters...hunt on public waters...
I'm not saying...I'm just saying
And that was probably the most informative post in the waterfowl forum in condensed version. That is what has put waterfowl hunting on the downhill slope.The biggest problem with public land/water has been and always will be....the public.
,,,,l get rid of the "junior commanders ". The ones I run into never let the ducks get close enough to worry about a limit, whether it's 3 or 6. They just want to shoot.
July 26, 2017
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Commission Room
Centennial Campus, Raleigh
Welcome/Open Meeting Richards Edwards
• Discuss HB 559 (SB 624), Outdoor Heritage Enhanced, regarding hunting migratory game
birds on Sunday.
Additional Topics Richard Edwards
Adjourn
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