danb
dont be a dumbass
coyotes seem to have had literally zero impact on the goose population. If they did, I'd change my mind and be a fan of them. I trip over geese everywhere I go. I could walk through the parks and open spaces with a sword and get about a dozen easily on any given day. But no, I doubt they are getting any geese. suburban cats and small dogs I hear are a popular menu item.
ETA:
All the DNR, Park Rangers, and wildlife people I talk to are pretty reasonable, so you should check your biases and maybe try to have an actual conversation with them. Many if not most are fighting the good fight in a state where deer are intolerably overpopoulated and the PETA people are very vocal. I have personally been called a child deer murder.
DNR has other constraints - they have to manage for multiple uses like hikers, bikers, fishing, horseback trails, etc. They have to also minimize conflicts between these groups while navigating the invariable PETA protests and lawsuits. Unfortunately, some hunters are real chuckleheads and poor interactions with chucklehead hunters and the rest of the population that use the land spoil it for all of us. I have seen some pretty dumb ass shit from hunters in the woods. Invariably, a conflict between a hunter and a hiker (for example) comes out bad for the hunting community because some are real dumb asses and its the dumb asses creating the conflicts.
The reality is, the hunting seasons dont have as much affect as you think. People need access to land where they can hunt. Not more hours to hunt. Access to land to hunt is the #1 #2 and #3 biggest problem.
ETA:
Whether it's being done for conservation or because they don't like the idea of hunters in the woods after dark after March, the outcome is the same..where the yote population should be as close to zero as possible, these regulations allow for renewing the resource and it shouldn't be.
The DNR likes to create stupid regs based on the notion that most hunters would use or exploit any opportunity to violate the law..like did you know if you shoot a deer and have to track it after dark and when you find it alive you are forbidden to put it out of it's misery? Because the DNR believes that hunters would exploit this to hunt deer after dark...ridiculous.. (also another reg I won't abide by)
All the DNR, Park Rangers, and wildlife people I talk to are pretty reasonable, so you should check your biases and maybe try to have an actual conversation with them. Many if not most are fighting the good fight in a state where deer are intolerably overpopoulated and the PETA people are very vocal. I have personally been called a child deer murder.
DNR has other constraints - they have to manage for multiple uses like hikers, bikers, fishing, horseback trails, etc. They have to also minimize conflicts between these groups while navigating the invariable PETA protests and lawsuits. Unfortunately, some hunters are real chuckleheads and poor interactions with chucklehead hunters and the rest of the population that use the land spoil it for all of us. I have seen some pretty dumb ass shit from hunters in the woods. Invariably, a conflict between a hunter and a hiker (for example) comes out bad for the hunting community because some are real dumb asses and its the dumb asses creating the conflicts.
The reality is, the hunting seasons dont have as much affect as you think. People need access to land where they can hunt. Not more hours to hunt. Access to land to hunt is the #1 #2 and #3 biggest problem.