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Who else went out for early resident geese today?
Who else went out for early resident geese today?
I don't hunt early resident because of the reasons noted above. In years past we were out in t shirts a shorts,... still sweating our ballz off. I like to hunt in the cold, colder and rainier the better honestly. I don't mind walking and setting dekes in the mud, don't mind sitting still in the rain and cold either.
I'm a ~20F to ~50*F with light wind type of hunter, anything other than that and begin to think about what else I should be doing.
I don't hunt early resident because of the reasons noted above. In years past we were out in t shirts a shorts,... still sweating our ballz off. I like to hunt in the cold, colder and rainier the better honestly. I don't mind walking and setting dekes in the mud, don't mind sitting still in the rain and cold either.
I'm a ~20F to ~50*F with light wind type of hunter, anything other than that and begin to think about what else I should be doing.
We did ok today, 3 birds in the afternoon.
Got one 10 minutes after shooting light then when quiet for awhile, about 9:30 had a flock of 20 decoy perfect and were able to get 3 more down..was a good morning hunt
Can anybody explain the thought process behind having such a restrictive limit on canadian geese and a huge limit on light geese? Canadian geese are everywhere in western howard county and light geese are almost non-existant. I'm 37 and I've never seen anything BUT canadian geese on our farm and pond and only rarely anywhere else in the area.
Can anybody explain the thought process behind having such a restrictive limit on canadian geese and a huge limit on light geese? Canadian geese are everywhere in western howard county and light geese are almost non-existant. I'm 37 and I've never seen anything BUT canadian geese on our farm and pond and only rarely anywhere else in the area.
It’s because DNR sets limits based on the entire state not just what’s on your farm...
Snow Geese are over-populating their breeding grounds in Canada and if the population is not kept in check they could destroy them by over-feeding up there in the spring due to the fact that they are root eaters. They tend to stay over on the Eastern Shore, but you can see huge flocks of them over there. The Canada Goose limit is based on the population of migratory Canadas that come from the Ungava Peninsula in Canada. That population has been hurt badly by late thaws in Canada in several of the past ten years, the worst being two springs ago when basically the whole population was unable to nest due to snow on the ground up there until late May, early June. This group is not all of the geese we see here in Maryland, but it is a large part of it and it drives the limit on Canada Geese.