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<blockquote data-quote="Trip McNeely" data-source="post: 119537" data-attributes="member: 728"><p>we are well on our way.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>they think if we have more hunters out itll translate into more birds killed. it doesnt work that way with local geese. it takes the birds 2-3 weeks to build into a huntable field until the opener. in 2 days every field in the state is blown up sending small groups of 20-50 theoughout the county. most small groups get a pass because its not worth hunting. save for the sconis who set up on 35 geese and bust them up further. after all they are happy killing 2 geese, which is great but becomes counter-productive to the overall mission of the august season. u wanna kill local geese they need to sit and rest in a field for at least a week. numbers build to 300 plus. you pick the right day and take 8 of your friends and lay the wood to them. problem is u cant find untouched flocks anymore with all these nr"s pounding every group of 50 all week. when the limit turned to 15 i told my brother this is the worst thing they could do. too much pressure decreases hunter success rates to a point where u cant line fields up for big shoots anymore. same goes for spring snows on the back end. if u dont hunt them someone else will. that mentality will never get u a 200 plus day. u gotta hunt the right birds on the right day and sometimes having huge shoots means backing off a field and not hunting it until its primed.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>one of my most memorable hunts was a field of 120 or so that started at about 30 birds. every day a few more birds found the field and it grew that way til it hit about 120 so a week or so. they were comfy as hell in that field. went in with 4 guns and took out 60. so we took out half a local flock because we sat on this field until it was looking good. nowadays a nr would hunt it at 40 birds. maybe kill 15 and educate and scatter the rest. i wish our gnf was more active politically when it comes to harvest techniques becausr they let our legislators who only see money dictate how they manage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trip McNeely, post: 119537, member: 728"] we are well on our way. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] they think if we have more hunters out itll translate into more birds killed. it doesnt work that way with local geese. it takes the birds 2-3 weeks to build into a huntable field until the opener. in 2 days every field in the state is blown up sending small groups of 20-50 theoughout the county. most small groups get a pass because its not worth hunting. save for the sconis who set up on 35 geese and bust them up further. after all they are happy killing 2 geese, which is great but becomes counter-productive to the overall mission of the august season. u wanna kill local geese they need to sit and rest in a field for at least a week. numbers build to 300 plus. you pick the right day and take 8 of your friends and lay the wood to them. problem is u cant find untouched flocks anymore with all these nr"s pounding every group of 50 all week. when the limit turned to 15 i told my brother this is the worst thing they could do. too much pressure decreases hunter success rates to a point where u cant line fields up for big shoots anymore. same goes for spring snows on the back end. if u dont hunt them someone else will. that mentality will never get u a 200 plus day. u gotta hunt the right birds on the right day and sometimes having huge shoots means backing off a field and not hunting it until its primed. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] one of my most memorable hunts was a field of 120 or so that started at about 30 birds. every day a few more birds found the field and it grew that way til it hit about 120 so a week or so. they were comfy as hell in that field. went in with 4 guns and took out 60. so we took out half a local flock because we sat on this field until it was looking good. nowadays a nr would hunt it at 40 birds. maybe kill 15 and educate and scatter the rest. i wish our gnf was more active politically when it comes to harvest techniques becausr they let our legislators who only see money dictate how they manage. [/QUOTE]
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