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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ifish4iz" data-source="post: 67055" data-attributes="member: 787">How many dark geese are actually shot in the regular season Missouri River Zone before Oct 15? Before Oct 31? Aside from the early local birds that are hunted in Aug and Sept, IMHO there are very minimal oppurtunities in this part of the state to hunt dark geese in early October. The local birds that are left are very difficult to hunt as they have been chased for the past month or better and there are very few new birds migrating by that time (aside from a trickle of lessers). Taking two weeks off of that front end and moving those days into January would allow significantly more hunter opportunities. I realize that we are talking a totally different species of Canada geese between those time periods, so if there is some scientific evidence that shows the prairie grass populations that we have later in the year are of concern, I would agree to leave it as it is. I don't think that an even more modified split season for the Missouri River zone would not be that difficult to understand for hunters or that difficult to enforce.One other concern is that landowners may be tired of the phone calls and ringing doorbells that many have had since August. Many don't care, but I'm sure some are ready for the year to be done.I respectfully disagree with what some of you guys mean about mother nature shifting back to the way it was. Farming practices in Canada and the US, changing climates, significantly more birds, less pressure in the northern portions of the flyway all factor into a later migration. Yes, we (or prairie Canada) may get a blizzard in mid to late October some years, but these birds will not leave areas until either a)their roost freezes or b) food sources are covered by snow beyond their abilities to feed (which needs to be extreme for these hardy buggers).I, and many others that I know, have discussed this with the Game and Fish Dept, but they have been resistant to changes.</blockquote>

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