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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 125148" data-attributes="member: 3373">I think it's common to blame non-residents whenever we have a problem but let's define a non-resident. For licensing matters a non-resident is someone who doesn't live in the state. But really, a non-resident could be anyone who doesn't live in the area. Am I a non-resident when I drive a couple hundred miles to hunt pheasants? Are most of us who like to hunt mule deer non-residents when we travel to the western part of the state or drive more than 100 miles to fish one of the big lakes?Technically we frequently act like non-residents in these instances. We usually buy some gas, might eat at a restaurant or at least stop at a convenience store to graze. Might even spend a night or two in a motel. We do everything a non-resident would do. In effect we cause the same problems for local hunters and fisherman as would a non-resident. One of the things that happen when you limit the number of non-resident hunters or fishers is prevent local businesses from benefiting from their business. No big deal unless you own one of those businesses.From the early numbers provided about numbers of resident and non-resident hunters it doesn't appear that the total numbers have changed much at all. Perhaps it isn't the number of hunters that is the problem but the number of birds. For sure the migration has changed and not being a biologist it seems to me that food is the primary reason for the change. When the birds find to food they will congregate in a smaller area and the hunters will congregate in the same area. For snow geese the number of birds is not the problem, it's the size of the flocks in which they fly. Perhaps the easiest solution would be to put a limit on the number of snow geese allowed in one flock. Spread them out into groups of 2000 and we would have many more opportunities for all the hunters. Problem solved.</blockquote>

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