Post by bsutravis on Feb 13, 2009 5:21:49 GMT -5
This article appeared in the Johnson Co. Journal.... the most interesting piece of info is the quote from Adam Phelps:
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By SARAH MICHALOS
Staff writer
Feb. 12, 2009
If you see what looks like a pile of dead Canada geese, don't panic.
They just might be decoys.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has opened a late goose hunt that runs until Sunday for 30 counties, including Johnson County.
But some people aren't familiar with a popular hunting technique of using lifelike goose decoys to attract live geese.
A woman called the Johnson County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday afternoon after seeing what she thought was a stack of goose carcasses near Division and Center Line roads.
The goose carcasses were decoys that are difficult to distinguish from the real birds, sheriff's office Chief Deputy Doug Cox said.
Hunters were unloading the geese from a truck in preparation for a hunt, he said.
Birds tend to flock together and will approach other same-species birds they see, which is why decoys often are used by those who hunt geese and ducks.
The special two-week hunt is a chance for those with the proper permit to kill Canada geese as part of population-control measures.
Last year was the first time Indiana opened up a February late-season goose hunt, DNR waterfowl biologist Adam Phelps said.
In 2008, nearly 5,000 Canada geese were killed as part of the special hunt. Phelps expects this will be the final year for the late-season hunt because the department doesn't want to cut the population too low.
But before you hunt, make sure you are familiar with hunting regulations in the city or town where you live.
For example, a gun can't be fired within Greenwood city limits, according to a city ordinance.
Unincorporated Johnson County doesn't have an ordinance that prohibits guns being fired near housing subdivisions, according to the commissioners' office.
For more information on the goose hunt or to get details on how to apply for a permit, contact the DNR at 232-4200.
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By SARAH MICHALOS
Staff writer
Feb. 12, 2009
If you see what looks like a pile of dead Canada geese, don't panic.
They just might be decoys.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has opened a late goose hunt that runs until Sunday for 30 counties, including Johnson County.
But some people aren't familiar with a popular hunting technique of using lifelike goose decoys to attract live geese.
A woman called the Johnson County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday afternoon after seeing what she thought was a stack of goose carcasses near Division and Center Line roads.
The goose carcasses were decoys that are difficult to distinguish from the real birds, sheriff's office Chief Deputy Doug Cox said.
Hunters were unloading the geese from a truck in preparation for a hunt, he said.
Birds tend to flock together and will approach other same-species birds they see, which is why decoys often are used by those who hunt geese and ducks.
The special two-week hunt is a chance for those with the proper permit to kill Canada geese as part of population-control measures.
Last year was the first time Indiana opened up a February late-season goose hunt, DNR waterfowl biologist Adam Phelps said.
In 2008, nearly 5,000 Canada geese were killed as part of the special hunt. Phelps expects this will be the final year for the late-season hunt because the department doesn't want to cut the population too low.
But before you hunt, make sure you are familiar with hunting regulations in the city or town where you live.
For example, a gun can't be fired within Greenwood city limits, according to a city ordinance.
Unincorporated Johnson County doesn't have an ordinance that prohibits guns being fired near housing subdivisions, according to the commissioners' office.
For more information on the goose hunt or to get details on how to apply for a permit, contact the DNR at 232-4200.
The plagerizer is still "writing" stories. And getting "facts" wrong all the time.