IDNR Nuisance Goose Seminar

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IDNR Nuisance Goose Seminar Mar 26, 2007 7:42:18 GMT -5

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Post by dec on Mar 26, 2007 7:42:18 GMT -5

mig said:

dec said:

Woody, actually archery equipment can be very effective in problem areas where geese are not afraid of people. I had a long discussion about it with one guy who was very interested in it.

In the Sept. season in populated areas geese have no fear. Many are juvies and have no clue what being hunted is.

Now, don't take this wrong.......but, Are you serious?
What is the difference between doing this and oiling an egg?
Seems to me that it would be easier just to walk up to them with a ninja sword and chop their head off?
I understand using archery eqipment takes skill, but my gosh if they have "no fear, and are not afraid of people" the skills needed to take one are the same skills needed to detroy an egg/nest? To me this isn't any different than shooting fish in a bucket.
Where is the "hunt" in this?
It sounds more like assembling a group of guys for a firing squad?
I think this is a black eye waiting to happen.
Sounds like just "killing" to me, which is exactly why folks are wissed about egg/nest destruction.
I'm confused.

MIG - with all due respect, everyone has their own definition of hunting. Juvies are stupid birds in Sept, whether they grow up in a subdivision or out on a preserve area. We already shoot a bunch of juvies in the Sept. season in field spreads. They are just flat stupid, which is just fine with us. So, a guy sneaking up with a bow to shoot a few juvies is not going to decimate the population, but it will help in harvest numbers. Is it any different than the guys that sneak over a bank and jump shoot geese with their 12 ga.'s? Not in my mind? Is it hunting? Not the way I hunt geese, but it is a legitimate form of hunting, so I don't equate it to destroying eggs.

If done right, archery equipment is an effective tool for a hunter.

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IDNR Nuisance Goose Seminar Mar 26, 2007 13:26:36 GMT -5

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Post by JohnSmiles on Mar 26, 2007 13:26:36 GMT -5

dec said:

johnsmiles said:

Why not simply gather up and eat the eggs?
No waste, no harm, no 'foul'. . . .
The taste is very similar to brown chicken eggs, maybe slightly stronger.
And you don't need 2 or 3 of them at a time.
You just need to break them in a bowl first to make sure they are fresh.

When you register to destroy eggs, it is illegal to consume, sell, or possess the eggs.

. . . . .why?
Its a perfectly good to eat EGG.
Who in the world would consider 'oiling' an egg as ok, but eating it as 'wrong'?
And how did something like THAT ever get passed into law?
The more I hear and read, the more I think some rules need to be looked at a little bit harder.

You can't eat them, but you can oil them to make sure they are ruined. . . . .

SECURE THE BORDER
DEPORT THE ILLEGALS
THEN get back with me on 'comprehensive' reform.

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IDNR Nuisance Goose Seminar Mar 26, 2007 15:23:36 GMT -5

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Post by dec on Mar 26, 2007 15:23:36 GMT -5

johnsmiles said:

. . . . .why?

Don't know why, they aren't my rules, DNR rules.

I would assume that because, you can't simply remove the eggs. You have to oil them and let them die. If you remove the eggs before the eggs are 14 days old, she will simply re-nest. So you have to oil them and let them die. I don't know how safe it would be to then consume an egg that has died in the heat and elements. The key is to properly kill the egg and not simply remove eggs prematurely, so you oil them and let nature take its course.