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Post by 10point on Oct 20, 2006 9:11:06 GMT -5
OGR = One goose rule
When my Dad lived in Wisconsin in the 60's you were allowed one goose a year. Funny how times change, uh?
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Post by mbogo on Oct 20, 2006 10:22:52 GMT -5
If you could get pictures of yourself on the cover of all the hunting magazines by killing a big goose, then we would probably already have one. ;D
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 20, 2006 10:28:09 GMT -5
I think it should be a One Gander Rule....  |
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Post by chicobrownbear on Oct 20, 2006 10:31:07 GMT -5
If bucks left little green cigars all over your porch we'd be able to shoot 2.
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Post by pigeonflier on Oct 20, 2006 10:54:27 GMT -5
I like the FGR,, where did that go??
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Post by chicobrownbear on Oct 20, 2006 11:32:27 GMT -5
I like the FGR,, where did that go?? No kidding. BTW, nice pic in Raghorn. |
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Post by jwkimber45 on Oct 20, 2006 11:47:21 GMT -5
It should be a OHGR.......
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Post by mbogo on Oct 20, 2006 12:11:32 GMT -5
If bucks left little green cigars all over your porch we'd be able to shoot 2. You mean they don't where you live, LOL? |
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Post by pigeonflier on Oct 20, 2006 12:17:00 GMT -5
I like the FGR,, where did that go?? No kidding. BTW, nice pic in Raghorn. Thanks!! |
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Post by bsutravis on Oct 22, 2006 5:10:55 GMT -5
The real question is...... Why is there a 5 goose limit in the Early Season, and then they drop it to (2) geese in this part of the season...... The geese that are being killed here are not migrating geese, they are the same local population that they are trying to control in the early season. IMO they need to keep the limit at 5, then drop it when the season opens back up in November.
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Post by featherduster on Oct 22, 2006 6:29:58 GMT -5
The September goose season is a bonus season designed to give hunters a chance to harvest local geese. I know for fact that during the September season Southern James Bay Geese that were banded in July of the year were killed in Indiana in September of the same year.If we start beating up the geese of December and January you run the risk of killing off your core geese for the sake of killing a few of what we might think are local geese. I grew up remembering when killing a goose in Indiana was news worthy accomplishment.
Our seasons are generous, the bag limit is all I want to clean in one day and we living in time when geese are a plentiful as robins. Leave the season date setting to the people who keep the records.
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Post by bsutravis on Oct 22, 2006 7:33:10 GMT -5
I'm not going to argue that a few birds might have migrated into Indiana in mid-october, but by no means has the true migration happened yet. This 2 day season that happened yesterday and today for the "South Zone" is still 99% resident geese that are being harvested. Since at least in Central Indiana where the resident geese are a definate nusiance and problem to many, I just don't see why they don't keep the limit as it is in the 1st goose season in Sept...to further help control the population. Perhaps selected counties would be in order... Just my .02 or .03 cents........
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Post by featherduster on Oct 23, 2006 5:50:21 GMT -5
Since I do all of my hunting in Laporte Co. I will only speak for what is known as the Southern James Bay zone. The geese in this area for the most part live within city limits. On the first few days of the season hunters will bag a few until the birds wise up and learn to stay in these towns and cities. We end up wasting good hunting days waiting for these birds to either feed out or freeze out before the leave the the safety of city limits. I know that last year within 2 or 3 days of the close of season we were covered up with geese. Give these new season dates a chance and you might just be a little surprised. Besides the extended season dates allows us up north to have some waterfowl hunting at Christmas time which we have not had for a decade or two.
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