[Ange]

A lottery for American Free-Lance Hunters. If you don’t win the lottery, you can get licensed through an outfitter. More on the subject can be found here:

'Blue-collar hunters' from Minnesota, U.S. should watch Manitoba's moves carefully

Non-resident license proposal angers American waterfowlers, who pay for most of Canada's wetland conservation.

m.startribune.com

 

[TrapperRob]

Sounds like our money isn't any good up there then. Let them make their bed and deal with the reduced license sales. Maybe DU will stop sending money to them.

 

[Ange]

A former boss and long time hunting partnet in Minneapolis shared this with me. What if other provinces take advantage of this?

Kudos to DU and Delta for rebuffing the Canadians offer on 200 licenses.

 

[OGblackcloud]

Cut em off and see how that works out

 

[Locked&Loaded]

Must really be hell up there in the winter. I was thinking about making a trip up that way soon, so checked out Manitoba Tinder. I got a message that said, “Out of order, check back in May.”

 

[Botiz630]

I’m all for this, as well as the movement taking place out west to limit OOS hunters. Way too many people treat our natural resources like a commodity that exists chiefly for their own pleasure, and show up to take, take, take from something they never give anything to, or even think about the other 51 weeks of the year.

I don’t want to hear about your tourism dollars. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the people who show up once a year to take are the same type of people who think you should be grateful they decided to give you some of their money.

 

[Ange]

At the end of the day conservation means making more baby Ducks each year. I hope this does not get lost in all of the hulabalu. If we don’t continue in our efforts to conserve habitat and enhance nest success in Canada, it will mean less Ducks stateside.

We have been guiding on a large scale in states like mine, Arkansas, for decades on a large scale. At the end of the day, those who can afford it will keep coming to Canada to hunt.

 

[CDFernlund]

This was in my email a couple of days ago...

https://www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/fish-wildlife/pubs/fish_wildlife/wildlife/waterfowl-guide-changes-migratory.pdf