We try not to take hens, but it is legal to take two per person, so if we hit a couple I don't cry. I know, I know, I'll get some crap for saying that...but its just like taking a doe during deer season. I don't know how often I hear "gotta get the big buck, gotta get the trophy" A successful hunter shouldn't be based on how many "greenheads" he shoots or how big the "rack" is on his deer. I agree, we do need to shoot more drakes than hens since currently there are a lot more drakes than hens, but if all we ever do is shoot drakes than eventually they'll be more hens than drakes and that's not good either. For a healthy population its necessary to keep it as close to a 1 to 1 ratio as possible and besides, I'm in it for the, as the Nuge would say, "pure protein", not necessarily the trophy...
Just my $0.02 :thumbsup: