there isn't enough habit that has food on it....whats the # of acreage of public lands in NC.....Drop Zone said:
Should the feds lower our daily bag limits
With all the talk about the loss of CRP land on the nesting grounds, should the feds go ahead and lower the daily bag limits before the loss of habitat takes its toll on the duck #'s?
I'm not sure how long the loss of nesting habitat will take to make an impact, but I'm pretty sure it won't take long.
I'm not sure how long the loss of nesting habitat will take to make an impact, but I'm pretty sure it won't take long.
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I think you misunderstood my comment. I didn't mean we had plenty of land...I meant there was a lot of land that was not being used to its potential.pintaleslayer said:there isn't enough habit that has food on it....whats the # of acreage of public lands in NC.....
And Crash...what's the point??? The point is we should do everything we can to SOLVE to problem. We (all hunters) CAN implement my theory if we wanted to spend a little more and work a little harder....but I guess the REAL root of the problem is that there a too many lazy slobs that call themselves hunters.
How do you suggest we solve losing 4.5 million acres of breeding grounds. This thread has nothing to do w/ our wintering grounds.Drop Zone said:And Crash...what's the point??? The point is we should do everything we can to SOLVE to problem.
We can blame all of this on the clean energy scam.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 75,00.html
Crash, I agreed we need to reduce the bag limits, temporarily, but I added that we need to do waaaayyy more than we currently are to protect and improve the habitat we currently have. I'm not sure why you are arguing against me on that. It does have relevency in this thread b/c it is the problem that brought you to start this thread. The declining waterfowl population will not be stopped by reducing the bag limits alone, and if we do not work harder and spend more money to protect the habitat we do have then eventually we will have to reduce our bag limits to zero. All I am saying is that in order to solve the problem we have to attack it at the root, which is working harder, raising more money and spending it on protecting and improving the habitat we already have....that way we don't have to reduce bag limits again, and again. I wasn't trying to hijack your thread or piss you off, just adding a very relivent point. It's an obvious point but one that most hunters are not taking seriously enough.
And by the way, this thread is about reducing bag limits...and the reason for reducing bag limits is b/c the waterfowl population is declining, which has everything to do with our wintering grounds and our habitat here in NC, and everywhere in between.
DZ, Sorry but I'm not arguing w/ you, nor have you pissed me off. I'm not even sure how you got either of those impressions.
I am well aware of what can be done in this state to improve our wintering grounds. The NCDU guys along w/ Shawn Koyman, introduced "NC Sound Care" which keeps a certain amount of $$$ here in NC. That was a big step in the right direction. Before, all of the $$$ raised was going to the PPR and other flyways. The Atlantic Flyway recieves the least amount of $$ from DU vs. other flyways.
But the main focus when starting this thread was to see how we plan to attck the problem of losing 4.5 million acres of breeding grounds. So far there has been no solution provided to that question.
I am well aware of what can be done in this state to improve our wintering grounds. The NCDU guys along w/ Shawn Koyman, introduced "NC Sound Care" which keeps a certain amount of $$$ here in NC. That was a big step in the right direction. Before, all of the $$$ raised was going to the PPR and other flyways. The Atlantic Flyway recieves the least amount of $$ from DU vs. other flyways.
But the main focus when starting this thread was to see how we plan to attck the problem of losing 4.5 million acres of breeding grounds. So far there has been no solution provided to that question.
Are you saying that all 4.5 million acres will not be re-enrolled?
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