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Post by chezz on Aug 10, 2007 20:17:26 GMT -5
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Post by mark on Aug 10, 2007 22:31:08 GMT -5
After reading this I have to ask is the barrow's goldeneye the same goldeneye(whistler) bird that people have always hunted?
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Post by Beaus_Dad on Aug 11, 2007 0:44:43 GMT -5
No what we are used to is what is refered to as a common golden eye
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HUNT247
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I see dead geese!
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Post by HUNT247 on Aug 11, 2007 20:14:44 GMT -5
I see we have a 10 day early season here in N.B, not sure if we have enough resident geese to spare.
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Post by chezz on Aug 11, 2007 21:12:30 GMT -5
I see we have a 10 day early season here in N.B, not sure if we have enough resident geese to spare. What do the non-residents need to do to hunt waterfowl in NB? |
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Post by dans on Aug 11, 2007 21:46:30 GMT -5
last time I checked you need a guide. or go with a local. you can buy your licince right there in Sackville at the DNR office just off the highway. That is what I did a couple years ago when I went with jabers
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Post by mbrentgo on Aug 12, 2007 6:26:43 GMT -5
You most definately need a guide. If you are caught without one, you will be in big trouble!!!
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Post by Waterrat on Aug 12, 2007 10:20:40 GMT -5
We do have an early season here, but it states farmland only. What will be considered farmland, dose it have to be a working farm, or open fields. 24/7 is correct, we have had some increase in geese here that last few yrs, but nothing I would call a boom. We will have to wait and see, what happens.
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Post by chessieguy on Aug 19, 2007 3:52:44 GMT -5
Chezz,
You need a guide, however in NB there are 2 types of guides. Class 1 who can guide but not hunt, and can take a party of 3, or a Class 2 who is a license to accompany, and can hunt but can only be with 1 non res. So it really sucks in this sort of a situation, since if a person wanted to take 2 guys he has to get a class 1and watch.
The Barrows rule could really suck, though somewhat rarer than the common, they are not all that rare, and oddly enough generaly tend to be the easiest to decoy. Lot of work setting up for whistlers only to have it cut short because the first 2 or 3 birds were Barrows!!!
The early goose I think was designed for the Carelton Co. area as they have a much bigger increase in numbers over the last few years.
My biggest suprise is the fact that they have not adjusted the Eider limits at all, the last few years with the warmer weather they have been getting a hugely increased pressure, especially in the Bay of Fundy. I think it would be very simple to leave the numbers as is and add a 1 or 2 Hen limit, which would protect the broodhens.
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