Pintail limit to drop to 1

This is concerning to me, but not because I shoot lots of Pintail in my spot. When I was in Canada earlier this fall, we could shoot 4 Pins. If we can shoot 1 while they kill 4...The outfitters are allowing clients up there to kill 4 pintail everyday for their entire season, can't fault the outfitters, obviously, but these guys killing 1000s of pintail a year while JoeBlow in Venice shoots 15 a year instead of 25 doesn't seem right.

That would be great.

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They need to cut back to 4 duck bag limits to drive a bunch of these new duck hunters out of the sport. Guides would go back to the very few long standing operations, pressure would decrease, and the people who truly love working birds the right way would still be hunting. Duck hunting has changed so much the last 15 years its almost like a different world.

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1. there aren't as many "new" hunters as you think.

2. they will cut the number of days we hunt before they cut the number of birds or both at the same time.



duck hunting has changed
1. because of no till farming
2. dramatically increased pressure further up the fly way
3. shallow water boat proliferation
4. changing habitat and land use practices in this end of the flyway.... and well north of us(farmers realized they could make a fortune off duck hunters)

No. the duck populations aren't hurting (doing very well actually) and can support the harvest Lets not try and push silly legislation and leave it up to facts and actual science and not knee jerk reactions.

The harvest in Canada and dakotas are a drop in the bucket to overall harvest.

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The harvest in Canada and dakotas are a drop in the bucket to overall harvest.

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It's not so much the numbers but the way ducks have gotten so much warier the last few years. I've watched ducks flare off of live ducks on the water this year. They don't decoy near like they did prior to the spinner craze and I think that the huge wads being shot at over spinners up north have an impact here. We didn't see this behavior in the 1990's when there were supposedly fewer ducks. I guess it's hard for some people to believe but duck hunting hasn't always been about stacking a pile of bodies on a tailgate and throwing a picture on social media. Some people actually like watching birds work down right and working a dog.

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They need to cut back to 4 duck bag limits to drive a bunch of these new duck hunters out of the sport. Guides would go back to the very few long standing operations, pressure would decrease, and the people who truly love working birds the right way would still be hunting. Duck hunting has changed so much the last 15 years its almost like a different world.

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I was joking with my dad a while back they should think about going back to the point system they used when he was younger. 100 points allowed. But you shoot 1 Can (worth 100 points) you're done for the day. Pretty shitty system. It would at least force people to identify birds better and not sky blast them.

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Question. Do you use a spinner?

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No I don't even own one.

Me neither and I can't stand to look at one. Would say most wouldnt know what to do without one and aren't smart enough to know when to leave them at home

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it really didn't....... they just claimed them out of order

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Then that was piss poor hunting. It didn't matter the order, if you were over 100 you were over the limit.