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Sull 
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Shreveport, LA
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| Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:39 pm)
(or whatever other name you call them)are they still against the law to kill? My gosh them suckers are everywhere. Surely their population is large enough.
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Capt ST
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:54 pm to Sull)
You talking about those presidential geese?
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Bigpoppat 
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:59 pm to Capt ST)
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Rayvegas1484
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Member since Feb 2010
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:59 pm to Capt ST)
They need to do a survey on poverty point lake . Those suckers are everywhere . Along with coots and pelicans . Definitely needs to be some population control happening
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Sull
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Shreveport, LA
Member since Aug 2006
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:03 pm to Rayvegas1484)
there were probably 500 on the small lake I live on. I just knew they were eating white perch, but turns out it was shad. A bald eagle swept down several times to try and nab one of them, pretty awesome to watch.
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DrTyger
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:08 pm to Sull)
I can't walk outside without seeing three if em flying.
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DeboseKnows 
Florida Fan
Gainesville
Member since Dec 2012
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:20 pm to Sull)
I had one dive bomb me paddling to one of my fishing spots one afternoon... I came between the momma and the lil ones on accident... First instinct was to jab it with the paddle and ended up breaking its neck..
The kid i was with still tells that story every day as it was the funniest thing he has seen in his life
and yeah they are EVERYWHERE down here.
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weagle99
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Member since Nov 2011
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:21 pm to DrTyger)
What is the deal with these annoying birds? Why are they protected?
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Rayvegas1484
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:24 pm to weagle99)
I know you have to watch for them while fishing . They will try their best to shite on you if they can . I can't stand those things
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JAB528
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/8/13 at 11:31 pm to Rayvegas1484)
My "buddy" shot a couple this duck season because they were pissin him off, I hope for his sake its not illegal.
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Choccolocco 
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Member since Dec 2012
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 7:33 am to Sull)
You guys really have the wildlife there. I'm jelly. 
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Bullredbf
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 8:30 am to Choccolocco)
To my understanding they are federally protected due to a treaty with the japanese. They use them to fish. It is apparently a really high dollar fine. I was told 10k per offense
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QuietTiger
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New Orleans
Member since Dec 2003
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 8:35 am to Capt ST)
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You talking about those presidential geese?
Damn things go after your topwater bait from under like a speck.
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Capt ST
LSU Fan
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 8:39 am to JAB528)
It's illegal for sure. Think they were endangered at some point. I know quite a few people that have popped them thinking they were specs. On the flip side, I've had a bunch of specs fly bye low and slow and thought they were cormorants.
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weagle99
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Member since Nov 2011
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 9:32 am to Bullredbf)
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I was told 10k per offense
I can dig a really nice hole for $10,000.
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i10Duck
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 9:41 am to Capt ST)
Bahahahahahahahhaahhaahhahahahhahahahahahahhaahhahahaahahhahaahh. Lost my shit
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INFIDEL
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 9:44 am to Capt ST)
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You talking about those presidential geese?
Yall talking about canadian geese?
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Capt ST
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 9:57 am to INFIDEL)
The ones you call in with a steady cadence of saying watermelon into your call, when they get close and you trying to get them to drop their landing gear, softly whisper fried chicken into call.
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Rayvegas1484
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 10:11 am to Capt ST)
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NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Huntsville, Alabama
Member since Sep 2005
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| re: Cormorants, water turkeys.... (Posted on 2/9/13 at 10:35 am to Sull)
On Lake Guntersville up here in N. Bama them SOBs killed an entire island with their droppings. Get too close to it..and it REEKs of their crap. Totally trash.
I hate a water turkey.
Presidential Geese...Never heard that one..but I heard another one with respect to "Geese"...and I can see the relationship.
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