shurshot
Ten Pointer
Bill going to be heard next Monday.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...hunting-legislation-rescheduled-for-next-week
https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...hunting-legislation-rescheduled-for-next-week
Well, at least every non-waterfowl NC hunter now knows how elitist, self centered, greedy and entitled most of the NC duck hunters are.
:don To hell with everyone but us. :.
Kids can't go in late or take a day off during the week to hunt. What about them?
Heres a thought, if you don't want waterfowl hunting on Sunday, lobby to opt it out of these SH bills instead of trying to kill the entire bill.
The weekday hunter has 5 days to hunt. The weekend hunter has 1 day. Seems fair that the weekday hunter hunt only Wednesday and Thursday and allow the weekend hunter have Saturday and Sunday.
Well, at least every non-waterfowl NC hunter now knows how elitist, self centered, greedy and entitled most of the NC duck hunters are.
:don To hell with everyone but us. :.
Kids can't go in late or take a day off during the week to hunt. What about them?
Heres a thought, if you don't want waterfowl hunting on Sunday, lobby to opt it out of these SH bills instead of trying to kill the entire bill.
Since most of you only think about your duck season, how about this.
Apparently our NC flocks are in a down cycle so maybe the NCWRC needs to shorten the seasons [Feds say 60 days maximum, but don't mandate 60 days] until the flocks return to healthy numbers.
Maybe the non-waterfowl hunters need to let the NCGA and the NCWRC know how they feel about our falling duck numbers and ask what they are going to do about it.
New thread idea I suppose and a few stories in local papers to get the public onboard with the crash in our duck numbers and get their ideas on what to do about it.
Yeah thats a terrible idea. They tried to get rid of october season a few years ago. We squashed that quick once word got out. Take away the entire early season so we can sunday hunt??In my opinion the best answer is one I heard discussed last February in a joint house/senate wildlife committee hearing on the subject. zone the state so that the hunters west of either Hwy 17 or I 95 have their Oct wood duck season and end their season earlier.
The Eastern part of the state forgoes the OCt season. this would account for most of the days.
In order to do this the WRC has to file a plan with the feds. They have a chance every three years and I think that window is open this year (not sure).
Yeah thats a terrible idea. They tried to get rid of october season a few years ago. We squashed that quick once word got out. Take away the entire early season so we can sunday hunt??
Yeah thats a terrible idea. They tried to get rid of october season a few years ago. We squashed that quick once word got out. Take away the entire early season so we can sunday hunt??
Its not just MINE. Its every bodies. Just because you do not take advantage of it doesnt mean other people do not as well. That four day season has been a part of duck hunting in NC for as long as I can remember. Lets not take from one group so we can appease another. I was just saying it wasnt a great idea, as some people look forward to that time in the season. Either way I think sunday hunting is inevitable and october season isnt going anywhereSo you feel that YOUR very short early duck season [for the small percent of total NC hunters who duck hunt] is more important than SH for hundreds of thousands of other NC hunters. We needed you too confirm this for all NC hunters and you obliged in fine form, thank you sir.
Personally, I feel that if EVERY other state near us can hunt on Sunday, NC should be able too as well.
Some of our neighboring states (TN) with Sunday hunting take the last Sat in Jan as their end date, and count backwards 60 days from there for their start date-typically Thanksgiving-ish. 60 straight days. I'd much rather have what we got. Imho of the three months Dec is by far the least productive. The calender ducks have moved on and the weather ducks haven't pushed down yet. Plus pressure is high on the few ducks that are here.
I realize it may be completely different in other parts of the state (I know Dare is better in Dec than Nov generally) but I'd hate to trade days in Nov for days in Dec.
I like the Oct. season and would prefer to keep the whole deal like it is.
Allows a landowner and his family or a person with written permission from the landowner to hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal, including nuisance species, on the landowner’s property on Sunday, except within 200 yards of a house of worship or any accessory structure thereof. “Landowner” refers to all private landowners (including persons and entities). Public lands are not included.
It also allows for waterfowl (ducks, coot, geese, brant and swans) hunting on Sundays subject to restrictions imposed by the Director of the Department and except within 200 yards of a house of worship or any accessory structure thereof.
Continues to allow raccoon hunting until 2 a.m. Sunday mornings.
In VA you still have to stay away from churches to hunt (200 yards I think).
Apparently also allows the director of the wildlife agency to put restrictions on waterfowl hunting.
Its not just MINE. Its every bodies. Just because you do not take advantage of it doesnt mean other people do not as well. That four day season has been a part of duck hunting in NC for as long as I can remember. Lets not take from one group so we can appease another. I was just saying it wasnt a great idea, as some people look forward to that time in the season. Either way I think sunday hunting is inevitable and october season isnt going anywhere
Of the +/- 400,000 hunters in NC, how many buy a duck stamp?
Of the +/- 400,000 hunters in NC, how many buy a duck stamp?
Not sure. Why??
There is always one sunday hunting proponent who starts throwing a fit when people disagree with him. Saw the same thing with a guy who was pro sunday hunting in virginia. I guess we know who that is on here. Take it easy. Sorry I dont support it and sorry I would like to see october season continue. Like I said, sunday hunting is probably inevitable for ducks and october season isnt going anywhere.Because in your post [#43] you used the words MINE and every bodies.
I was just seeing if you knew how many hunters bought a duck stamp [much less hunted the 4 day season] in NC. And then we could compare that number with the number of ALL hunters in NC [400,000 or everybody else].
I am glad that you have always hunted those 4 days but I don't think that taking away even a single Sunday hunting day from the rest of the NC hunters is fair to them. I am positive that less than 10% of NC license holders bought a duck stamp last year [approx. 35,000] and I am guessing that the 4-day season was used by maybe 500 duck hunters.
No time to finish the math but it sure isn't a very large percentage of the NC duck hunters and it has to be <.01 percent of all the hunters in NC.
When we were trying to get Sunday hunting, I saw alot of this line of thought in the opponents of SH.
Me, mine, me, mine, me, mine and to Hell with anyone who steps on THEIR status quo.