Check it, Legislation introduced to protect fisheries from cormorants!

[schreckstoff]

Walberg Introduces Legislation to Protect Fisheries from Cormorants

https://walberg.house.gov/media/press-releases/walberg-introduces-legislation-protect-fisheries-cormorants
 

 

 

[GAMBLER]

52 minutes ago, schreckstoff said:

Walberg Introduces Legislation to Protect Fisheries from Cormorants

https://walberg.house.gov/media/press-releases/walberg-introduces-legislation-protect-fisheries-cormorants
 

 

 

Looks like I will be buying a duck stamp again!  Lets hope it goes through!

[HB2]

Now why would you need a duck stamp to shoot those flying rats ? 

[fisherdude]

38 minutes ago, HB2 said:

Now why would you need a duck stamp to shoot those flying rats ? 

Federal bird.?  Do you have to use steel shot ??

[orangediablo]

Suppressed 22lr from the river would be perfect and so much fun

[GAMBLER]

14 hours ago, HB2 said:

Now why would you need a duck stamp to shoot those flying rats ? 

Federal migratory bird.

[Smat64]

I hear some gov officials have tags and stamps for early season.
 

Birds down!

[rolmops]

Is there going to be a thread with recipes for cormorants? 

[fisherdude]

52 minutes ago, rolmops said:

Is there going to be a thread with recipes for cormorants? 

I imagine it tastes like Fishy chicken 🙃

[LongLine]

So Lights on or lights off?

 

DEC, OGS ask NYers to keep lights off for migrating birds

[whaler1]

They released Atlantic’s in Sandy last weekend. Friend sent me a pic of the dock just upstream of my boat. Sucks. 

[Gill-T]

Hell they are all lined up. T-Shot. 

[HB2]

So Bill , are you making new friends ? 

[rolmops]

Tom feeds them to fatten them up before the season starts

[HB2]

The wicked witch of east fork and his flying rats 

[rolmops]

 

i would love to see Bill's face when he discovers that the birdies are using his Whaler as their toilet.

[whaler1]

10 hours ago, rolmops said:

 

i would love to see Bill's face when he discovers that the birdies are using his Whaler as their toilet.

Twice in the past cats decided my boat was theirs and duly marked their territory. Twice the problem was resolved without recidivism. Surprisingly one was collared and neutered. 
Hopefully we can cast and blast soon. 

[chinook35]

Cormorants are a very wary bird 

getting them In shotgun range consistently would be a challenge. 
I believe the only way to make a dent in the population is to do what the charter captains out of Henderson did in the ‘80’s 

they surrounded  their nesting island ( little Galoo) and had a turkey shoot 

some went to jail over it , but it brought attention to the problem 

the DEC had a program to oil the eggs so they wouldn’t hatch. That program needs to be re established 

they have spread to all the inland lakes in central NY. Oneida is full of the critters   Something needs to be done and soon 

 

[HB2]

A real Sandy Creek  Shootout 

[rolmops]

17 hours ago, chinook35 said:

Cormorants are a very wary bird 

getting them In shotgun range consistently would be a challenge. 
I believe the only way to make a dent in the population is to do what the charter captains out of Henderson did in the ‘80’s 

they surrounded  their nesting island ( little Galoo) and had a turkey shoot 

some went to jail over it , but it brought attention to the problem 

the DEC had a program to oil the eggs so they wouldn’t hatch. That program needs to be re established 

they have spread to all the inland lakes in central NY. Oneida is full of the critters   Something needs to be done and soon 

 

For the islands, there also is a ,legally spoken, vague program. As in catching some raccoons and letting them go before and during the nesting season. Raccoons love eggs and as long as their surprise appearance in unexpected places cannot be traced, everybody is fine with it. The raccoons will eat the eggs and scare the birds away.