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E50 MISSISSIPPI RIVER CANADA GOOSE HUNTING AND INTERGLACIAL WARMING
Mud
flats of the river islands and the sandbar inlets were where sports found
Canada geese during the olden times. All along the Mississippi River and its
tributaries were located numerous islands and sandbars that were the feeding and
wintering grounds for Canada geese for many years immemorial, and since pioneer
days it was noted for the goose shooting it afforded.
In the olden days, there were comparatively few goose
hunters, because goose hunting was no sport for the novice. Hunting ducks was
considered child’s play compared to getting the Canadas within the range of the
shotgun. The duck hunter might hide behind almost any kind of blind and scatter
his decoys out over the water in almost any old fashion, not so with the goose
hunter. He usually selected a long mud flat or sand bar and dug in. That is,
dug a pit deep enough to hide himself and fellow hunters. A tarpaulin or some
other covering was usually used to cover the opening of the pit. Goose decoys
had to be placed out properly according to the way the wind was blowing, or the
geese would not be enticed within range of the hunter’s gun.
Today, not one single pit will be dug on any sandbar
or mud flat on the Mississippi River, as the hoped-for return of ten thousand
Canada geese to Wapanocca and the Southland remains a dream, and Canada goose
hunting, a very ancient and respected occupation in the olden times, is no
more!
With the
situations that exist today and which will continue into the future, the best
historical information we have indicates that waterfowl populations can only be
preserved by regulating the number of shooting days and bag limit. We should
rejoice that this has been effective in the past and that the means is within
reach of our hands and determination, and we should not close our eyes to it. Waterfowl
live by three tenets: where can we get food, water, and rest with the least
amount of pressure. They have lived by these three for thousands of years.
The weather
patterns have shifted and so has the migration. It will be a difficult task to
reduce the number of days and the limit as businesses and organizations will demand
that their money-machine keep running, and waterfowlers will be reluctant to
give up days spent in a blind. We better do so, for the waterfowl are giving us
a warning and telling us that the changes are already here. The question is
will we respond and resolve.
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Mud
flats of the river islands and the sandbar inlets were where sports found
Canada geese during the olden times. All along the Mississippi River and its
tributaries were located numerous islands and sandbars that were the feeding and
wintering grounds for Canada geese for many years immemorial, and since pioneer
days it was noted for the goose shooting it afforded.
In the olden days, there were comparatively few goose
hunters, because goose hunting was no sport for the novice. Hunting ducks was
considered child’s play compared to getting the Canadas within the range of the
shotgun. The duck hunter might hide behind almost any kind of blind and scatter
his decoys out over the water in almost any old fashion, not so with the goose
hunter. He usually selected a long mud flat or sand bar and dug in. That is,
dug a pit deep enough to hide himself and fellow hunters. A tarpaulin or some
other covering was usually used to cover the opening of the pit. Goose decoys
had to be placed out properly according to the way the wind was blowing, or the
geese would not be enticed within range of the hunter’s gun.
Today, not one single pit will be dug on any sandbar
or mud flat on the Mississippi River, as the hoped-for return of ten thousand
Canada geese to Wapanocca and the Southland remains a dream, and Canada goose
hunting, a very ancient and respected occupation in the olden times, is no
more!
With the
situations that exist today and which will continue into the future, the best
historical information we have indicates that waterfowl populations can only be
preserved by regulating the number of shooting days and bag limit. We should
rejoice that this has been effective in the past and that the means is within
reach of our hands and determination, and we should not close our eyes to it. Waterfowl
live by three tenets: where can we get food, water, and rest with the least
amount of pressure. They have lived by these three for thousands of years.
The weather
patterns have shifted and so has the migration. It will be a difficult task to
reduce the number of days and the limit as businesses and organizations will demand
that their money-machine keep running, and waterfowlers will be reluctant to
give up days spent in a blind. We better do so, for the waterfowl are giving us
a warning and telling us that the changes are already here. The question is
will we respond and resolve.
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