| Title: | The Hunting Notesfile |
| Notice: | Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270 |
| Moderator: | SALEM::PAPPALARDO |
| Created: | Wed Sep 02 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1561 |
| Total number of notes: | 17784 |
Last year at the end of Duck Season, I filled out a card from the
federal government regarding ducks that I had shot last season. I
got the questionair when I bought my duck stamp and it asked how many
ducks I shot, where, when, what type, sex, etc.
So, this year I got a large envelope full of about 10 smaller, postage
paid envelopes to the federal government. It seems they want me to
send a wing from each duck I shoot this year to them. If I run out
of envelopes, they will be happy to send more to me.
Anybody else been doing this?
The thing I feel bad about is that I probably won't be out there duck
hunting this year since I had my dog mated and I'm down to just 1 dog
(temporarily). I thought about giving them away to someone else that
might fill them, but then I read a message that said not to give them
away to someone else.
Wish I could help.
/brett
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| 1044.1 | 10 more days til the opener | BTOVT::PHELPS | Wed Oct 02 1991 08:28 | 11 | |
Brett,
May I offer a suggestion? Just drop a note to the address on the
envelope and let them know that you may not get out this year and
perhaps they can still get another package out to another hunter. They
would appreciate knowing. Data collected normally is amount of birds
killed, number, if any, of cripples, and age of birds as well as sex.
I'm sure you are aware of how to tell the age of the bird by the
formation of the feathers. Just my 2 cents worth. I still hope you can
get out even if for a day or two./ Regards, John
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| 1044.2 | Good idea | DECWET::HELSEL | Legitimate sporting purpose | Wed Oct 02 1991 16:39 | 18 |
Hey, that's a good idea. I'll wait and see if I get out this year.
If not, I'll send them a note and explain why I didn't return any data.
As a matter of fact, I don't know how to tell the age of a duck. I've
always been told that the curl on the end of a mallard, behind the wings
helps to determine the age.
I guess that's why they want the wings.
Maybe they do some DNA testing???
I caught a nice salmon here last year and a biologist at the dock
asked for a "core sample (maybe 1/8" in diameter)" of the cheek. He
said they were doing DNA tracking to try to trace strains of salmon to
rivers and hopefully even streams. I like to participate because I'd
like to read some of the results/studies.
/brett
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