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Mike, I guess I'll just make a few points. If you look at page 15 of the brant management plan that I linked, you'll see that if the population grows what the limits would be and if it declines what the limits how the limits will be reduced. Your concern that regulations only take away hunting...

Brant, like all migratory game birds, are managed on a flyway basis not individual state basis. The Pacific Flyway Council and its Study Committee have been in place since 1948 cooperatively setting hunting regulations in the Pacific Flyway. You can read their management plan for black brant...

Mike, I am in SW Washington. There a few bays around Puget Sound along the Washington and Oregon coasts that winter brant. Most number in the hundreds at best but Padilla and Samish Bays on Puget Sound get thousands. WDFW does a survey in early January and decides to open if there are more than...

Bob, been there done that with a previous dog. Big 95 pound sweetheart male. He had TPLO back in about 2012. He was fine after the PT and recovery. Wishing Scoter the same. I will bet that she will be as good as new next fall. Good luck.

Been getting after them, first the bomb cyclone and then 10 days of clear and cool with east winds. Neal and Todd will understand the east winds. I have had fun hosting family and friends. The best is seeing my 11 year grandson outshoot his 35 year old dad.

Mike I agree that black brant are precious birds and glad you are getting a chance to hunt them. Humboldt is a traditional hotspot with a rich history of branting. But I want to point out that you are incorrect about the pintail bag limit after there first of the year. The 2024-25 pintail...

all I can say is wow. Being competitive is one thing but going to those lengths is wild. Not something I'd participate in or enjoy. I can imagine the issues this causes for everyone in AFGC and for the hunters. I'm am amazed by the boat races, lack of safety gear and practices, the multiple LED...

Neal and Brad We cut the first day short due to the increasing winds against and incoming tide. Very reminiscent of a boat ride you'll remember Brad when the fuel line got pinched By an anchor and stalled the engine. The second day was wet and windy but we got our scaup again in the first...

Hunted yesterday and today in your old hunting grounds Todd. It was wild and wooly. You'd be surprised by the lack of other hunters despite the weather. I haven't heard a shot in the last 4 or 5 trips. Granted that the last 2 days were blowing a gale and rain. Lost power last night for 3...

I'm not so sure that Longboat will have anything habitable after this week if the models are correct.

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Carl, thinking of you and all Floridians as Milton approaches. This is going to be tragic.

Vince, congrats on the new boat. It'll hide well in some of the sloughs and back waters. But be careful it's pretty small for some of the reaches like Prairie or Clifton Channel. I have boated the same waters for over 30 years and have a 19 foot Bankes. Even with a much bigger boat I'm very...

Paul, I have an old one that I had on a 40 hp back in the day. I'd be happy to donate it. You heading out this way this fall?

Gable ends. I have metal roofs, I am always concerned about leaks once you go through the metal.

Paul, I think they were able to conduct additional follow-up contacts with hunters and sample at a higher rate this year. Therefore, I expect that the results are both more accurate and more precise. But this points out the need to improve the response rate. Only 20-30% of hunters respond to...

Carl, I expect that it'll be liberal again but I haven't seen the AHM report yet. The pintail model was changed this past year for implementation in 2025. In the Atlantic I believe you'll be have 3 pintails with no sex restriction for the next 3 years or until the new model is evaluated. I don't...