yukon territory ,changes to migratory seasons

Shermie

Shermie

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In June 2006 the Mayo District Renewable Resources Council sent a letter to the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board (YFWMB) requesting that the Board investigate possible conservation issues that could result from changing the Migratory Birds Regulations to allow season opening in portions of the Yukon. The potential to allow earlier opening dates for qualified Yukon residents hunters is possible under the 1995 protocol amending the Migratory Birds Convention.
In April 2007 the YFWMB sent a letter to Environment Canada requesting that departmental staff work with the YFWMB to assess the merits and conservation impacts of the proposal and if appropriate pursue regulatory change. Staff at CWS worked with the YFWMB in 2007 to assess the merits and impacts of the proposal, and to investigate whether the necessary legal tools were available. Based on this review, in December 2007 the YFWMB forwarded its recommendations to the Minister of Environment.
It is proposed that the Migratory Birds Regulations be amended to 1) add a third Yukon hunting district by dividing the southern zone at the 62nd parallel; and 2) open the waterfowl hunting season on August 15 in the zones north of 62 degrees north latitude, with the zone south of 62 degrees maintaining an opening date of September 1.

so is this good or bad mike??for you and the kids??

shermie
 
I'd be all for that one Shermie. I can't believe I never heard about that proposal. I've noticed bachelor groups have already bugged out by the time Sept 1 comes along.

Mike
 
I've noticed bachelor groups have already bugged out by the time Sept 1 comes along.
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Mike,

I sincerely hope you are talking ducks Mike, otherwise,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well, we really didn't need to know. ;>) ;>)
 
Mike,
I hope this does not come across the wrong way because I am honestly interested.
On August 15th wouldn't a lot of birds still be molting and young of the year still be getting full flight feathers? Down here August 15th lots of birds are not even close to ready to be hunted they are still following mom around and the singles are bunching up on the bigger waters.

Im sure you area is different then mine but wanted to ask the question anyway.
 
Absolutely Brandon, especially diver species which seem to be a later hatch than dabblers. I guess it would be up to the hunter if he wanted to try for mature birds or whack a bunch of babies that couldn't fly yet. All would be open season. I really don't know if more than a handful of guys would take advantage of this though. Aug 1 big game opens and most guys are hitting the high country hard for a sheep or caribou before the winter weather sets in, which at altitude can be end of Aug.

I'd be after scoters for sure because the bachelor groups stage in the southern lakes region here starting the end of July, and pretty much peak by the end of Aug. Mid to end of Aug is our high water season as well, with water way up into the grass, making opportunities for geese. Specklebelly geese from Alaska tend to book through here pretty early, mostly in mature pairs with no juvenilles. The young ususally come later, but don't stay for any length of time at all.

Some species, like scaup, are only around for a day or two. Every thing moves fast, as Sept 1 on the North Slope and Beuafort in the Northern Yukon starts to freeze up by then. I'd be all over trying for a King Eider up there if we had an earlier opening.

I tried to put a hunt together up north a couple of years ago, but no pilot would guaruntee pick up as late in the season as Sept 3 or 4 if he was on floats. There is a bachelor molting spot on the Tuktoyuktuk Penninsula in the NWT for King Eiders according to the Canadian Wildlife Service that would be about the most accessible, but still we're talking 15 hours of driving one way on a gravel road to Inuvik, then 100 miles of Mackenzie River or bush plane to Tuk. Just not doable I'm afraid. Island X near Kodiak would be easier to get to and probably cheaper at $4000 US for a 3 day hunt. That would be in Dec though.

It will be interesting to see if the proposal goes through. I doubt it will, because Natives can shoot anything anytime so they wouldn't benefit from a new season, and really, no one hunts ducks up here except me and Mac. Seriously, in the decade or so I've been up here I've run into other guys shooting ducks maybe 10 times, and no one but us uses decoys. I think most guys who do buy a license shoot the odd ditch duck while driving around looking for a moose. They might be happy to shoot birds with a bit of eggshell on them.

Mike
 
its in the regs for canada migratory act ,perposed changes,for the next season coming,i had made recomendations to a fella and was looking to see if any of the recs i made were going to be implmented next year,but i was disappointed to find out that we are not getting any changes.i was hoping to get the season started later for bay ducks and end later so we dont shoot off our brood stock early in the season...and the reclarifcation of bay ducks and seaducks, and there limits......and seasons extended to jan 15th or later...so we can hunt them when they are here for a change...
 
I put in a proposal for a short season in the spring for ducks here. By then the pairs are splitting up and we could shoot nice full on drakes. But so far not much interest.

Thanks for showing me that.

Mike
 
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