[fabsroman]

Don't get me started on this. I know guys that kill 30 canada geese and then dump them in a dumpster. They also killed 96 ducks in a single day. What they did with them, I have no idea. I don't hunt with them anymore because we are just too different.

Once me and my hunting party have our limit, I leave a field and I take everything home to be used, except for crows, groundhogs, and foxes. That doesn't mean I haven't thrown a couple of geese and ducks in the trash can, but if it amounts to a total of 10 during my entire waterfowling career, I would be surprised.

At the end of the day, people like this are the reason why it is so hard for hunters. People like this think of themselves as killers and get great satisfaction out of being able to kill a lot of birds. Exactly why somebody would do something like this, I have no idea. Even if they are ego maniacs that like to brag about stuff like this, they cannot even take pictures because they would be incriminating. If you want to shoot a lot, go to the clays range.

Hopefully, somebody will get caught bragging about it.

On another sore subject, Maryland is proposing a new resident goose season and new regs wherein the season will start August 1, 2006, the limit will be 15 birds a person, and guns can be unplugged. If I got a single limit, I wouldn't know where to put all the goose breasts. What do they think "hunters" will do with all those goose breasts?

This brings me to another story regarding a buddy from law school. He and 3 other guys were able to ambush a bunch of snow geese that were on a pond against a 10 foot embankment seeking shelter from the wind. My buddy and his 3 friends came over the embankment on over 1,000 snow geese, each toting a 10 ga. and they were able to unload and reload the guns 3 times before all the snow geese could get up and move to another spot on the pond. They killed over 100 birds that day; however, justice was served because the game warden showed up and they each received a citation. This was over 10 years ago when the snow goose limit was well below 15 birds a day. What would they do with so many birds?

So, exactly when it such a thing a crime. If a group of 4 hunters killed 60 snow geese in a single day, would it be a crime to throw them in a dumpster? They are considered nuisance birds. How about 60 Maryland resident canada geese during the August season? Would it be okay to dump them in a dumpster? I just cannot imagine how long it would take my dad and me to breast out 30 geese if we both got our limit in a single day. After spending the day hunting and being tired, we would have to spend the rest of the day cleaning birds.