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 Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: beaversnipe]
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04/23/14 06:34 PM
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LarryCopper
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True that, but the beaver aint going out of bed unless he can at least shoot 50 of them boogerpickers!!! Nuthin' wrong with that! I'm lookin' at it more from a bonus bird perspective while duck huntin'... and good riddance.
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/23/14 07:09 PM
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Bird Island on Lake Charlotte… That place is loaded with em. Maybe GHG will come out with a Pro Grade Commorant decoy soon!
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: john paul]
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04/23/14 07:53 PM
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If it aint good table fare , We aint shootin it !
You would if you knew how many fish they eat Especially when they are your fish in your own private pond or reservoir. I got my permit this year and shot the sh*t out of them. After hammering them the first 3 weeks of duck season they all pretty much disappeared. After hunting season ended they started concentrating more in our reservoir but I guess they migrated back north because I only see a couple now when I am down there. That or they already ate all of the 10,000 bluegill and 2,000 crappie we stocked in there  Depending on how big the lake is you may need to invite them back in two years for some serious thinning of your fish population.
To be determined
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: TurkeyHunter]
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04/23/14 08:18 PM
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john paul
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If it aint good table fare , We aint shootin it !
You would if you knew how many fish they eat Especially when they are your fish in your own private pond or reservoir. I got my permit this year and shot the sh*t out of them. After hammering them the first 3 weeks of duck season they all pretty much disappeared. After hunting season ended they started concentrating more in our reservoir but I guess they migrated back north because I only see a couple now when I am down there. That or they already ate all of the 10,000 bluegill and 2,000 crappie we stocked in there Depending on how big the lake is you may need to invite them back in two years for some serious thinning of your fish population. 240 acres.
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: hunt91]
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04/23/14 08:19 PM
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john paul
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Bird Island on Lake Charlotte… That place is loaded with em. Maybe GHG will come out with a Pro Grade Commorant decoy soon! Lake namer... 
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/23/14 09:17 PM
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beaversnipe
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 01:54 AM
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beaversnipe
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Might work as duck confidence coy
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: beaversnipe]
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04/24/14 01:51 PM
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LarryCopper
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Might work as duck confidence coy Especially if you put one on your yak with it's wings out like you see them drying out on logs/stumps all the time. Hmmm, if only somebody had thought of that...
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 02:07 PM
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Now offering guided water turkey hunts...reserve your spot now!
I can see it on craigslist now...
Plus, I can't wait to see the look on the taxidermists face when someone brings one in.
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 04:02 PM
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beaversnipe
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They smell like rotten minnows
Taxidermist will charge you a stinkfee
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 04:37 PM
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They smell like rotten minnows
Taxidermist will charge you a stinkfee I doubt a taxidermist would take one. From the south carolina FAQ. 6. Can I mount a bird? No, as written in the authorizing depredation permit, birds must be disposed of in an approved manner. This is limited to the following: Donation to a museum or education institution, Burying of the birds, or Burning of the birds. I would think they are no better or worse than Mergansers. The mergansers I shot this year did not stink, but Dash was sure freaked out when live shad started falling out of one during the retrieve. 
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 04:45 PM
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I doubt a taxidermist would take one. From the south carolina FAQ.
6. Can I mount a bird?
No, as written in the authorizing depredation permit, birds must be disposed of in an approved manner. This is limited to the following:
Donation to a museum or education institution,
Burying of the birds, or
Burning of the birds. I would donate every one to the museum for sure
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
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04/24/14 07:49 PM
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Merican Duck Hunter
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I doubt a taxidermist would take one. From the south carolina FAQ.
6. Can I mount a bird?
No, as written in the authorizing depredation permit, birds must be disposed of in an approved manner. This is limited to the following:
Donation to a museum or education institution,
Burying of the birds, or
Burning of the birds. I would donate every one to the museum for sure anyone else notice that eating them was not an "approved manner" by the state of SC?  
Last edited by Merican duck hunter; 04/24/14 07:50 PM.
Arise.Kill.Eat -Acts 10:13 I have read a bunch of stuff on the internet about Star Wars but that does not mean I can skin a deer with a light saber.
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 08:03 PM
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Ben Lilly
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Cormorant mojo spin'n, benelli spit'n, grebes grebe'n
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 08:11 PM
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Guy
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No, as written in the authorizing depredation permit, birds must be disposed of in an approved manner. This is limited to the following:
Donation to a museum or education institution,
Burying of the birds, or
Burning of the birds.
Can't feed to the yotes? Who in the heck is going to bury or burn them.. I would never shoot one of those nasty birds, but I hope everyone else will..
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
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04/24/14 08:15 PM
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john paul
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I cremate all mine.
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I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: Sniper John]
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04/24/14 10:14 PM
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Did I mention, kill them all?
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: john paul]
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04/24/14 10:30 PM
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Sniper John
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
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04/24/14 11:31 PM
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Guy
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The best is when you shoot into a big group of them and every single bird flops and dives towards the water and you think you at least killed a couple and then they all fly away unscathed. They are pretty shifty I bet it takes more than 2 3/4 #4 to bring them down...
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
[Re: beaversnipe]
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04/25/14 12:02 AM
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Guy
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Common Bev, you know they trick you some of the time. 
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
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04/25/14 01:22 AM
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Re: Texas Cormorant Season?
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04/25/14 02:04 AM
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So beav kills pigeons, John kills snipe.... And we are all waiting to kill cormorants
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