• Messageboard • Modding & Editing • command and control Sort:     Author: Message: fenpxsli Pfeifenkopp 205 Posts registered: 26.10.2013 29.10.2013, 11:32   Op Nanook Underway To show Arctic Sovereignty Latest Comments in RSS(OTTAWA, ON) The Canadian Forces largest annual illustration showing Canada sovereignty in the Arctic, referred to as Operation NANOOK, began today as the Canadianled Naval Task Group crossed the 60th parallel en route to our prime Arctic.NANOOK operations are an important illustration showing our Government commitment to the Arctic region said the Honourable Peter MacKay,parajumpers canada, Minister of National Defence. from experience and successes of previous operations, Operation NANOOK is easily the most complex operation available, demonstrating our increased capacity and confidence in operating in the high Arctic. 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Planned and directed by Joint Task Force North in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, these annual operations highlight interoperability, command and control, and cooperation withinterdepartmental and intergovernmental partners in the North. fenpxsli Pfeifenkopp 205 Posts registered: 26.10.2013 29.10.2013, 11:33   Snow Geese Are Rare Treat The legions of waterfowl connoisseurs within our ranks are of the greenheadonly mindset,parajumpers jakke, meaning mallard drakes are their thing. Talk to them about hunting snow geese, plus they may look at you as they would a raving lunatic. But snow geese are present in great numbers in parts of Arkansas when other hunting seasons have closed,www.yummyasiangrill.com/2013/10/21/parajumpers-in-canada/. Snow geese often are found feeding on young winter wheat. They start migrating north when weather warms at the end of winter and early spring. What snow geese offer as February arrives is really a opportunity to get in some more waterfowl hunting. Many, perhaps most, in our area didn't get nearly enough throughout the duck season. Empty sky duck season, they are calling it. What is available is this hunt that isn't called a hunt. It's a conservation order. Yes, the federal folks created the term, however the bottom line is we've too many snow geese in The united states, and we can go after them from now until April 25 with practically any method. The best is Saturday or sunday,www.mazdacarparts.com/2013/10/canada-goose-online-chateau/, once the Youth Waterfowl Hunt is arrived, and the special snow goose event is closed. Technically, this is not a special hunting season but a Conservation Order. The regulations are relaxed since it is essential that hunters be permitted to harvest as many snow geese as they possibly can. There's no daily bag or possession limit on light geese during the Conservation Order, guns don't have to be plugged, electronic calls can be used and shooting hours happen to be extended to a 30 minutes pre and post sunset. Nontoxic shot is required. The requirements for hunting are a valid hunting license, either from Arkansas or from the hunter's state of residence, along with a special snow goose registration number. The hunting licenses can be either resident or nonresident,www.vederacapital.com/doudounepascher-france. Hunters may get registration numbers free online. You will need your hunting license number and your driver's license or Social Security number for identification. Whenever you complete the applying, you'll be given a registration number. Overpopulation of snow geese is destroying their breeding grounds within the far north of Canada, as well as their numbers need to be reduced. The prospective is what many people call "light geese" and the term includes snow geese, blue geese and Ross' geese. Snow geese winter in Arkansas in good sized quantities, sometimes in flocks of several hundred or even 1,000 or more birds. Agricultural lands of east Arkansas are where most of them are located, however they may turn up in a number of other regions of their state, AGFC officials said. Luke Naylor, waterfowl biologist with the state Game and Fish Commission, said the special snow goose conservation season began several years ago and continues this season in an effort to lessen the snow goose population. "The Conservation Order, with its relaxed harvest regulations, is an attempt to reduce the population to a more healthy level by permitting hunters the opportunity to harvest more geese," Naylor said. "Snow geese numbers have raised to the point that they are damaging their nesting habitat within the subArctic and Arctic tundra, posing a significant threat to the longterm health of the Arctic ecosystem and its associated wildlife communities," he explained. "This is really a unique situation for waterfowl hunters. Most waterfowl regulations are created to protect species from overharvest, Naylor said." "With snow geese, the aim would be to increase the harvest, as well as for the identical reason to protect the species along with other species related to Arctic tundra habitat." Sort:     To reply to this topic you have to be registered and logged in! • register now • log in