Show Waterfowl Harvest Below Previous Year Harvest figures for the 70 1969 waterfowl waterfowl waterfowl water water- fowl season indicate a reduction in the number of waterfowl hunters afield The reduced number of hunters harvested fewer ducks and geese gees than geese than were harvested harvested har har- vested during the previous previous' season season ACCORDING TO the report released by lIy the Division of Fish and Game a total of 36 hunters harvested ducks and geese during the 70 69 season There was an increase In goose huntIng hunting hunt hunt- Ing trips but fewer geese were killed by duck hunt hunters rs not specifically hunting for geese John Nagel principal biologist biologist biolo biolo- gist in charge of waterfowl stated that this significant reduction in the kill of geese by duck hunters reflects t the e delayed delayed delayed de de- opening of the goose season IN 1969 the goose season opened seven days later than the general waterfowl season The goose season opening was delayed to reduce the total harvest of geese |