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Comment by Scott Hudson on January 4, 2012 at 3:03pm

Good day Tony.

 

I understand your stand on the internet reports of bird numbers, however if you/we are HUNTERS Chances are we are out in our boat anyhow, looking for birds. It is nice however at times to get a little heads from a buddy every now and then. I know I last year I made 7 trips in Conception bay, 2 in Petty harbour, 1 in St. Marys bay, 2 in Placentia, and one to Fogo.  I NEVER LIMITED OUT ONCE, actually if you added up all the bird for the "BOAT" you would not fill a one person posession limit.

 

So I am a little taken back by you stereotyping every on here a internet hunter, waiting for the report? I live in Conception bay and havent seen a tuur in here in the last 5yrs except one, I will take the report any time I can get it, I would be out here looking for birds if they were regular and I still go even know it is not likely, however I can't run to P.Bay every weekend to check for turrs.

 

When you invest in a sport it would be nice to see a return now and then. I would not buy a gun and say I dont what shells?

Comment by Tony McGrath on January 4, 2012 at 1:33pm

Good for you Mark if you were out and hunted.  At least you're not waiting for the big report to come in and then go for for the big haul.  As for information passing hands at the wharf or over the internet.  Its only second and third hand information and so on by the time you get it and its all shit alongside what you do and see for yourself.  Reports of turrs at the dock or over the internet be damned.  If I want to go hunting I will go and see for myself. 

Comment by kenneth Griffiths on January 4, 2012 at 8:16am

tony this also goes on when someone goes out and comes in and others are asking how they did. If they did great the boats are going out the harbour, if he did poorly no one moves.

Comment by Tony McGrath on January 3, 2012 at 7:08pm

Here is just another example of how easy it is for hunters and how hard it is getting for wildlife.  Everyone looking for the easiest fastest way to get a few birds.  Everyone riding the internet waiting for the first report of a few birds so they can just go pick em like berries.  Its called hunting fellas.  Sometimes you just got to go and HUNT!! 

Comment by Clyde Emberley on January 3, 2012 at 6:44pm

There were a few turrs up around Red Island Bank last week for a day. Some fellas went out the next day didn't see anything. No birds here around Southern Harbour yet.

Comment by kenneth Griffiths on January 3, 2012 at 8:23am

True fred, i don't think that we will know what moves the turr's around from bay to bay. But we have got into the turr's befor and they are spitting the bait upon the floor of the boat and that is when they are the most plenty.

Comment by Fred Woodman on January 1, 2012 at 12:47pm

Its sort of a chicken and egg sort of argument. I am not convinced the reason they end up in the bay is because of the bait.If bait was the principal reason why would they ever leave to go back to Labrador.? If finding them was as simple as finding the bait getting them would be much easier. Realistically how far could bait in Southern Hr travel in a few days? yet turres can be none one day then in thousands the next. But damn if I know.

Obviously though when they get there they will find it and eat. There is a migratory aspect as well.Current,Ice, winds,desire to breed etc will all dictate when and where they go. Its a big ocean out there.

Turres are regularly caught in nets in water up to 100 fathoms so I think finding food is not a problem.Lots of times a bay is full of bait but theres no birds.

From my recollection there are always some birds in and around Southern Hr Little Hr area every xmas time.Its a pretty common reoccurance.

But I guess some things are never meant to be known. But one thing you will see is that as ice forms off Labrador and begins moving south birds come ahead of it.Birds dont know calendars,they will move as conditions dictate. Just my 2 cents.

Comment by Shawn Reid on January 1, 2012 at 12:25pm

a couple of guys from here were out in p bay yesterday dec 31 and done good on the turrs, that was there second trip the year

Comment by kenneth Griffiths on January 1, 2012 at 11:43am

As it was on this discussion, the turrs that are here are not from here. They are labardor turr's that come here to feed on the bait. They move with the bait and if there is no bait there will be no turr's around. Find the bait and you will find the turr's.

Comment by kenneth Griffiths on January 1, 2012 at 11:20am

In placentia bay all the turrs where down the bay. It's true they do follow the bait and they where full. Was talking to a guy from southren harbour and he said that the bay is black with turrs and right full of bait. We where out on new years eve and not a bird in the bay nothing. No bait no birds.

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