. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. fowl populations," he says. "We look at their breeding areas to see the quality of the habitat and the breeding success and the winter census for populations in the wintering areas. We can tell by studying this data whether a population is on the rise or ; Luczcz says 23,000 to 26,000 hunters shoot for waterfowl during the season in North Carolina each year. The Wildlife Commission sets a "bag limit" for hunters to follow while hunting. Under the bag limit, hunters can kill on
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. fowl populations," he says. "We look at their breeding areas to see the quality of the habitat and the breeding success and the winter census for populations in the wintering areas. We can tell by studying this data whether a population is on the rise or ; Luczcz says 23,000 to 26,000 hunters shoot for waterfowl during the season in North Carolina each year. The Wildlife Commission sets a "bag limit" for hunters to follow while hunting. Under the bag limit, hunters can kill only a limited number of waterfowl a day. For instance, during this year's season, hunters are limited to five ducks, seven sea ducks, four snow geese, one Canada goose and two brandt per day. Some states use a point system where each bird is worth a certain number of points and a hun- ter can only amass a set total of points per day. The bag limit makes it easier for hunters who can't easily identify ducks and geese on the wing, Luczcz says. But he emphasizes that waterfowl hunters should be able to identify the birds before they go hunting. "Those hunters who make illegal kills or kills by misidentification penalize them- selves by making the Commission be more restrictive with our regulations," Luczcz says. "If hunters would just pay more attention to regulations we might be able to have longer seasons and special seasons on certain ; Another problem plaguing managers is a controversy over the lead and steel shot used to kill waterfowl. Hunters have long preferred lead shot over steel because it was denser, had a longer range and had a greater impact. But unfortunately those lead pellets that don't hit the target fall back into the Courtesy of Wildlife Resources Commission marshes where waterfowl mistake them for seeds. "When the duck takes the shot into his system it is ground up in his gizzard," Dick Brame says. "This releases
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