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Peter Sullins
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Everett, WA
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From: WDFW Public Affairs [mailto:do.not.reply at dfw.wa.gov]
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 8:34 AM
To: Peter Sullins
Subject: WDFW News Release: Brant numbers strong enough for Skagit hunt



WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/

January 12, 2006
Contact: Mike Davison, (360) 466-4345 ext. 280

Brant numbers strong enough for Skagit hunt

OLYMPIA - An abundant return of brant geese to Skagit County has cleared
the way for a five-day hunt later this month.

Brant hunting in the county will proceed as scheduled Jan. 21, 22, 24, 26
and 28, with a daily bag limit of two geese.

More than 8,000 brant were counted during a recent aerial survey of
Fidalgo, Padilla and Samish bays, said Mike Davison, wildlife biologist for
the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). At least 6,000 brant
in Skagit County must be counted before hunting is allowed.

All hunters participating in the brant season must have prior written
authorization and a harvest information card from WDFW. Hunters need to
record their harvest information immediately after taking a brant, and
return the completed harvest report to WDFW by Feb. 15. Hunters who fail to
return the report by Feb. 15 will be ineligible to hunt for brant in the
2006-2007 season.

Hunters who harvest a brant implanted with a radio transmitter should take
the bird to the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve or call the reserve
at (360) 428-1558. Hunters also can call Davison at (360) 708-6892, Don
Kraege, WDFW waterfowl section manager, at (360) 791-1933, or Maynard
Axelson, of the Washington Brant Foundation, at (360) 202-0415. WDFW
biologists want to retrieve the transmitters, which allow them to track the
migration pattern of the birds.

Hunters who harvest a brant fitted with a colored leg band should also
report the leg band's numbers and color to WDFW. Birds fitted with metal
leg bands can be reported by calling 1-800-327-BAND or at
www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl . The leg bands help biologists identify and track
the birds.

More information on brant-hunting requirements is available in WDFW's
Migratory Waterfowl and Upland Game Seasons hunting pamphlet, which is
online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/water/water.htm .



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