Wait-and-see on Canada geese news.(Sports)(Outdoors notes)

From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: March 30, 2006| Author: Jackson, Mike | Copyright information

Byline: Mike Jackson Daily Herald Outdoors Writer

One can't help but be highly skeptical of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources with its latest statement about Canada geese.

The IDNR announced this week that it will do away with harvest quotas - if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives the department the green light.

Northern Illinois residents and hunters know full well that the population of local and migrating Canada geese are quite ...

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