`ROBODUCKS' BANNED RESTRICTION ON DECOYS TO LAST UNTIL DEC. 1.Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer The California Fish and Game Commission has decided to ban motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. spinning wing or blade duck decoys for the first seven weeks of the 2001-02 duck-hunting season. Motoducks, or rotoducks, as many of the decoys are called, will not be allowed until Dec. 1. The season through most of the state opens Oct. 13 and closes on Jan. 20, 2002. Wind-powered devices, kites or any decoy DECOY. A pond used for the breeding and maintenance of water-fowl. 11 Mod. 74, 130; S. C. 3 Salk. 9; Holt, 14 11 East, 571. that does not use a spinning wing or blade are not affected. Department of Fish and Game biologist Dan Yparraguirre said the ban will allow biologists to measure the effect of not using decoys on the early mallard duck harvest and compare success rates from previous seasons. Many hunters say the mechanized mech·a·nize tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es 1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory. 2. decoys provide a greater success rate, which would result in reduced bag limits. Others say the devices will help maintain hunters by increasing their success. The commission set an Oct. 6-Jan. 13 season for the Northeastern Zone, Oct. 13-20 season for Southern California, southern San Joaquin Valley Noun 1. San Joaquin Valley - a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland Calif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes and balance of the state, and Oct. 15-Jan. 20 season for the Colorado River Zone. The Southern California geese season is Oct. 20-Jan. 20, and the Colorado River season is Oct. 15-Jan. 20. The southern San Joaquin Valley and balance of the state season is Nov. 3-Jan. 20, and the Northeastern season is Oct. 6-Nov. 18 for white-fronts and cacklers and Oct. 6-Jan. 13 for other species. Bag limits will be seven ducks per day, of which two can be mallard hens or Mexican ducks in the Colorado River Zone, one pintail pintail Any of four species (genus Anas, family Anatidae) of sleek, long-tailed, long-necked dabbling ducks that are swift fliers and popular game birds. The common, or northern, pintail (A. , two redheads, four scaup scaup Any of three species (genus Aythya, family Anatidae) of diving ducks. The greater scaup, or big bluebill (A. marila), breeds across Eurasia and most of the Nearctic region. The lesser scaup, or little bluebill (A. affinis), breeds in northwestern North America. and one canvasback canvasback: see duck. canvasback Diving duck (Aythya valisineria), one of the most popular game birds. The male weighs about 3 lb (1.4 kg). . The canvasback season is Oct. 27-Dec. 3 in the Northeastern Zone and Dec. 14-Jan. 20 in the other zones. Bag limits for Southern California and Colorado River geese will be five per day, with a maximum of three white or three dark. It will be three for the remainder of the state, which may include three white, two dark and not more than one small Canada goose, including Aleutian Canadian. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Battery-powered mechanical decoys, called ``roboducks,'' are banned for the first seven weeks of the duck-hunting season until Dec. 1. Barry Locher/Associated Press |
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