EPISODE · Jul 6, 2021 · 1H 43M
Episode #453: Brad Bortner
from The Big Honker Podcast · host Andy Shaver & Jeff Stanfield
Jeff Stanfield & Andy Shaver are joined by Brad Bortner who is retired Chief for the Division of Migratory Bird Management with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The guys cover many topics, including, the importance of waterfowl hunters participating in the HIP survey, how the information obtained through HIP is used to set hunting season regulations, the limited impact the snow goose conservation season has on snow geese, cooperating with foreign governments and managing migratory birds, and Brad finally answers the age old question of how coots migrate.
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Jeff Stanfield & Andy Shaver are joined by Brad Bortner who is retired Chief for the Division of Migratory Bird Management with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The guys cover many topics, including, the importance of waterfowl hunters participating in the HIP survey, how the information obtained through HIP is used to set hunting season regulations, the limited impact the snow goose conservation season has on snow geese, cooperating with foreign governments and managing migratory birds, and Brad finally answers the age old question of how coots migrate.
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