We need a similar program for lamprey here

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We need a similar program for lamprey here

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Having fun and making money at the same time.... I love it.
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Remember it's about the Money! Someone will figure a way around it.

My Grandfather was a Town Clerk in Montgomery in the 1950's an in his Diary he writes that Bobbie Chaffee had discovered a "new species of Porcupine that had three pairs of ears when presenting them to collect the fifty cents a pair bounty.

And this entry from the Burlington Free Press:

Upon presenting two porcupine ears to a Vermont town clerk, the hunter would receive the fifty cents bounty. An Associated Press report from March 2, 1957 suggests that some hunters had found a way to produce more than two ears from a dead porcupine.

The Fish and Game Department discovered that some hunters had become so adept, they could fashion sixteen pairs of ears from a single pelt, representing four dollars.

While the entire head of the offending animal was eventually required to receive the fifty cent bounty, a more effective means of porcupine control was finally implemented.

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Randy- I love stories like this! Thank you!
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A buck per lamprey and I’d start fishing for lakers again:)
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Sell them to the English they will buy everyone you can catch at premium prices
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Reelax wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:30 am A buck per lamprey and I’d start fishing for lakers again:)
My friends/family on the West Coast use them as sturgeon bait. I don't gather them, but occasionally a frozen box is sent west on request.
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