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This may be the source of the burlap.
Look at this:
http://www.sswa.org/GallerySlideshow.aspx?ID=6&ImgID=42
Notice the "Winter Brant Feeding Program". I believe this picture was taken in 2007, but I can't date it for sure.
I believe that this is a Federally funded program whereby the USFWS arranges for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to deliver bagged surplus grain unfit for human consumption to a regional location on Long Island. It would be bagged in "standard" burlap/jute bags. The administrator of the program (the regional USFWS office) would allow for groups like SSWA, Ducks Unlimited, etc. to pick up the feed for feeding brants in winter months, so they don't starve to death. The hunters like this because they can essentially bait their game. There's probably a rule about not shooting directly off a bait pile or within 10 days of feeding, but hey.
Here's an image of what I believe is a winter bird feeding operation, and what I believe to be jute-bagged, surplus CCC grain (this is not the SSWA):
http://www.estevanwildlifefederation.com/?page_id=16
http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/Waterfowl.asp
Surplus grain to conduct these feeding programs can be obtained from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). People interested in obtaining CCC grain for use in waterfowl damage abatement programs should contact personnel from their local US Fish and Wildlife Service regional office. CCC surplus grain may only be used for the direct feeding of depredating waterfowl or for seeding waterfowl feeding areas. It may not be used to replace grain lost to depredating waterfowl.
http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/juris/j0743_44.sgml
Upon receipt of a report and recommendations based upon an investigation conducted under 90.15, the Secretary shall make a determination that the applicant meets the qualifications for receiving grain. He shall then determine the quantity of grain, either bagged or in bulk, to be made available; the means of transportation; and the point of delivery in the vicinity of the crop damage. Before receiving delivery of such grain the applicant shall execute and deliver to any officer authorized to enforce this part written assurances as follows:
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This is all part of this program set up by the Federal government in like the 1960s:
www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/section32_and_related_laws.pdf
See sections:
USE OF SURPLUS GRAIN TO PREVENT WATERFOWL DEPREDATIONS
REIMBURSEMENT FOR PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION
REQUISTION OF SURPLUS GRAIN TO PREVENT STARVATION OF RESIDENT GAME BIRDS AND WILDLIFE
Look at this:
http://www.sswa.org/GallerySlideshow.aspx?ID=6&ImgID=42
Notice the "Winter Brant Feeding Program". I believe this picture was taken in 2007, but I can't date it for sure.
I believe that this is a Federally funded program whereby the USFWS arranges for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to deliver bagged surplus grain unfit for human consumption to a regional location on Long Island. It would be bagged in "standard" burlap/jute bags. The administrator of the program (the regional USFWS office) would allow for groups like SSWA, Ducks Unlimited, etc. to pick up the feed for feeding brants in winter months, so they don't starve to death. The hunters like this because they can essentially bait their game. There's probably a rule about not shooting directly off a bait pile or within 10 days of feeding, but hey.
Here's an image of what I believe is a winter bird feeding operation, and what I believe to be jute-bagged, surplus CCC grain (this is not the SSWA):
http://www.estevanwildlifefederation.com/?page_id=16
http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/Waterfowl.asp
Surplus grain to conduct these feeding programs can be obtained from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). People interested in obtaining CCC grain for use in waterfowl damage abatement programs should contact personnel from their local US Fish and Wildlife Service regional office. CCC surplus grain may only be used for the direct feeding of depredating waterfowl or for seeding waterfowl feeding areas. It may not be used to replace grain lost to depredating waterfowl.
http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/juris/j0743_44.sgml
Upon receipt of a report and recommendations based upon an investigation conducted under 90.15, the Secretary shall make a determination that the applicant meets the qualifications for receiving grain. He shall then determine the quantity of grain, either bagged or in bulk, to be made available; the means of transportation; and the point of delivery in the vicinity of the crop damage. Before receiving delivery of such grain the applicant shall execute and deliver to any officer authorized to enforce this part written assurances as follows:
<p>
This is all part of this program set up by the Federal government in like the 1960s:
www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/section32_and_related_laws.pdf
See sections:
USE OF SURPLUS GRAIN TO PREVENT WATERFOWL DEPREDATIONS
REIMBURSEMENT FOR PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION
REQUISTION OF SURPLUS GRAIN TO PREVENT STARVATION OF RESIDENT GAME BIRDS AND WILDLIFE