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Index of Subjects --0016e65b535ac50d5f04980369a1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, What I say here does not mean I am personally in favour of hunting Sandhill Cranes (or anything else for that matter), but there is another point of view. This was eloquently expressed by an excellent and well-known birder in a Podcast that can be downloaded from Itunes - This Birding Life/ Bird Watchers Digest, Episode 19, Love and Death among the Cranes. What she says is basically that there is a large and healthy population of Sandhill Cranes in N.America, some people just like to hunt for recreation or for food, they apparently taste good, and as long as legalities and bag limits are observed, then the hunting lobby will be OK with that. She goes on to also make the point that habitat conservation in N.America, which we birders and naturalists benefit hugely from, is largely funded by the hunting community, through the sale of Duck Stamps etc. and the activities of groups like Ducks Unlimited. Birders and naturalists shouldn't complain about legitimate hunting until they put their money where their mouth is. It does seem to me that Sandhill cranes are a great example of a bird/ animal that we humans like to look at and listen to, have a nice family life, have aesthetic value to us, are a symbol of the wilderness etc., and as such, have much in common with Harp seals - so we in Atlantic Canada should be a bit careful about who or how we criticize! Personally I would love to see all hunting done as I do it - with a camera and telephoto lens instead of a rifle. It demands the same skill set, has the same sense of enjoyment and accomplishment, and the trophies are easier to share. Happy Holidays, Richard On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > At 11:18 PM 20/12/2010, you wrote: > > Apparently KY is doing it no matter what is said. If you are the sort to > send emails about this thing, not sure they will care what we think in > Canada but I can't keep quiet on this one > > > Under the circumstances regarding what is permitted in Canada, I doubt very > much KY will attend to any objections from north of the border. For > example, here is a quick summary of the facts regarding the Sandhill Crane > hunting season in Saskatchewan: > > Sandhill Cranes - Open to All Hunters (resident and non-resident) > > Sandhill Crane bag limit: 5 daily, Possession: 15 > > Sandhill Crane Season: Sept. 1 - Dec. 16 > > Note: Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area is closed to all sandhill > crane hunting > > FYI. > > Blake > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Blake Maybank > maybank@ns.sympatico.ca > 902-852-2077 > > Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" > http://nsbs.chebucto.org > > Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club > * http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel* > > author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" > * http://tinyurl.com/birdingns > *Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: > http://tinyurl.com/mr627d > > White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada > -- ################# Dr.R.B.Stern, P.O. Box 300, Port Williams, N.S., Canada, B0P 1T0 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016e65b535ac50d5f04980369a1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<div><br></div><div>What I say here does not mean I am personally in fav= our of hunting Sandhill Cranes (or anything else for that matter), but ther= e is another point of view. This was eloquently expressed by an excellent a= nd well-known birder in a Podcast that can be downloaded from Itunes - This= Birding Life/ Bird Watchers Digest, Episode 19, Love and Death among the C= ranes. What she says is basically that there is a large and healthy populat= ion of Sandhill Cranes in N.America, some people just like to hunt for recr= eation or for food, they apparently taste good, and as long as legalities a= nd bag limits are observed, then the hunting lobby will be OK with that. Sh= e goes on to also make the point that habitat conservation in N.America, wh= ich we birders and naturalists benefit hugely from, is largely funded by th= e hunting community, through the sale of Duck Stamps etc. and the activitie= s of groups like Ducks Unlimited. Birders and naturalists shouldn't com= plain about legitimate hunting until they put their money where their mouth= is.</div> <div><br></div><div>=A0It does seem to me that Sandhill cranes are a great = example of a bird/ animal that we humans like to look at and listen to, hav= e a nice family life, have aesthetic value to us, are a symbol of the wilde= rness etc., and as such, have much in common with Harp seals - so we in Atl= antic Canada should be a bit careful about who or how we criticize!</div> <div><br></div><div>Personally I would love to see all hunting done as I do= it - with a camera and telephoto lens instead of a rifle. It demands the s= ame skill set, has the same sense of enjoyment and accomplishment, and the = trophies are easier to share.</div> <div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays,</div><div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br= ><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Blake Maybank = <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">maybank@ns= .sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><div class=3D"im"> At 11:18 PM 20/12/2010, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3D"cite">Apparently KY is doing it no matter what is said. If you are the sort to send emails about this thing, not sure they will care what we think in Canada but I can't keep quiet = on this one</blockquote><br></div> Under the circumstances regarding what is permitted in Canada, I doubt very much KY will attend to any objections from north of the border.=A0=A0 For example, here is a quick summary of the facts regarding the Sandhill Crane hunting season in Saskatchewan:<br><br> Sandhill Cranes - Open to All Hunters (resident and non-resident)<br><br> Sandhill Crane bag limit: 5 daily, Possession: 15<br><br> Sandhill Crane Season: Sept. 1 - Dec. 16<br><br> Note: Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area is closed to all sandhill crane hu