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Index of Subjects > The remains of this Antigonish GWFG was used by the hunter himself for bobcat bait. (He's also a trapper), so he wasn't willing to give it up for scientific purposes. Billy I will of course, second that. Tom, and several others, have contributed > specimens they've either found directly or asked hunters to give up...I > believe Tom got me a King Eider in this manner! The StFX collection is > really quite rich because of the contributions of Tom, other folks on this > list (Paul, Steve, Ken...others!) and other folk, too. > > Thanks, > Randy > > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > > On 10 December 2012 09:22, Tom & Terri <terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca> > wrote: > >> ** >> >> Hi all. >> >> I would encourage anyone that comes across any "Rare" harvested >> ducks/geese (others) to ask the hunter to save the Off fall (not to be >> graphic). Almost all the field marks are preserved in some forms of >> processing (skinning), and other methods will still preserve some/most. >> Any >> time I've asked it was freely offered up. After all it's considered >> garbage >> from that point. You may even be offered the whole specimen, it has >> happened. >> >> I know that there are facilities that would love to even have the head >> as >> an addition to the collection! I know I've made contributions to >> collections in this way before. >> >> This can be a powerful tool in monitoring rarities. By empowering and >> involving the hunter you'll receive reports and collection samples while >> at >> the same time your educating them on the rarer migrants in our areas. >> >> Tom K >> >> Canso >> >
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