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=EF=BB=BF Well Dave the stories I heard in my younger days from
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old retired market hunters of which there was quite a few in the Maritim=
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and they agreed with Zack - small bore I agree but rifles.
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And they didn't use small bore shotguns either! More like 8 guage an=
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even punt guns. The rifles were used when the geese were out of shotgun
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range - over 40 yards.=20
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Market hunters were very useful members of the community before electric=
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came around. A fresh goose at St Patricks day was as prized as a turkey =
at Thanksgiving
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or Christmas. No KFC in those days!
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Its unfortunate the stories of market hunters were forgotten when
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Will those days return?
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Enjoy the last of winter
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Paul
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On March 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@gl=
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    I guess the moral of that story is this >). If y=
ou wish to establish beyond all doubt that a very sparse bird is =
not yet extinct then you should go armed. But a small bore shotgun would be=
more likely to furnish proof than a rifle which, contrary to Zack's co=
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met by hunters and their rifles,")</span>, I don't think would=
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    Remember the Coelacanth; even if you can't remem=
ber how to spell it. Sixty five million years (65,000,000) is greater than =
fifty (50) by a wide margin.
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    It is sort of like the lost watch. One can prove tha=
t it really is not lost by finding it. But it is not possible to prove=
with absolute certainty that it really is lost. And if you find it don'=
;t shoot it. There are better ways to kill time.
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Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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Yt, DW
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naturens
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<strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, March 11, 2016 8:28 PM
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<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March =
8/16, Valley Harvester -- was Endangered Species Articles
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<a href=3D"http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-=
schrodingers-cat-of-endangered-species/">http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/=
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The newspaper is the Valley Harvester =E2=80=94 Google that and the=
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<span style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica';">Angus MacLean =
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<span style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica';"><strong>[Natur=
eNS] Endangered Species Articles</strong><br/></span>
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<span style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica';">March 11, 2016=
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<span style=3D"font-family: 'Helvetica';">naturens <=
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The Annapolis Valley has several free weekly newspapers. In on=
e of them, the Weekly Harvester, Zack Metcalfe has been featured for quite =
some time in a series on endangered species which he terms the Endangered P=
erspective. As one would expect most feature birds & this week's ar=
ticle is on the Eskimo Curlew.
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<br/>The Weekly Harvester has a website but unfortunately Mr. =
Metcalfe's article is not accessible.
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<br/>For those of you outside of the Valley, remember to pick =
up a copy whenever you're here. They can be found in most shops, market=
s.
<br/>Angus
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