I don't buy the notion that MOST birders objecting to the crane season on this forum are doing so because of perceived circumvention of the process by the DNR. Do they really think the DNR would propose a season or set bag limits that would seriously threaten breeding crane populations? I think this is a convenient position to claim that disguises the real motivation to prevent any hunting of cranes on the part of some folks. Otherwise, the voiced objections on here would contain more intelligent questions about crane populations and their distribution in the state where hunting has been proposed. Instead, all anyone has done is cry foul about the process. I asked the following question in one of my first posts on this subject: Does anyone have any biologically-based objections to the proposed harvest? Does the DNR or USFWS conduct many/any public hearings concerning waterfowl season? Few to my knowledge. The flyway councils appropriately have significant input on such proposed seasons and take positions that are biologically-based. the individuals making the policy decisions here are the best prepared to make such decisions and do so from a scientific perspective. Eric Harrold Urbana, IL
--- On Mon, 7/26/10, Liz Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: From: Liz Stanley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mou-net] More wasted birder energy focused on a hunting issue (SHCR) To: [email protected] Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 1:18 PM I must have missed the part of the discussion that was anti-hunting. I thought the issue at hand was the lack of an open process for the decision made by the DNR. Discussing problems with the process, and debating the end result of it are two different things. > Folks, > > Do yourselves and more importantly bird conservation a lot of good by > finding something more biologically meaningful to focus on rather than > whether 5 or 10 Sandhill Cranes are going to be killed by hunters in -- Liz Stanley Bloomington, MN [email protected] Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
