I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. I would guess that indeed most birders would oppose a crane hunt and- would like a public process to express their opinion as well as to ask questions regarding the hunt. As residents and tax payers, I believe they are entitled to expect as much. In much the same way, I would imagine that if the DNR suddenly closed the duck season, hunters such as yourself would oppose the move and would like an opportunity to be heard on the issue. Just a guess. There probably aren't any biologically-based reasons to oppose the hunting of Cranes -or Yellow Warblers (I hear they taste like chicken) but some might object. Their opinions are no less valid than yours. Kurt
On 7/26/10 5:49 PM, "Eric Harrold" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
