Because many hunters, bless their hearts, can not tell doves from other similar-sized birds (like kestrels). Or they don't care. dan
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Eric Harrold <[email protected]> wrote: > Was there any more biological justification to this opposition than there > is to the recently enacted crane season? Of course not. Again, I don't have > a problem with opposition, in the event folks can substantiate legitimate > concerns. They're hunted throughout the Great Plains with the exception of > stopover habitat along the Platte river (state of NE altogether I guess). It > doesn't seem to have negatively impacted these populations, so do MN's birds > come from an altogether different population - I don't think so. > > Onward, > > Eric Harrold > Urbana, IL > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika [email protected] ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
