It appears to involve only owls? Rebecca Field
On Monday, April 14, 2014, Rebecca Field <[email protected]> wrote: > Just curious. Would this law apply to duck hunters using their duck calls? > If so, that is a large, organized group that might like to chime in on this > issue. > > Rebecca Field > > > On Monday, April 14, 2014, Uwe Kausch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chuck, > Like most issues, some common sense needs to prevail here. First of all, > the professional birding guides I know (some of them mentioned in this > e-mail chain included) are for the most part, highly ethical and have a > deep passion for birds and wildlife conservation in general. Obviously, if > someone is using a fishing rod with a plastic mouse to lure an owl in time > and time again, making it expend valuable calories, they need to be > stopped. However, using some baiting methods, provided they are not used > repeatedly on the same owl in the same area, again, some common sense needs > to come into play. Regardless of what anyone says, professional guides can > and do help spread the word of conservation by giving people the > opportunity to see wildlife in their native habitat (for the record, I have > never made a dime on showing anyone a bird or other wild creature). The > more that see, the more that care. > > If this became a black & white issue, then technically, all bird feeding, > building wildlife ponds, planting bird friendly trees, shrubs, etc. and > putting out any nesting structures could conceivably qualify as baiting. I > think the birding community as a whole, is pretty damn ethical and weeds > out the few that are not. Like the reason for most laws being written, they > are for those few bad eggs (pardon the pun) in the group that ruins it for > all others. I agree with Mike that this law needs to be re-written. > > On a total side note, my family and I were in Hudson, Wisconsin this past > weekend, attending a hockey tournament. Behind our hotel, there was a small > retention pond. My son came to me, wanting to show me where a goose nest > was. As I was walking there, I noticed a large amount of garbage > surrounding the pond (no doubt some was in the pond as well). I found a > large plastic bag and started filling it. I found another and filled it as > well. Before long, some of the boys on my son's team pitched in, along with > the janitor of the hotel. In an hour, we removed 5 bags of garbage, most of > it plastic, from the perimeter of the pond. I would encourage everyone on > this list to do the same, as now is the best time to do so, before > everything greens up and hides the filth. > > Uwe Kausch > Duluth > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck > Cole > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 3:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Luring Owls might be Illegal in MN NO > > Mikes posts ALWAYS contain promotion of his commercial services and are > for no other apparent purpose. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fr. Paul Kammen [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 3:37 PM > > To: Chuck Cole > > Subject: Re: [mou-net] Luring Owls might be Illegal in MN NO > > > > I appreciate this post. I realize people will take different opinions > > on it, but Mike raises some very good points. As a photographer and > > birder, I do not want to face harassment as a number of people have > > due to some self-appointed conservation officers in the field > > declaring themselves the guardian of owls. > > > > I have already contacted my local representative who said he would > > work on amendments to get this language removed, and he agreed with me > > that it was a bad idea. So at least that is one no vote. > > > > MOU is not-for-profit, and I do not feel Mike was promoting himself - > > rather he was alerting users to a political issue as the session winds > > down. I feel we can have a civilized discussion on this, and do feel > > that it unfairly targets photographers and birders who use calls and > > could have unintended consequences. > > > > Thank you, Mike, for this post. > > > > Regards, > > Fr. Paul Kammen > > On Apr 14, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Chuck Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think I am looking at the big picture: all commercial > > baiting and luring > > > practices should be stopped as professional naturalists clearly and > > > repeatedly say. > > > > > > Your commercial exploitation of the MOU list should also be stopped. > > > > > > You only post in order to promote your commercial "guiding" > > and always > > > include ads and links for that. > > > > > > Isn't this a NOT-FOR-PROFIT list and organization? The > > true not-for-profit > > > groups and their activities are easy to accept, but your > > efforts are not. > > > > > > Your effo > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
