[SJackson]

If you’d like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.

[cripplecreek]

They aren't exactly a rarity here in southern Michigan. I see them pretty much every single day. They love my neighbor's yards.

[NautiNurse]

Wisconsin is a key nesting area for cranes that migrate up and down the eastern United States

An impressive detour to WI from the eastern U.S.

Side note--Somebody accidentally hit a sandhill crane today on the golf course shortly after a bald eagle swooped onto the fairway to attack a well-placed fairway shot.

[mosesdapoet]

While not as bad as deer which can destroy a garden 50 do congregate in newly planted fields and eat the newly planted seeds besides the work of re-planting seeds ain’t cheap either

[Paleo Conservative]

Do they taste better than Whooping Crane?

[jjotto]

The relevant quote from this story:

“Thirteen states already allow people to hunt sandhill cranes.”

[Bellflower]

So sad. It may be necessary, but I find it sad when an animal that lives in security must go through the terror of being hunted.

[Randy Larsen]

If I can’t eat it why hunt it?

Hunters eat their kills. If they just kill for fun, they aren’t hunters.

[Mike Darancette]

Can sandhill cranes be good to eat?

[mcshot]

Killing harmless animals out of blood lust is not right. I watched a crane try to get its dead mate off a highway and it haunts me. I’m an avid gun and knife nut and I hunt targets.