Posted on 07/19/2010 5:16:34 PM PDT by SJackson
It's official: Minnesota will have a sandhill crane hunting season this fall for the first time in 94 years.
The season will run from Sept. 4 to Oct. 10 and only in the northwest goose zone, which includes parts of about six counties in far northwestern Minnesota. The daily bag limit will be two birds, with a four-bird possession limit. Nontoxic shot will be required.
Why a crane hunting season?
Ten other states in the flyway already allow crane hunting, some since 1960, and Minnesota was one of the few holdouts. The midcontinent crane population, averaging over 450,000 birds, has been healthy and above goals.
"It's an additional hunting opportunity we can provide," said Bill Penning of the Department of Natural Resources.
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I’ve been told they’re tasty, and thanks for the pic, I never imagined they sold crane decoys. But obviously they would. I presume from the calls it’s a shotgun hunt. They do sit out in the fields chowing down like flying prairie dogs up here, you don’t need to call them in. Though it depends on the season. I think I’d be put off by the similarity to whooping cranes.
>> A wounded crane will go for your eyes with that big sharp beak.
I’ll file that in the “things that are good to know” category!
So you get your meat at the grocery store. How convenient.
No on the flowers and we give them wide berth when driving or driving the golf ball. The Florida Sandhills are certainly a different issue, actually, no problem at all. Send as many as you can!
Don't you just love people that feel so superior.... just because they hire others to do their killing for them?
Why you so down on chickens?
A couple of quotes and then I’m through...
“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.” (James Anthony Froude)
“When I was twelve I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.” (Marv Levy)
“Wild animals never kill for sport”
That’s BS, I see wild animals hone their skills constantly.
“Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.”>
No one does it “for FUN” How do you know the critter was happy?
The ribs are to die for...
BTW, You do know that the bulk of money for wildlife conservation comes from sportsmen don’t you?
Sling shots?
This guy apparently didn't know much about the real world. There are plenty of wild animals that kill for sport.
“When I was twelve I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.” (Marv Levy)
The movie "Bambi" is not a true representation of the natural world.
Wild animals never kill for sport, James Anthony Froude must be kidding.
When I was twelve I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature who was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning....I don't know Marv Levy, but I suspect he comes from a sheltered enviornment or is a vegetarian. I'm sorry if his father didn't eat the bird, were that the case it's an abberation amongst people I know. And I can't imagnine why his father shot it. Marv might want to reflect on the morning, or the live, of calves on their way to "vealing", unless he's a vegie, in which case he's excused, as long as he doesn't intend to impose his culinary preferences on me.
Ive never been hunting. I fish a lot.
Ive worked my Great Grandparents farm when I was a kid before the spread of supermarkets.
No one like killing chickens or hogs, churning butter and such, But the fruits of that hard work....
Ahh, that’s something the supermarket set will never understand.
Wild animals never kill for sport.
He's obviously never observed cats, foxes, or racoons doing what they do naturally.
I dont excuse Vegans either.
Every field planted disrupts natural habitat.
Supermarket people are so disconnected.
I am willing to bet that our FRiend has never done so much as cut up a whole cleaned supermarket chicken for frying
Tried it once at a wild game feed. My palette was overwhelmed by the moose meatballs at the time. But I remember it as OK.
Nothing was wasted, we had a feast and the coyotes and little critters cleaned up the rest out on the back 40.
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