[TN-Bird] quail hunting

From: terrywitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:53:10 +0000
This may be a bit off topic and also probably should be addressed more to Scott 
Somershoe than the whole list, but, is there any reason that there should still 
be a hunting season in Tennessee for Northern Bobwhite???
The population here is in freefall, and although that may not be true 
statewide, I suspect it probably is rapidly declining everywhere at best.  I 
know that duck hunting bag limits and season dates are adjusted based on 
population estimates, why should quail be any different; and in reality, why 
should the season not be closed, at least temporarily?  This may well become a 
moot point, as several of my quail hunting friends have stopped pursuing a 
target that has become so elusive.  Disclaimer - I am not particularly 
anti-hunting of birds or any other game. 
Food for thought, table open for discussion

Terry Witt
Murfreesboro Tn
   


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