I wasn't going to say anymore on this subject. But I must respond to you. The
issue is dead and does not make all that much difference to me personally. I
work on Sundays and manage to get all the game I want and more with the few
days I have to hunt. While waiting for my "quarry" as you say I do a lot of
birding and wildlife viewing. It is amazing what you can see if you sit still
for several hours. I don't know any hunters who would shoot at sound. Most
hunt from elevated stands. Take extensive hunter safety classes and follow all
the rules (there are many as well there should be).
And I would love to have people walking around it gets the deer up and moving.
Suzanne Malone
-----Original Message-----
From: falco57@xxxxxxx
To: Flyfishgrl@xxxxxxx; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 5:43 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Re: Proposed bill for Sunday hunting
On what do you base that belief. I suspect that if true, it is in part because
birders and hikers try to avoid hunting areas. I used to hunt a lot, deer and
small game, and know first hand that many so-called hunters shoot at what moves
regardless of what actually moved or whether it is in season. Even wearing
fluorescent orange, you would be putting yourself at risk walking around
birding where people are hunting, particularly hunting deer with a rifle and to
a lesser extent with a shotgun. My guess is that deer hunters especially would
been none to pleased to have birders hiking around the patch of woods or fields
where they were sitting in wait for their quarry. Such activity is a tactic
that anti-hunters have used to spook game in order to prevent deer hunts.
Although I grant you that they also make a lot of noise. As a hunter in
Pennsylvania, where Sundays were (and maybe still are) a day of rest for hunter
and game alike, I did not mind not being able to hunt on Sundays
.
If this passes, you won't find me birding on Sunday or any other day where
people are allowed to hunt.
----- Original Message -----
From: Flyfishgrl@xxxxxxx
To: tomlyn@xxxxxxxxxxx ; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 7:41 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Re: Proposed bill for Sunday hunting
I have signed a petition in favor of hunting on Sundays. I don't think any
birders have ever been accidentally shot Monday through Saturday.
Suzanne Malone
Alexandria, Va
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