Hello All - sharing unpleasant news via news article by James Bruggers in today's Louisville CJ. At the federal level, hunters didn't even bother writing USFWS. Quoting from article: "The agency (USFWS) noted that 337 people from Alaska to Massachusetts, including Kentucky and Indiana, wrote letters in opposition to the sandhill crane season. Several petitions containing 3,000 signatures also objected to the hunt, the agency said. There were no letters that supported the hunt, King said." Which goes to show you that the entire system needs redoing. Once upon a time perhaps it made sense for it to be set up as as it is today. However with more and more species becoming endangered and disappearing forever, hunting declining at a record pace and wildlife watching and conservation increasing IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE!! http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110831/NEWS01/308310117/Feds-approve-sandhill-crane-hunt-Kentucky Cyndi Routledge