[TN-Bird] Sandhill Crane Hunt Question

From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, albirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ARBIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:17:48 EST
Nov. 18, 2010
The calls of migrating Sandhill Cranes are one  of the great sounds in 
Nature. Sandhill Cranes are making a great comeback  (maybe too great) in the 
eastern US and birds are now over wintering in East and  West TN, north MS, AL 
and eastern AR. 

There is a movement for  a crane hunting season to be instituted in 
southeastern TN in the winter of  2011-2012. Being an avid hunter for the first 
part of my life, I understand  and respect the hunter's view and acknowledge 
that they supply most of the  revenue for wildlife resource agencies. But does 
this meager income, which will  not be off set by the cost to administer 
such a restricted  hunt, warrant a  hunting season on this recovering species? 

A secondary point to  consider would be the ongoing reintroduction of 
Whooping Cranes in this eastern  flyway. An effort to bolster and give this 
endangered species an alternate to a  population disaster in its only other 
population in the Central Flyway. Each of  these Whooping Cranes in this new 
population, represents a tremendous cost and  time investment and this cost 
would be subject to a hunter's ability to  differentiate, in early morning 
light, the differences between these two  magnificent species. Many of you have 
contributed to this reintroduction effort  and the loss of one Whooper would 
off set any financial gain by the proposed  hunting season.  Here in TN, in 
recent history, we have seen  where a hunter killed one Trumpeter Swan and 
wounded another during a Snow Goose  Hunt??

That said, here is a one-question survey at the following  site:

_http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RPCMLJV_ 
(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RPCMLJV) 

Take the time to add your  opinion to this question. Are you in favor of a 
potential hunting season on  Sandhill Cranes?

Jeff R.  Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN  38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that  lifts my heart to the  heavens?






=================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER=====================

The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with
first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation.
You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds
you report were seen.  The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should
appear in the first paragraph.
_____________________________________________________________
      To post to this mailing list, simply send email to:
                    tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_____________________________________________________________ 
                To unsubscribe, send email to:
                 tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
______________________________________________________________
  TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society 
       Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s)
        endorse the views or opinions expressed
        by the members of this discussion group.
 
         Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN
                 wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
                ------------------------------
                Assistant Moderator Andy Jones
                         Cleveland, OH
                -------------------------------
               Assistant Moderator Dave Worley
                          Rosedale, VA
               --------------------------------
               Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan
                        Clarksville, TN
__________________________________________________________
         
          Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society
              web site at http://www.tnbirds.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

                          ARCHIVES
 TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/

                       MAP RESOURCES
Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif
Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com

_____________________________________________________________
[TN-Bird] Sandhill Crane Hunt Question

Other related posts:
