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MARCH 14, 2011

By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds?

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AUGUST 1, 2011

There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. Bald Eagles will provide a sporting challenge for hunters. Hunters don’t even need to use decoys. However they are wary and have famously sharp eyes, so bagging eagles will be a true sporting challenge for hunters. Here’s how to do it.

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JULY 17, 2011

All eight hunters on the commission think it’s a good idea to shoot cranes in Kentucky. The public comment period on the Kentucky sandhill crane hunting proposal ends AUGUST 1 2011. Why allow hunters to shoot right into the middle of them? The proposal now goes to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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JUNE 15, 2011

Which wasn’t a surprise, since everyone on the commission is a hunter. Shooting could start as early as mid-December 2011. Brokering land to hunters, hooking them up with guide services…all for a fee. Why should they get to unilaterally decide that the sandhill crane will be a game bird in Kentucky?

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MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Quick: what’s this?

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APRIL 2, 2013

Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. Brauning, Chief Nongame Ornithologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Robert S. Wilson, Visiting Assistant Professor of. Environmental Studies at Gettysburg College, Daniel W.

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