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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

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This has benefited both the waterfowl hunters and everyone else who likes ducks and their kin. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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Kentucky: First in Crane Hunting?

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Hunters frequently refer to them as “Rib-eye in the Sky” due to the excellent taste. ” 15,000 people flock to the Rowe Sanctuary in Kearney, Nebraska, each spring, from every state and 46 different countries. Rather, he said it was entirely about giving hunters the chance to hunt cranes. What’s the necessity of hunting cranes?

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. The Rainwater Basin in Nebraska is one of the most significant waterfowl stopover areas on the continent. Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.). million in activity and 19 jobs.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death.

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