10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2013
In 1976, Congress changed the official name to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp , presumably to broaden its appeal to non-hunters. All you need to do to realize this unfortunate reality is to check out their official “Duck Stamp” page announcing the new 2013 – 2014 season.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2014
It was written by Bob Aronsohn, who, in December 2013, killed his 150,000th crow. The hunters who do not eat their crows) “are providing a smorgasbord for other wildlife!” Foxes, coons, coyotes, possums and hawks all get a free meal that lasts for days on some of the larger shoots.”. The higher the score the better you feel.”.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
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.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2014
I won’t pick a fight with hunters, as long as they eat what they shoot and don’t use lead ammunition. Here is a direct (and unedited) quote: “… keep in mind the main reason why experienced crow hunters got into the sport in the first place, Fun. I am not anti-hunting. Plain old fashioned Fun.”. This is baloney.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2014
According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S. They don’t take into account the valid concerns non-hunters have about buying the stamp, which fall into two main areas: 1. Many wildlife watchers, birders and photographers don’t want to support a stamp that is so intimately and historically associated with hunting.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. Isn’t that neat?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 26, 2024
First recorded breeding on the island in 2013, this dove is now both widespread and common. Though it has spread naturally, Anders Gray from BirdLife Cyprus told me that it’s numbers had been boosted by releases of captive-bred birds by hunters. Despite its speed, the Swift didn’t stand a chance, for these falcons are deadly hunters.
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