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MAY 21, 2011

This time, it’s the full commission– nine members of the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky. The big gray feather in Kentucky’s cap, to my thinking, is more like a big old hole, shot right through the crown.

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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. Here are six top reasons to protest this hunt. Why put additional pressure on a recovering species? The proposal now goes to the U.S.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. We need to give hunters new opportunities and new species to hunt.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 254

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MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Protests were organised, banners were waved, petitions were signed and 6 of the beats have been banned from entering their data. Last year they shared over 1200 checklists and managed to achieve a stunning total of 2647 species from 32 countries. 1499 species were seen in the eastern hemisphere in 2016. The year stretches ahead.

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