Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 03:57:40 -0500 Reply-To: marshhawk@worldnet.att.net Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> From: Norm Saunders <marshhawk@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> Subject: Re: Turkey Season In-Reply-To: <000e01bf99ef$ac8cb800$337c4e0c@oemcomputer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT My understanding of turkey hunting is that the people involved need to be in place, usually in deep-woods locales near night roosts, well before dawn. The birds are then attracted to the hunters by calling them as they leave their night roosts. Turkey hunters should have virtually no impact at all on birders. As Elliot noted, of course, there is no Sunday hunting in Maryland, so if you have concerns about interactions, bird on Sundays. In all the years I've been birding I have never had any hunter/birder interactions except during deer black powder season, when it intersected, unfortunately, with a Christmas Count Fran and I were doing. Making derogatory comments about hunters isn't really the most productive route to take. Whether you hunt or not, you have to realize that hunters are our allies in fighting for habitat protection. Yes, there are some irresponsible hunters out there--just as there are some irresponsible birders. Best, Norm Saunders On 29 Mar 00, at 21:27, Paul Woodward wrote: > Spring Turkey hunting season, for bearded birds only , runs from April = 18 to > May 16. Hours are from 30 minutes before sunrise to noon, so birding i= n the > afternoon presents no problem. In all the years I have birded the > McKee-Beshers area I haven't considered turkey hunters much of a proble= m- > just stay out of the deeper woods until later in the morning. Also, mo= st of > the so called hunters have usually given up by 9 am or so. ================= Norm Saunders Colesville, MD marshhawk@worldnet.att.net ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================