--UNS_gsauns2_3068043378 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline I have a different perspective: (1) We are not taking a privilege from the hunter, they are attempting to take a long standing privilege from non- hunters; (2) the land is public land (and I also assume general tax funds are used in wildlife management) and should not be made available exclusively for hunting; and (3) In my experience, the land available for hunting is frequently contiguous to non-hunting parkland, e.g., access to Sycamore Landing is a 1-2 mile drive through public hunt land and Mckee-Beshers is contiguous to the C & O Canal (I only use that part of the Canal on Sundays.). Hunting season is a long period- It is deer, dove, turkey, etc. Happy birding, Dan Eberly --UNS_gsauns2_3068043378--