I agree, don't get me wrong, I think managed hunting is generally beneficial to various animal populations, particularly in the absence of natural predators - for example in the case of deer and perhaps also waterfowl? It can also beneficial for conservation efforts, generally speaking. Its just noisy pretty early in the AM and also I would like to go back in the woods and marsh...
   
  Just to be clear!! I am not anti-hunting, especially if you eat it. 
  Double especially if you share it with me :) mmm roast goose...
   
  Cat Reid
  Rose Haven - Southern Anne Arundel Co
   
   
   
  "Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED" <> wrote:
  It's ironic that the ducks on the bay are out there because of waterfowl
hunters. There are concerns that the current decline in the number of
licensed hunters (and anglers) will result in subsequent decreases in
revenue, which enable waterfowl conservation and habitat preservation and
expansion. Managed hunting, in my humble opinion, benefits all natural
resource stakeholders.

Tom Marko
Olney, MD
Montgomery Bird Club


-----Original Message-----

Cat Reid wrote: "When will my mornings stop being punctuated by hunters
blasting the ducks or whatever it is they are shooting out there in the bay?
It sounds like "Masters and Commanders" out there lately."





 
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