Perhaps if we could put a stop to this meaningless small game hunting you
would see more of them. If not because they might increase in numbers, but
perhaps because they may loose some of their fear towards humans.

With all the threats facing birds and other wildlife today: housing
developments, strip mining, windmills, power lines, pollution, global
warming etc., I feel that any hunting should be limited to and directed
towards "game" species that locally are out of control due to human
interference, such as white-tailed deer, nutria, sika deer, fox, Mute
Swans??, Canada and Snow Geese to mention a few. I mean, why allow rail
and quail hunting when we can't even keep the deer populations at bay
knowing all the damage and accidents they cause? After all, most of
today's hunting is for pure recreation and sport and therefore unjustified
killing in my mind.

Frode Jacobsen
Windsor Mill, Md






> heh, didn't realize you all had that many rails down there.  I would
> just like to see 1 king rail and 1 virginia rail as lifers.  I
> promise I won't take it away.  :)
>
> Chad Kauffman
> Mifflintown, PA
>
> P.S.  my take is that some of these lines are as old as the laws that
> say it is illegal to spit on sidewalks, etc.
>
> At 10:35 AM 9/29/2008, Rick Cheicante wrote:
>>I just wanted to add a couple of interesting pieces of information
>>some, perhaps many, birders may not be aware of.  I am not an expert
>>on the subject matter, just read the DNR hunting regs a little
>>further this year.  My personal stake is to know what the deer
>>hunters that line my property are up to from Sep 15 into January.
>>
>>Seasons and Bag limits:
>>
>>Clapper and King Rail (Sep 1 - Nov 8) - All Counties: Bag limit 10
>>per day (no more then 1 King), possession limit 20.
>>
>>Sora and Virginia Rails (Sep 1 - Nov 9) - All Counties: Bag limit 25 PER
>> DAY
>>
>>Interestingly too, Mottled Duck and Fulvous Tree-Duck are on the
>>list of baggable duck species.  1 per day each.
>>
>>I don't want this post to continue any hunting/anti-hunting
>>thread.  I just thought the above facts interesting and related to
>>Maryland birds.
>>
>>
>>Rick Cheicante
>>Harford County
>>Bel Air, MD
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