Hi tweeters,

I would like to know a little about the hunting in tweeterland.

Two weeks ago, I went to Boundary Bay and I saw hunters hidden (well, trying
to hide) behind huge logs on the bay.

I would like to know what the period of hunting is, how it differs in different
states (Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska) and provinces (B.C.).

Is the hunting period different for different critters ?

Also, concerning more specifically birds, which species can be hunted here in
the NWP ?
Do you have funny (?) legislation like we have in France ?
As an example, there is only one species of the genus _Calidris_ (yes, this
is a scientific name !) which can be hunted, the Knot (or Red Knot?) _Calidris
canutus_. But I, and many other european birders too, doubt that many hunters
are able to tell this species apart from allied species ! Also, for another
species, the Great Cormorant _Phalacrocorax carbo_, the subspecies
_P.c.sinensis_ (another country name, here) can now be hunted because of the
(supposed) damages it causes to the lake fisheries, while the nominal
subspecies _P.c.carbo_, merely maritime cannot be: now, even birders cannot
tell them apart (external fieldmarks are not diagnostic, only DNA/DNA hybrid.
works well), so I let you imagine what happens with hunters !

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A bird in the bush is better than two in the hand.

Serge Le Huitouze School of Computing Science
email: serge at cs.sfu.ca Simon Fraser University
tel: (604) 291-5423 Burnaby, British Columbia
fax: (604) 291-3045 V5A 1S6 Canada