On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Michael P Dossett wrote:

Michael--

couple of things...

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>
> Responsible falconers rarely take adult birds,

It is NEVER legal to take adult birds.
the regs are clear on this.



> Also, some people which I will refer to as
> "psuedo-falconers" because of their blatent disregard for these laws and
> because of their lack of common sense, take all the birds from one nest

I know of no falconer who would do this. If you do, I urge
you to contact DNR and report this activity..sooner the better.

,
> sometimes trying to sell them to others as being captive bred. There are
> laws to help prevent this, saying that you have to have a raptor breeding
> permit, and the young have to be wearing a special seamless band.
>
this seems contradictory..i.e, falconers cannot keep a bird
without a seamless band, so who would buy an illegal bird?
no falconer who wanted to keep his license would do such
a thing.


> Most falconers are responsible to aviod this type of behavior, usually
> because they see that such actions will give all falconers a bad name,
> and will only lead to more government control and interference with their
> practice of the sport. Too bad there are so many knuckleheads out there.
>
again...if you have any knowledge of knuckleheads, as you
put it, turn them in...report them right away.


Tom