Rookie question: Buzzards

[Double Naught Spy]

Actually, what you will find is that most birds are protected from hunting, trapping, or otherwise harming. Some are limited in being able to do them in, limited by season such as duck season. Some are always protected all the time. It is easier to compile a list of unprotected birds than protected. For example, the european Rock Dove or what we commonly consider as a typical city pigeon isn't (or used to not be) covered. Same with the european house sparrow, but other indigenous sparrows are protected.

Art may be correct that there are limited circumstances when some types maybe done in, but I can't remember any specific instances that currently apply today. Of course, it is been about 10 years since I was up on the specifics of all said laws that I had to know for having a scientific collecting permit in order to procure specimens for a university comparative collection. I ended up getting a salvage permit to collect specimens not intentionally hunted such as roadkills, powerline kills, and natural deaths. It was not a sexy job.

 

[Zorro]

Two Mules for Sister Sara

Buzzards Gotta Eat Too!

Or was it the The Outlaw Jose Wales?

 

[BigJake_old]

outlaw josey wales

yeah, same as the worms

 

[cratz2]

An exception to shooting crows is if they are hurting crops--corn, pecans...

Hrmm... how about crows that would hurt crops if not dealt with during the off season? The two places I have shot crows are both in cornfields, and mostly when there ain't no corn...

 

[Art Eatman]

SFAIK, "would hurt" doesn't count.

The US F&WS admitted after the treaty was signed that they hadn't realized ol' Mr. Corvus was included in the migratory bird family which was to be protected.

The "during crop damage" is a fairly standard deal in a lot of animal protection laws. In Texas, in farm or goat-ranch areas where the deer population has increased beyond "reality", a permit for out-of-season pest control is fairly easily obtained.

Buzzards occasionally have one-time-event intersections with windshields of cars, but they seem to have no problem avoiding Cessna 172s. But they're essentially benign and useful.

Grackles, OTOH...

, Art

 

[ARGarrison]

Cratz2,

In Indiana, this years Crow season is July 1 - Aug 15 2003 and Dec 13, 2003 - Mar 1, 2004.

Again in Indiana, Crows may be taken outside of hunting season only if they are damaging trees, crops, lifestock or wildlife. You may take crows with bow & arrow, firearm or falconry.

 

[cratz2]

Good information... I guess I was foolishly assuming that harmful birds such as crow would not be protected in such a corn-oriented state as Indiana... I once again am in awe of the government. :banghead: