gtmerkley
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If its self defence! sorry officer that hawk came right at me.
Double Naught Spy said:Then you would be wrong, mbt2001. Shooting fireworks at the birds would be illegal.
What you think is not a defensible position. Red-tailed hawks are most definitely covered under the migratory bird act. Red-tailed hawks are indigenous migratory birds, hence are covered. There are a few exceptions that are delineated, but hawks are NOT of those exceptions.I don't think they are covered under the migratory bird laws
maybe... If you can actually dig up the law... I don't think they are covered under the migratory bird laws, unless it is in the State. Some Hawks are, but not the Red Tailed that I know of...
Be hard to prove you were aiming for it.
Put up some Martin houses and they will keep the hawks at bay. A whole lot better deal for the hawk and you won't have any mosquitos.
A turkey buzzard OTOH...
I wouldn't be caught dead with so much as a feather from a bird of prey. A friend that I've hunted with for years got the third degree from a couple of game wardens in a cafe for having an eagle feather in his hat. This was probably in the mid 80s, and the feather was originally his grandfather's.
Actually, they are covered, in part, under the Migratory Bird Act, along with about 800 other species of migratory birds.
they poke the eyes out of, and sometimes kill calves, but i'm not sayin i've shot any.... is just as protected as the rest. What do you have against buzzards?