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Old 02-15-2015 | 10:56 AM
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Well, I should have read the OP better, after reading Nomercy's post refering to a tag for each bird I went back and read the OP. I change my vote to no, in fact absolutly no, it is a horrible idea. Buying a tag for every bird and reporting every bird would be a good way to end pheasant hunting because so few people would buy a pheasant tag it wouldn't be worth while having a management program for them. Now, having to buy a pheasant tag or license or stamp to hunt pheasants is an entirely different situation and I am in favor of my state doing that at a reasonable price. As far as reporting every bird, way over the top. We need a migratory bird stamp to hunt waterfowl under federal law and many states require a stamp as well, while the HIP laws require us to make a report or numbers of birds harvested the previous year when we buy a new federal duck stamp which is reasonable and a far cry from the state requiring a tag for each bird killed and a report on each bird. I appreciate thinking of a different management tool but this one is over kill and proably detrimental as it would chase hunters out of that aspect of the sport. I also suspect, most of those that voted yes on this poll misread it the way I did.
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