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Old 07-26-2020, 05:43 PM
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MudderChuck
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Originally Posted by elkman30
Prolly a good thing you're not "hunting" them since woodpeckers are federally protected.

https://www.fws.gov/cno/conservation...kers1ms%20.pdf
The same thing I was thinking. The price you can possibly pay for shooting a protected animal is just too high. And like I told my son as fatherly advice, somebody always sees you, an assumption that will keep you out of trouble. Do you remember the little plicks that always ratted you out in elementary school, well they are adults now. They just raised the fine from a cap of $5000 to $15000 for the illegal killing of a protected bird species.
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