QCTimes.com - Permanent duck blinds uprooted
January 24th, 2006More than 50 area hunters turned up for a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service public meeting last week, with the majority protesting a revised conservation plan for the Upper Mississippi River that has not changed in one respect — permanent duck-hunting blinds will be eliminated.
“This program is clearly going after the duck hunters,” Jim Bailey of Savanna told the panel of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service personnel.
Refuge Manager Don Hultman does not contest the quality of hunting — or even safety — that permanent blinds can afford. The issue, he said, was construction of property on public land.
I don’t mind permanent blinds out all, but on public land I have always felt it was first come first serve. I know there are varying opinions to this but its only fair that everyone gets a chance to hunt a spot. Read the whole story below.
QCTimes.com - Permanent duck blinds uprooted
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