Barnacle Brad
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I regard people that "breast out" pheasants and turkeys the same way I do those that kill a deer and take the rack, backstraps and hindquarters and leave the rest to the coyotes ...... wasteful, with no respect for the resource .... but you do whatever floats your boat, guy ......
That doesn't sound judgemental or antogonistic at all! Game laws require that edible meat from big game animals must be removed from the field. Failing to do so is wanton waste. Birds are not big game animals are they?
My buddy called wyoming game and fish to find out what days the pheasant release sites were releasing birds. The conversation went something like this:
John: Yeah, I was wondering if you could tell me what days they are releasing birds at the Yellowtail site?
Wf&g: No! We can't tell you that!
John: Why not?
Wf&g: Because you will just go out and shoot them!
John: Hmmm... Well let me ask you this: what is the survival rate of the released birds?
Wf&g: Survival rate? Are you kidding? The fox and coyotes have those pen reared birds killed in the first few days!
So you see jimbob, you can't really compare wasting big game animals with leaving part of the birds that were intended for the coyotes anyway.
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