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  1. jurek

    SFWS Survey 2016: More Birders Than Hunters?

    Strength of hunting lobby is mostly that it is better organized that birding lobby. Money from gun/ammo sales are not sequitur. Lobbying for e.g. open season comes from hunters themselves, not gun salesmen. Hunting rifles and ammunition are only minority of those sold in the USA. Anyway, I...
  2. jurek

    SFWS Survey 2016: More Birders Than Hunters?

    I think it is not possible to call occassional birders 'not yet birders'. One cannot identify some external border, at what level of interest in birds one can be called a birder. Owns binoculars? Birder is a person who simply identifies itself as purposefully watching birds. It is no different...
  3. jurek

    SFWS Survey 2016: More Birders Than Hunters?

    Just wondering how these numbers are best turned into pressure to protect birds? Not necessary against hunters, hunters and birds often have similar interests (e.g. protecting wetlands). It seems that birders have oddly little influence on the public policy compared to hunters. Time to change...
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