[NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March 8/16, Valley Harvester

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:42:36 -0400 (AST)
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   =EF=BB=BF Well Dave the stories I heard in my younger days from
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   old retired market hunters of which there was quite a few in the Maritim=
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   and they agreed with Zack - small bore I agree but rifles.
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   And they didn&#39;t use small bore shotguns either! More like 8 guage an=
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   even punt guns. The rifles were used when the geese were out of shotgun
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   range - over 40 yards.=20
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   Market hunters were very useful members of the community before electric=
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   came around. A fresh goose at St Patricks day was as prized as a turkey =
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   or Christmas. No KFC in those days!
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   Its unfortunate the stories of market hunters were forgotten when
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   it became illegal and looked down upon.=20
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   Will those days return?
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   Enjoy the last of winter
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   Paul
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   On March 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM David &#38; Alison Webster &#60;dwebster@gl=
inx.com&#62; wrote:
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    Hi All,&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&=
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    &#160;&#160;&#160; I guess the moral of that story is this &#62;). If y=
ou wish to&#160;establish beyond all doubt&#160;that a very sparse bird is =
not yet extinct then you should go armed. But a small bore shotgun would be=
 more likely to furnish proof than a rifle which, contrary to Zack&#39;s co=
mment (&#34;
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met by hunters and their rifles,&#34;)</span>,&#160;I don&#39;t think would=
 ever have been used&#160;for market hunting of birds.
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    &#160;&#160;&#160; Remember the Coelacanth; even if you can&#39;t remem=
ber how to spell it. Sixty five million years (65,000,000) is greater than =
fifty (50) by a wide margin.
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    &#160;&#160;&#160; It is sort of like the lost watch. One can prove tha=
t it really is not lost by finding it. But it is not&#160;possible to prove=
 with absolute certainty that it really is lost. And if you find it don&#39=
;t shoot it.&#160;There are better ways to kill time.
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    Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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    Yt, DW
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     <strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, March 11, 2016 8:28 PM
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     <strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] Eskimo Curlew article, March =
8/16, Valley Harvester -- was Endangered Species Articles
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     <a href=3D"http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-=
schrodingers-cat-of-endangered-species/">http://valleyharvester.ca/2016/03/=
08/the-eskimo-curlew-the-schrodingers-cat-of-endangered-species/</a>
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      On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Jim Wolford=20
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        The newspaper is the Valley Harvester =E2=80=94 Google that and the=
n search =E2=80=9CZack Metcalfe=E2=80=9D, and I got the article right away,=
 complete with an Audubon illustration.&#160; Cheers from Jim, in Wolfville=
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           <span style=3D"font-family: &#39;Helvetica&#39;;">Angus MacLean =
&#60;<a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:cold_mac@hotmail.com">cold_mac@hot=
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           <span style=3D"font-family: &#39;Helvetica&#39;;"><strong>[Natur=
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           <span style=3D"font-family: &#39;Helvetica&#39;;">March 11, 2016=
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             The Annapolis Valley has several free weekly newspapers. In on=
e of them, the Weekly Harvester, Zack Metcalfe has been featured for quite =
some time in a series on endangered species which he terms the Endangered P=
erspective. As one would expect most feature birds &#38; this week&#39;s ar=
ticle is on the Eskimo Curlew.
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             <br/>The Weekly Harvester has a website but unfortunately Mr. =
Metcalfe&#39;s article is not accessible.
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             <br/>For those of you outside of the Valley, remember to pick =
up a copy whenever you&#39;re here. They can be found in most shops, market=
s.
             <br/>Angus
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