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hankaye
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by hankaye » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:29 am
Donald, Howdy;
Thanks for the link, didn't have that on. As for skins
Jim S. has some http://www.jimsflyco.com/index.php?p=ca ... &x=68&y=11
at a fair price.
Much better than;
7.00 GBP = 11.4265 USD
British Pound ↔ US Dollar
1 GBP = 1.63236 USD 1 USD = 0.612611 GBP
However the postage would probably balance the scales ...
Why are they "Idiots!!", for removing the ban on Starlings ???
hank
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Ron Eagle Elk
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by Ron Eagle Elk » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:40 am
Hank,
I think Donald was talking about the UK ban on harvesting starlings, which most people consider a nuisance bird. Now that the ban on hunting them has been lifted, starling skins are available again.
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zen leecher
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by zen leecher » Thu Sep 18, 2014 12:19 pm
I've shot some while out duck and dove hunting.
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Mataura mayfly
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by Mataura mayfly » Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:11 pm
I think in the UK Starling (like all native songbirds eg: Song Thrush and Blackbird) as Ron states were protected by law. Other countries to which the birds are not native and have either self introduced or liberated by man ( the US and New Zealand), they are fair game.
Many of the old British patterns called for songbird feathers (especially wing quill slips) and those in the UK have been forced to find substitutes, but it now looks like Starling is available to them.
"Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout".... Irish proverb.