re: Whooping Crane Killed in Indiana

Well that sucks, down here in Texas there is quite a bit of printed and even media attention to the protection of them since this is their wintering home and the fact there is quite a bit of revenue generated by there presents down here. My coast house sits across from the refuge where they winter and we see them all the time while out fishing from Oct - April, there are awesome up close and to hear in the evenings. Even with all of the said attention and the fact your not allowed to hunt Sand Hill Crains in the area to keep from someone misidentifying one we still had a hunter shoot and kill one a few years back, he turned himself in and turned the bird over, IIRC I believe it cost him 15 to 20k in fines, I remember a guy getting a 80 or 90k fine somewhere up north several years back