OT: The Glorious 12th

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

I had an offer to go out chasing them but at this time of year they're still together in family groups and are 'stupid'. You can walk right up on some ruffie groups and they just stand there looking at you. Hunting birds like that just doesn't seem fair.
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This is very much the same reason I feel the season is too long, in Maine. It runs to the end of December, when there is so much snow on the ground, they are all feeding in the tops of the yellow birch and alders. A guy only needs to stand below and pick them off as he goes up the tree.